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Vaxcyte (PCVX) Competitors

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$85.30 -2.53 (-2.88%)
As of 01/17/2025 04:00 PM Eastern

PCVX vs. ARGX, BNTX, TEVA, BGNE, GMAB, VTRS, ITCI, MRNA, SMMT, and RDY

Should you be buying Vaxcyte stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Vaxcyte include argenx (ARGX), BioNTech (BNTX), Teva Pharmaceutical Industries (TEVA), BeiGene (BGNE), Genmab A/S (GMAB), Viatris (VTRS), Intra-Cellular Therapies (ITCI), Moderna (MRNA), Summit Therapeutics (SMMT), and Dr. Reddy's Laboratories (RDY). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

Vaxcyte vs.

Vaxcyte (NASDAQ:PCVX) and argenx (NASDAQ:ARGX) are both large-cap medical companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, community ranking, analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings and dividends.

Vaxcyte has a beta of 0.98, indicating that its share price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, argenx has a beta of 0.59, indicating that its share price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Vaxcyte has a net margin of 0.00% compared to argenx's net margin of -2.11%. argenx's return on equity of -1.45% beat Vaxcyte's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
VaxcyteN/A -23.53% -22.20%
argenx -2.11%-1.45%-1.29%

argenx has higher revenue and earnings than Vaxcyte. argenx is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Vaxcyte, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
VaxcyteN/AN/A-$402.27M-$4.60-18.54
argenx$1.27B30.48-$295.05M-$0.88-727.86

96.8% of Vaxcyte shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 60.3% of argenx shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.1% of Vaxcyte shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.4% of argenx shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Vaxcyte currently has a consensus target price of $145.71, indicating a potential upside of 70.83%. argenx has a consensus target price of $658.39, indicating a potential upside of 2.79%. Given Vaxcyte's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Vaxcyte is more favorable than argenx.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Vaxcyte
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
argenx
1 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
18 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.86

argenx received 602 more outperform votes than Vaxcyte when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 75.00% of users gave Vaxcyte an outperform vote while only 67.19% of users gave argenx an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
VaxcyteOutperform Votes
45
75.00%
Underperform Votes
15
25.00%
argenxOutperform Votes
647
67.19%
Underperform Votes
316
32.81%

In the previous week, argenx had 22 more articles in the media than Vaxcyte. MarketBeat recorded 34 mentions for argenx and 12 mentions for Vaxcyte. Vaxcyte's average media sentiment score of 0.70 beat argenx's score of 0.44 indicating that Vaxcyte is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Vaxcyte
4 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
argenx
8 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
11 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Summary

Vaxcyte and argenx tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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PCVX vs. The Competition

MetricVaxcyteBiological Products IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$10.63B$2.96B$5.21B$9.14B
Dividend YieldN/A1.91%5.13%4.02%
P/E Ratio-18.5445.5689.3417.36
Price / SalesN/A275.871,240.0477.11
Price / CashN/A192.9043.7535.97
Price / Book6.543.965.314.79
Net Income-$402.27M-$41.02M$122.54M$225.00M
7 Day Performance5.09%0.19%0.59%2.62%
1 Month Performance-1.42%-1.72%2.55%3.81%
1 Year Performance40.83%-2.23%25.29%20.10%

Vaxcyte Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PCVX
Vaxcyte
2.2146 of 5 stars
$85.30
-2.9%
$145.71
+70.8%
+40.8%$10.63BN/A-18.54160Insider Trade
ARGX
argenx
2.3543 of 5 stars
$665.99
+1.5%
$645.61
-3.1%
+74.6%$40.20B$1.86B-756.81650Analyst Downgrade
Analyst Revision
BNTX
BioNTech
2.8935 of 5 stars
$112.94
-8.1%
$142.72
+26.4%
+14.0%$27.08B$3.04B-53.786,133Short Interest ↑
Gap Down
TEVA
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries
1.78 of 5 stars
$20.24
-3.3%
$20.88
+3.1%
+96.5%$22.93B$16.77B-23.8137,851Analyst Forecast
BGNE
BeiGene
2.4103 of 5 stars
N/A$253.69
+∞
N/A$18.03B$3.32B-22.4210,600Analyst Forecast
Positive News
GMAB
Genmab A/S
4.4584 of 5 stars
$21.71
-2.0%
$45.20
+108.2%
-28.1%$14.37B$19.84B21.082,204
VTRS
Viatris
2.2466 of 5 stars
$11.72
+0.4%
$13.67
+16.6%
-0.9%$13.99B$15.05B-15.8437,000
ITCI
Intra-Cellular Therapies
3.816 of 5 stars
$127.26
+34.1%
$97.23
-23.6%
+92.8%$13.49B$612.78M-146.27560High Trading Volume
MRNA
Moderna
4.7254 of 5 stars
$34.88
-17.4%
$78.83
+126.0%
-65.8%$13.42B$5.06B-5.995,600Analyst Revision
High Trading Volume
SMMT
Summit Therapeutics
3.0612 of 5 stars
$18.20
+2.0%
$33.57
+84.5%
+427.1%$13.42B$700,000.00-65.00105
RDY
Dr. Reddy's Laboratories
2.2931 of 5 stars
$15.31
-0.7%
$17.00
+11.0%
+9.8%$12.78B$3.35B24.4627,048News Coverage

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