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

Should you be buying Vaxcyte stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Vaxcyte include argenx (ARGX), BioNTech (BNTX), Beigene (ONC), Teva Pharmaceutical Industries (TEVA), Summit Therapeutics (SMMT), Genmab A/S (GMAB), Intra-Cellular Therapies (ITCI), Viatris (VTRS), Moderna (MRNA), 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 medical companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, media sentiment and community ranking.

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%

In the previous week, argenx had 2 more articles in the media than Vaxcyte. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for argenx and 7 mentions for Vaxcyte. argenx's average media sentiment score of 1.22 beat Vaxcyte's score of 1.08 indicating that argenx is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Vaxcyte
5 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
argenx
5 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Vaxcyte presently has a consensus target price of $127.71, indicating a potential upside of 60.16%. argenx has a consensus target price of $658.39, indicating a potential upside of 2.16%. Given Vaxcyte's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, 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

Vaxcyte has a beta of 0.98, meaning that its share price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, argenx has a beta of 0.58, meaning that its share price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500.

argenx received 601 more outperform votes than Vaxcyte when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 75.41% of users gave Vaxcyte an outperform vote while only 67.19% of users gave argenx an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
VaxcyteOutperform Votes
46
75.41%
Underperform Votes
15
24.59%
argenxOutperform Votes
647
67.19%
Underperform Votes
316
32.81%

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-$4.60-17.33
argenx$1.27B30.87-$295.05M-$0.88-732.36

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 insiders. Comparatively, 2.4% of argenx shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

argenx beats Vaxcyte on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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PCVX vs. The Competition

MetricVaxcyteBiological Products IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$9.94B$3.12B$5.78B$8.98B
Dividend YieldN/A1.57%4.78%3.85%
P/E Ratio-17.3330.1126.4618.82
Price / SalesN/A412.67457.0180.82
Price / CashN/A183.5344.0437.47
Price / Book6.123.567.634.64
Net Income-$402.27M-$71.72M$3.18B$245.69M
7 Day Performance-5.07%-2.45%-1.82%-2.63%
1 Month Performance-9.56%0.36%0.22%-2.37%
1 Year Performance10.35%-11.50%17.49%13.65%

Vaxcyte Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PCVX
Vaxcyte
2.5867 of 5 stars
$79.74
-3.3%
$127.71
+60.2%
+11.3%$9.94BN/A-17.33160Insider Trade
Positive News
ARGX
argenx
2.5232 of 5 stars
$639.41
-1.8%
$658.39
+3.0%
+63.8%$38.85B$1.27B-726.601,148News Coverage
Positive News
BNTX
BioNTech
2.3788 of 5 stars
$119.83
-2.4%
$142.72
+19.1%
+29.2%$28.73B$4.13B-57.066,133Positive News
ONC
Beigene
N/A$230.86
+2.4%
N/AN/A$22.56B$2.46B-28.0210,600Insider Trade
News Coverage
Gap Up
TEVA
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries
2.8884 of 5 stars
$16.24
-2.4%
$23.57
+45.2%
+30.1%$18.39B$16.54B-11.2037,851
SMMT
Summit Therapeutics
2.3035 of 5 stars
$21.37
-2.1%
$33.57
+57.1%
+516.6%$15.76B$700,000.00-76.32110Gap Up
GMAB
Genmab A/S
4.5897 of 5 stars
$21.30
+1.8%
$42.17
+98.0%
-22.5%$14.10B$2.39B20.682,204
ITCI
Intra-Cellular Therapies
3.9113 of 5 stars
$127.82
-0.2%
$103.62
-18.9%
+74.4%$13.59B$464.37M-146.92560Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
VTRS
Viatris
2.3252 of 5 stars
$10.80
flat
$13.67
+26.5%
-16.5%$12.89B$15.43B-14.5938,000News Coverage
MRNA
Moderna
4.7389 of 5 stars
$32.99
+3.4%
$66.89
+102.8%
-61.2%$12.70B$6.85B-5.675,600Analyst Downgrade
Options Volume
High Trading Volume
RDY
Dr. Reddy's Laboratories
2.8624 of 5 stars
$13.60
-2.8%
$17.00
+25.0%
-11.7%$11.35B$311.31B21.6527,048Gap Down

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This page (NASDAQ:PCVX) was last updated on 2/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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