SRPT vs. RDY, UTHR, VTRS, BGNE, CTLT, TEVA, BMRN, ROIV, VKTX, and LEGN
Should you be buying Sarepta Therapeutics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Sarepta Therapeutics include Dr. Reddy's Laboratories (RDY), United Therapeutics (UTHR), Viatris (VTRS), BeiGene (BGNE), Catalent (CTLT), Teva Pharmaceutical Industries (TEVA), BioMarin Pharmaceutical (BMRN), Roivant Sciences (ROIV), Viking Therapeutics (VKTX), and Legend Biotech (LEGN). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical preparations" industry.
Sarepta Therapeutics (NASDAQ:SRPT) and Dr. Reddy's Laboratories (NYSE:RDY) are both large-cap medical companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, media sentiment, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking and institutional ownership.
86.7% of Sarepta Therapeutics shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 14.0% of Dr. Reddy's Laboratories shares are held by institutional investors. 7.7% of Sarepta Therapeutics shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of Dr. Reddy's Laboratories shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Dr. Reddy's Laboratories has a net margin of 19.97% compared to Sarepta Therapeutics' net margin of 1.20%. Dr. Reddy's Laboratories' return on equity of 21.27% beat Sarepta Therapeutics' return on equity.
Sarepta Therapeutics currently has a consensus price target of $163.94, indicating a potential upside of 24.78%. Dr. Reddy's Laboratories has a consensus price target of $81.00, indicating a potential upside of 18.66%. Given Sarepta Therapeutics' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Sarepta Therapeutics is more favorable than Dr. Reddy's Laboratories.
Sarepta Therapeutics has a beta of 0.95, meaning that its share price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Dr. Reddy's Laboratories has a beta of 0.57, meaning that its share price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Sarepta Therapeutics received 1109 more outperform votes than Dr. Reddy's Laboratories when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 75.41% of users gave Sarepta Therapeutics an outperform vote while only 59.25% of users gave Dr. Reddy's Laboratories an outperform vote.
Dr. Reddy's Laboratories has higher revenue and earnings than Sarepta Therapeutics. Dr. Reddy's Laboratories is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Sarepta Therapeutics, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Sarepta Therapeutics had 12 more articles in the media than Dr. Reddy's Laboratories. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Sarepta Therapeutics and 3 mentions for Dr. Reddy's Laboratories. Sarepta Therapeutics' average media sentiment score of 0.89 beat Dr. Reddy's Laboratories' score of 0.60 indicating that Sarepta Therapeutics is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Sarepta Therapeutics beats Dr. Reddy's Laboratories on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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