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UTHR vs. ALNY, BIIB, INCY, BMRN, NBIX, EXEL, EXAS, RGEN, HALO, and MDGL

Should you be buying United Therapeutics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of United Therapeutics include Alnylam Pharmaceuticals (ALNY), Biogen (BIIB), Incyte (INCY), BioMarin Pharmaceutical (BMRN), Neurocrine Biosciences (NBIX), Exelixis (EXEL), Exact Sciences (EXAS), Repligen (RGEN), Halozyme Therapeutics (HALO), and Madrigal Pharmaceuticals (MDGL). These companies are all part of the "biotechnology" industry.

United Therapeutics vs.

United Therapeutics (NASDAQ:UTHR) and Alnylam Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:ALNY) are both large-cap medical companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, media sentiment, valuation, earnings, dividends, risk, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.

United Therapeutics has a net margin of 40.31% compared to Alnylam Pharmaceuticals' net margin of -12.37%. United Therapeutics' return on equity of 19.22% beat Alnylam Pharmaceuticals' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
United Therapeutics40.31% 19.22% 16.15%
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals -12.37%N/A -6.83%

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
United Therapeutics$2.33B7.30$984.80M$22.7716.72
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals$2.25B14.42-$278.16M-$2.17-115.44

Alnylam Pharmaceuticals received 548 more outperform votes than United Therapeutics when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 76.20% of users gave Alnylam Pharmaceuticals an outperform vote while only 62.50% of users gave United Therapeutics an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
United TherapeuticsOutperform Votes
595
62.50%
Underperform Votes
357
37.50%
Alnylam PharmaceuticalsOutperform Votes
1143
76.20%
Underperform Votes
357
23.80%

In the previous week, Alnylam Pharmaceuticals had 38 more articles in the media than United Therapeutics. MarketBeat recorded 53 mentions for Alnylam Pharmaceuticals and 15 mentions for United Therapeutics. United Therapeutics' average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat Alnylam Pharmaceuticals' score of 0.40 indicating that United Therapeutics is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
United Therapeutics
8 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals
20 Very Positive mention(s)
4 Positive mention(s)
14 Neutral mention(s)
3 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

United Therapeutics has a beta of 0.57, suggesting that its stock price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Alnylam Pharmaceuticals has a beta of 0.35, suggesting that its stock price is 65% less volatile than the S&P 500.

94.1% of United Therapeutics shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.0% of Alnylam Pharmaceuticals shares are owned by institutional investors. 11.9% of United Therapeutics shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of Alnylam Pharmaceuticals shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

United Therapeutics presently has a consensus price target of $382.08, indicating a potential upside of 0.34%. Alnylam Pharmaceuticals has a consensus price target of $299.48, indicating a potential upside of 19.55%. Given Alnylam Pharmaceuticals' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Alnylam Pharmaceuticals is more favorable than United Therapeutics.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
United Therapeutics
1 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
10 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.69
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals
1 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
19 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.72

Summary

United Therapeutics beats Alnylam Pharmaceuticals on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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UTHR vs. The Competition

MetricUnited TherapeuticsPharmaceutical IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$16.64B$6.96B$5.80B$9.23B
Dividend YieldN/A2.90%5.23%3.99%
P/E Ratio16.724.0321.2517.07
Price / Sales7.30324.54467.5579.17
Price / Cash16.8872.7844.6938.04
Price / Book2.996.507.695.18
Net Income$984.80M$138.54M$3.19B$246.13M
7 Day Performance2.79%-0.05%0.34%0.14%
1 Month Performance6.09%1.58%3.78%1.10%
1 Year Performance77.80%-1.59%19.92%16.36%

United Therapeutics Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
UTHR
United Therapeutics
4.3231 of 5 stars
$368.60
-3.2%
$382.08
+3.7%
+77.3%$16.46B$2.33B16.191,168Insider Trade
ALNY
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals
4.5383 of 5 stars
$256.45
-3.2%
$299.43
+16.8%
+70.4%$33.08B$1.83B-97.882,100Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
Short Interest ↓
BIIB
Biogen
4.8357 of 5 stars
$137.33
-0.8%
$211.96
+54.3%
-37.7%$20.01B$9.84B12.417,570Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
INCY
Incyte
4.5735 of 5 stars
$70.42
+0.6%
$75.59
+7.3%
+21.0%$13.57B$3.70B503.042,524
BMRN
BioMarin Pharmaceutical
4.9345 of 5 stars
$64.85
+0.7%
$94.20
+45.3%
-26.1%$12.36B$2.42B38.833,401Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
Gap Up
NBIX
Neurocrine Biosciences
4.9881 of 5 stars
$115.02
-1.6%
$166.90
+45.1%
-13.6%$11.65B$2.36B34.961,400Analyst Downgrade
Analyst Revision
EXEL
Exelixis
4.6743 of 5 stars
$35.00
+1.5%
$37.24
+6.4%
+71.2%$10.00B$1.83B22.441,310Analyst Upgrade
Insider Trade
Short Interest ↓
EXAS
Exact Sciences
4.7483 of 5 stars
$49.31
-2.5%
$72.76
+47.6%
-17.2%$9.13B$2.50B-42.146,600Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
Gap Down
RGEN
Repligen
3.9108 of 5 stars
$146.92
+0.5%
$182.91
+24.5%
-27.7%$8.23B$638.76M-397.071,783Earnings Report
News Coverage
Positive News
Gap Up
HALO
Halozyme Therapeutics
4.7758 of 5 stars
$58.29
-0.5%
$60.89
+4.5%
+60.0%$7.42B$829.25M19.30390Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
MDGL
Madrigal Pharmaceuticals
3.5123 of 5 stars
$337.20
-4.1%
$351.67
+4.3%
+47.4%$7.35BN/A-13.4490

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This page (NASDAQ:UTHR) was last updated on 2/20/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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