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

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

United Therapeutics vs. Its Competitors

United Therapeutics (NASDAQ:UTHR) and Biogen (NASDAQ:BIIB) are both large-cap medical companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability, dividends, earnings and analyst recommendations.

94.1% of United Therapeutics shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.9% of Biogen shares are owned by institutional investors. 10.3% of United Therapeutics shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Biogen shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
United Therapeutics$3.08B4.58$1.20B$25.6212.19
Biogen$10.00B2.04$1.63B$10.4613.32

United Therapeutics currently has a consensus target price of $382.00, indicating a potential upside of 22.35%. Biogen has a consensus target price of $185.74, indicating a potential upside of 33.33%. Given Biogen's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Biogen is more favorable than United Therapeutics.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
United Therapeutics
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
9 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.69
Biogen
0 Sell rating(s)
21 Hold rating(s)
11 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.34

In the previous week, Biogen had 18 more articles in the media than United Therapeutics. MarketBeat recorded 33 mentions for Biogen and 15 mentions for United Therapeutics. United Therapeutics' average media sentiment score of 1.74 beat Biogen's score of 1.11 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
15 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive
Biogen
24 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

United Therapeutics has a net margin of 40.36% compared to Biogen's net margin of 15.31%. United Therapeutics' return on equity of 18.73% beat Biogen's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
United Therapeutics40.36% 18.73% 16.49%
Biogen 15.31%13.85%8.32%

United Therapeutics has a beta of 0.57, meaning that its stock price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Biogen has a beta of 0.13, meaning that its stock price is 87% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

United Therapeutics beats Biogen on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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UTHR vs. The Competition

MetricUnited TherapeuticsMED IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$14.08B$2.81B$5.83B$9.73B
Dividend YieldN/A1.66%3.84%4.09%
P/E Ratio12.1922.6631.1625.99
Price / Sales4.58760.87474.86122.97
Price / Cash10.79173.2237.1558.38
Price / Book1.965.879.116.38
Net Income$1.20B$31.83M$3.26B$265.56M
7 Day Performance-0.29%1.78%2.06%1.89%
1 Month Performance4.81%4.33%5.08%1.23%
1 Year Performance-9.99%11.50%31.26%21.10%

United Therapeutics Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
UTHR
United Therapeutics
4.9113 of 5 stars
$312.23
+0.5%
$382.00
+22.3%
-11.6%$14.08B$3.08B12.191,305Positive News
BIIB
Biogen
4.8527 of 5 stars
$128.00
-2.0%
$185.63
+45.0%
-32.5%$18.77B$9.68B12.247,605Positive News
INCY
Incyte
4.7354 of 5 stars
$79.19
+1.0%
$81.20
+2.5%
+34.9%$15.46B$4.24B18.002,617Trending News
Analyst Forecast
NBIX
Neurocrine Biosciences
4.867 of 5 stars
$123.98
-0.8%
$160.90
+29.8%
-10.3%$12.30B$2.51B36.681,800Positive News
BMRN
BioMarin Pharmaceutical
4.9979 of 5 stars
$56.80
-0.9%
$93.17
+64.0%
-37.3%$10.91B$2.85B16.853,040
EXEL
Exelixis
4.9113 of 5 stars
$37.41
-0.8%
$44.44
+18.8%
+47.0%$10.07B$2.17B17.991,147Trending News
Analyst Revision
MDGL
Madrigal Pharmaceuticals
3.5649 of 5 stars
$349.50
+1.1%
$430.43
+23.2%
+58.9%$7.76B$180.13M-27.2090News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
Analyst Revision
HALO
Halozyme Therapeutics
4.7103 of 5 stars
$62.92
+0.0%
$66.56
+5.8%
+15.2%$7.75B$1.02B14.40390News Coverage
Positive News
EXAS
Exact Sciences
4.9099 of 5 stars
$40.91
-0.2%
$68.14
+66.6%
-21.8%$7.75B$2.76B-7.537,000
IONS
Ionis Pharmaceuticals
4.6315 of 5 stars
$40.84
-1.9%
$59.38
+45.4%
-10.3%$6.51B$944.05M-22.201,069Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
RGEN
Repligen
4.8627 of 5 stars
$111.88
+0.4%
$169.45
+51.5%
-21.8%$6.29B$673.96M-447.501,778News Coverage
Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:UTHR) was last updated on 8/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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