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United Therapeutics (UTHR) Competitors

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$363.25 -23.02 (-5.96%)
(As of 11/15/2024 ET)

UTHR vs. TEVA, RETA, BPMC, IONS, BHVN, ALNY, BIIB, INCY, BMRN, and NBIX

Should you be buying United Therapeutics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of United Therapeutics include Teva Pharmaceutical Industries (TEVA), Reata Pharmaceuticals (RETA), Blueprint Medicines (BPMC), Ionis Pharmaceuticals (IONS), Biohaven (BHVN), Alnylam Pharmaceuticals (ALNY), Biogen (BIIB), Incyte (INCY), BioMarin Pharmaceutical (BMRN), and Neurocrine Biosciences (NBIX). These companies are all part of the "medical" sector.

United Therapeutics vs.

United Therapeutics (NASDAQ:UTHR) and Teva Pharmaceutical Industries (NYSE:TEVA) are both large-cap medical companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, risk, community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, valuation, dividends and analyst recommendations.

United Therapeutics currently has a consensus target price of $370.86, suggesting a potential upside of 2.09%. Teva Pharmaceutical Industries has a consensus target price of $19.67, suggesting a potential upside of 19.70%. Given Teva Pharmaceutical Industries' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Teva Pharmaceutical Industries 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)
12 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.73
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.78

94.1% of United Therapeutics shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 54.1% of Teva Pharmaceutical Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. 11.9% of United Therapeutics shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Teva Pharmaceutical Industries shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

United Therapeutics has a net margin of 40.31% compared to Teva Pharmaceutical Industries' net margin of -5.73%. Teva Pharmaceutical Industries' return on equity of 42.92% beat United Therapeutics' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
United Therapeutics40.31% 19.22% 16.15%
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries -5.73%42.92%7.25%

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries received 735 more outperform votes than United Therapeutics when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.77% of users gave Teva Pharmaceutical Industries an outperform vote while only 62.30% of users gave United Therapeutics an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
United TherapeuticsOutperform Votes
590
62.30%
Underperform Votes
357
37.70%
Teva Pharmaceutical IndustriesOutperform Votes
1325
67.77%
Underperform Votes
630
32.23%

United Therapeutics has a beta of 0.56, suggesting that its stock price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Teva Pharmaceutical Industries has a beta of 0.87, suggesting that its stock price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, United Therapeutics had 15 more articles in the media than Teva Pharmaceutical Industries. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for United Therapeutics and 9 mentions for Teva Pharmaceutical Industries. United Therapeutics' average media sentiment score of 1.17 beat Teva Pharmaceutical Industries' score of 1.08 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
17 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries
7 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

United Therapeutics has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Teva Pharmaceutical Industries. Teva Pharmaceutical Industries 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$2.33B6.97$984.80M$22.7715.95
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries$15.85B1.17-$559M-$0.85-19.33

Summary

United Therapeutics beats Teva Pharmaceutical Industries 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$17.24B$6.39B$5.07B$8.66B
Dividend YieldN/A8.08%5.10%4.06%
P/E Ratio15.9510.92101.9217.45
Price / Sales6.97245.131,198.0869.07
Price / Cash17.4953.4940.9736.36
Price / Book2.669.306.335.87
Net Income$984.80M$154.14M$119.64M$225.66M
7 Day Performance-11.40%-9.47%-5.13%-1.34%
1 Month Performance-2.56%-7.30%-2.72%1.15%
1 Year Performance58.67%28.21%31.08%24.02%

United Therapeutics Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
UTHR
United Therapeutics
4.514 of 5 stars
$363.25
-6.0%
$370.86
+2.1%
+60.3%$16.22B$2.33B15.951,168Insider Selling
News Coverage
Positive News
TEVA
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries
2.7975 of 5 stars
$16.43
-1.9%
N/A+87.6%$18.61B$15.85B-19.3337,851Gap Down
RETA
Reata Pharmaceuticals
N/A$172.36
+0.0%
N/A+0.0%$6.58B$23.48M0.00321Analyst Forecast
BPMC
Blueprint Medicines
3.0804 of 5 stars
$88.69
-7.3%
N/A+41.6%$5.63B$249.38M-42.03640Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↑
News Coverage
IONS
Ionis Pharmaceuticals
4.0875 of 5 stars
$34.34
-7.8%
N/A-29.3%$5.42B$803.07M-14.07800Analyst Downgrade
Insider Selling
Short Interest ↑
News Coverage
BHVN
Biohaven
3.811 of 5 stars
$44.39
-8.8%
N/A+49.6%$4.49B$462.51M-4.75239Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
ALNY
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals
4.8194 of 5 stars
$235.56
-8.7%
N/A+39.4%$30.38B$1.83B-89.912,100Analyst Downgrade
Short Interest ↓
High Trading Volume
BIIB
Biogen
4.8855 of 5 stars
$159.99
-3.0%
N/A-30.3%$23.31B$9.84B14.457,570Analyst Upgrade
News Coverage
INCY
Incyte
4.1835 of 5 stars
$75.87
-2.4%
N/A+40.5%$14.62B$3.70B541.972,524Analyst Forecast
Positive News
BMRN
BioMarin Pharmaceutical
4.9905 of 5 stars
$63.42
-3.3%
N/A-27.3%$12.09B$2.42B37.983,401Analyst Forecast
Insider Selling
News Coverage
NBIX
Neurocrine Biosciences
4.9625 of 5 stars
$117.44
-4.4%
N/A+8.0%$11.89B$2.24B31.491,400

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This page (NASDAQ:UTHR) was last updated on 11/17/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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