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UTHR vs. ALNY, BIIB, BMRN, INCY, 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), BioMarin Pharmaceutical (BMRN), Incyte (INCY), 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.

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

93.0% of Alnylam Pharmaceuticals shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.1% of United Therapeutics shares are held by institutional investors. 1.5% of Alnylam Pharmaceuticals shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 11.9% of United Therapeutics shares are held 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.

In the previous week, Alnylam Pharmaceuticals had 42 more articles in the media than United Therapeutics. MarketBeat recorded 62 mentions for Alnylam Pharmaceuticals and 20 mentions for United Therapeutics. United Therapeutics' average media sentiment score of 1.01 beat Alnylam Pharmaceuticals' score of 0.75 indicating that United Therapeutics is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals
25 Very Positive mention(s)
10 Positive mention(s)
12 Neutral mention(s)
3 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
United Therapeutics
13 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals$2.25B15.61-$278.16M-$2.17-124.89
United Therapeutics$2.88B4.81$984.80M$24.6012.52

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
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals-12.37% N/A -6.83%
United Therapeutics 40.31%19.22%16.15%

Alnylam Pharmaceuticals currently has a consensus price target of $312.30, suggesting a potential upside of 15.23%. United Therapeutics has a consensus price target of $388.25, suggesting a potential upside of 26.05%. Given United Therapeutics' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe United Therapeutics is more favorable than Alnylam Pharmaceuticals.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals
1 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
20 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.76
United Therapeutics
1 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
9 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67

Alnylam Pharmaceuticals has a beta of 0.39, meaning that its share price is 61% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, United Therapeutics has a beta of 0.64, meaning that its share price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Alnylam Pharmaceuticals received 561 more outperform votes than United Therapeutics when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 76.28% of users gave Alnylam Pharmaceuticals an outperform vote while only 62.58% of users gave United Therapeutics an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Alnylam PharmaceuticalsOutperform Votes
1158
76.28%
Underperform Votes
360
23.72%
United TherapeuticsOutperform Votes
597
62.58%
Underperform Votes
357
37.42%

Summary

United Therapeutics beats Alnylam Pharmaceuticals on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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UTHR vs. The Competition

MetricUnited TherapeuticsPharmaceutical IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$13.83B$6.91B$5.64B$8.06B
Dividend YieldN/A2.73%4.56%4.02%
P/E Ratio13.537.2023.1319.03
Price / Sales4.81226.01383.8993.17
Price / Cash16.6365.6738.1634.64
Price / Book2.426.476.944.33
Net Income$984.80M$141.90M$3.20B$247.06M
7 Day Performance-1.78%-3.05%-2.30%-0.52%
1 Month Performance-4.82%-4.63%3.10%-3.73%
1 Year Performance26.62%-8.61%11.22%1.74%

United Therapeutics Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
UTHR
United Therapeutics
4.9404 of 5 stars
$308.02
-0.9%
$388.25
+26.0%
+26.6%$13.83B$2.88B13.53980Insider Trade
Short Interest ↓
Positive News
ALNY
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals
4.2649 of 5 stars
$290.70
+2.6%
$312.30
+7.4%
+75.5%$37.63B$2.25B-133.962,230High Trading Volume
BIIB
Biogen
4.9116 of 5 stars
$141.60
+0.5%
$213.33
+50.7%
-35.1%$20.73B$9.68B12.658,720Positive News
BMRN
BioMarin Pharmaceutical
4.9038 of 5 stars
$71.99
+1.1%
$94.00
+30.6%
-17.8%$13.73B$2.85B32.723,401Options Volume
INCY
Incyte
4.7096 of 5 stars
$62.78
+1.4%
$74.88
+19.3%
+6.2%$12.15B$4.24B232.532,617Positive News
NBIX
Neurocrine Biosciences
4.9292 of 5 stars
$115.60
+3.3%
$165.24
+42.9%
-17.3%$11.53B$2.36B35.141,200Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
Positive News
EXEL
Exelixis
4.5566 of 5 stars
$37.72
+2.1%
$37.59
-0.3%
+54.4%$10.56B$2.17B21.311,220Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
Positive News
EXAS
Exact Sciences
4.5798 of 5 stars
$47.09
+3.2%
$70.83
+50.4%
-32.7%$8.75B$2.76B-8.456,400News Coverage
Positive News
RGEN
Repligen
4.7538 of 5 stars
$145.15
+3.7%
$178.64
+23.1%
-25.8%$8.15B$634.44M-284.612,020Positive News
HALO
Halozyme Therapeutics
4.283 of 5 stars
$64.02
-1.7%
$62.78
-1.9%
+58.3%$7.91B$1.02B18.66390Positive News
MDGL
Madrigal Pharmaceuticals
3.5502 of 5 stars
$346.40
+1.4%
$378.44
+9.3%
+30.3%$7.65B$180.13M-13.8190Positive News
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This page (NASDAQ:UTHR) was last updated on 3/28/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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