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BHVN vs. RYTM, RNA, AXSM, NUVL, ABVX, CRSP, MRUS, VKTX, CYTK, and AAPG

Should you be buying Biohaven stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Biohaven include Rhythm Pharmaceuticals (RYTM), Avidity Biosciences (RNA), Axsome Therapeutics (AXSM), Nuvalent (NUVL), Abivax (ABVX), CRISPR Therapeutics (CRSP), Merus (MRUS), Viking Therapeutics (VKTX), Cytokinetics (CYTK), and Ascentage Pharma Group International (AAPG). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

Biohaven vs. Its Competitors

Biohaven (NYSE:BHVN) and Rhythm Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:RYTM) are both medical companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, dividends, risk and institutional ownership.

88.8% of Biohaven shares are owned by institutional investors. 16.0% of Biohaven shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.1% of Rhythm Pharmaceuticals 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.

Biohaven has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Rhythm Pharmaceuticals' net margin of -117.13%. Biohaven's return on equity of -270.65% beat Rhythm Pharmaceuticals' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
BiohavenN/A -270.65% -143.70%
Rhythm Pharmaceuticals -117.13%-1,831.43%-48.33%

Biohaven presently has a consensus target price of $54.23, indicating a potential upside of 247.28%. Rhythm Pharmaceuticals has a consensus target price of $101.57, indicating a potential downside of 1.64%. Given Biohaven's higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Biohaven is more favorable than Rhythm Pharmaceuticals.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Biohaven
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
12 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.07
Rhythm Pharmaceuticals
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
14 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.07

Biohaven has a beta of 0.98, indicating that its stock price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Rhythm Pharmaceuticals has a beta of 2.38, indicating that its stock price is 138% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
BiohavenN/AN/A-$846.42M-$7.66-2.04
Rhythm Pharmaceuticals$130.13M52.71-$260.60M-$3.01-34.31

In the previous week, Biohaven had 34 more articles in the media than Rhythm Pharmaceuticals. MarketBeat recorded 48 mentions for Biohaven and 14 mentions for Rhythm Pharmaceuticals. Rhythm Pharmaceuticals' average media sentiment score of 1.38 beat Biohaven's score of 0.19 indicating that Rhythm Pharmaceuticals is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Biohaven
5 Very Positive mention(s)
8 Positive mention(s)
25 Neutral mention(s)
7 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Rhythm Pharmaceuticals
10 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

Biohaven beats Rhythm Pharmaceuticals on 8 of the 15 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 NYSE 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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BHVN vs. The Competition

MetricBiohavenMED IndustryMedical SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$1.65B$3.12B$5.83B$21.32B
Dividend YieldN/A2.23%4.40%3.51%
P/E Ratio-2.0421.0031.3029.14
Price / SalesN/A355.64454.6055.18
Price / CashN/A44.5038.0224.09
Price / Book12.308.129.535.47
Net Income-$846.42M-$54.72M$3.26B$992.74M
7 Day Performance-0.54%2.62%2.14%2.68%
1 Month Performance13.92%2.68%2.81%1.53%
1 Year Performance-62.58%10.93%30.70%10.77%

Biohaven Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BHVN
Biohaven
3.8219 of 5 stars
$15.62
+6.4%
$54.23
+247.3%
-60.9%$1.65BN/A-2.04239Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Options Volume
Gap Up
High Trading Volume
RYTM
Rhythm Pharmaceuticals
3.8209 of 5 stars
$98.09
+0.5%
$101.57
+3.5%
+133.7%$6.52B$130.13M-32.59140News Coverage
Positive News
RNA
Avidity Biosciences
3.1767 of 5 stars
$44.48
-4.3%
$67.00
+50.6%
+8.2%$5.72B$10.73M-12.49190Positive News
Insider Trade
Options Volume
AXSM
Axsome Therapeutics
4.7994 of 5 stars
$111.13
+1.8%
$178.00
+60.2%
+36.0%$5.55B$385.69M-21.92380News Coverage
Positive News
NUVL
Nuvalent
3.3897 of 5 stars
$75.01
-1.4%
$119.60
+59.4%
-8.3%$5.41BN/A-15.3140News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
ABVX
Abivax
2.9061 of 5 stars
$70.01
-0.6%
$92.33
+31.9%
+562.8%$5.29BN/A0.0061Positive News
Short Interest ↑
CRSP
CRISPR Therapeutics
3.7823 of 5 stars
$57.59
-3.6%
$71.60
+24.3%
+14.4%$5.24B$37.31M-10.61460Positive News
MRUS
Merus
2.3111 of 5 stars
$66.00
-1.9%
$88.50
+34.1%
+26.5%$4.99B$36.13M-12.0037News Coverage
Positive News
VKTX
Viking Therapeutics
3.9956 of 5 stars
$42.09
+5.1%
$86.92
+106.5%
-59.6%$4.73BN/A-27.5120Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Options Volume
CYTK
Cytokinetics
3.7202 of 5 stars
$38.95
+0.7%
$71.58
+83.8%
-31.8%$4.66B$18.47M-7.64250News Coverage
AAPG
Ascentage Pharma Group International
N/A$47.49
+5.6%
N/AN/A$4.41B$134.35M0.00600News Coverage

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This page (NYSE:BHVN) was last updated on 8/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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