AMGN vs. GILD, MRNA, PFE, ABT, ISRG, NVS, ELV, SYK, SNY, and VRTX
Should you be buying Amgen stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Amgen include Gilead Sciences (GILD), Moderna (MRNA), Pfizer (PFE), Abbott Laboratories (ABT), Intuitive Surgical (ISRG), Novartis (NVS), Elevance Health (ELV), Stryker (SYK), Sanofi (SNY), and Vertex Pharmaceuticals (VRTX). These companies are all part of the "medical" sector.
Amgen (NASDAQ:AMGN) and Gilead Sciences (NASDAQ:GILD) are both large-cap medical companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, community ranking, valuation, earnings, risk and dividends.
Amgen pays an annual dividend of $9.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. Gilead Sciences pays an annual dividend of $3.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.7%. Amgen pays out 128.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Gilead Sciences pays out 855.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Amgen has a beta of 0.6, suggesting that its share price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Gilead Sciences has a beta of 0.22, suggesting that its share price is 78% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Amgen currently has a consensus price target of $305.65, indicating a potential downside of 0.06%. Gilead Sciences has a consensus price target of $83.69, indicating a potential upside of 27.42%. Given Gilead Sciences' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Gilead Sciences is more favorable than Amgen.
Amgen has higher revenue and earnings than Gilead Sciences. Amgen is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Gilead Sciences, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
76.5% of Amgen shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.7% of Gilead Sciences shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of Amgen shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Gilead Sciences shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Gilead Sciences received 923 more outperform votes than Amgen when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 77.37% of users gave Gilead Sciences an outperform vote while only 72.41% of users gave Amgen an outperform vote.
Amgen has a net margin of 12.74% compared to Gilead Sciences' net margin of 1.76%. Amgen's return on equity of 156.21% beat Gilead Sciences' return on equity.
In the previous week, Amgen had 13 more articles in the media than Gilead Sciences. MarketBeat recorded 30 mentions for Amgen and 17 mentions for Gilead Sciences. Gilead Sciences' average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat Amgen's score of 0.94 indicating that Gilead Sciences is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Amgen beats Gilead Sciences on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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