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GSK vs. AZN, SOPH, ITH, HCM, GRI, INDV, SLS, ERGO, SLN, and BMY

Should you be buying GSK stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of GSK include AstraZeneca (AZN), Sophos Group plc (SOPH.L) (SOPH), Ithaca Energy (ITH), HUTCHMED (HCM), Grainger (GRI), Indivior (INDV), Standard Life UK Smaller Companies Trust (SLS), Ergomed (ERGO), Silence Therapeutics (SLN), and Bloomsbury Publishing (BMY). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

GSK vs.

AstraZeneca (LON:AZN) and GSK (LON:GSK) are both large-cap medical companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, community ranking, valuation, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership and risk.

AstraZeneca currently has a consensus target price of GBX 6,303.50, suggesting a potential downside of 41.38%. GSK has a consensus target price of GBX 1,805.83, suggesting a potential upside of 21.81%. Given GSK's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe GSK is more favorable than AstraZeneca.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
AstraZeneca
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67
GSK
1 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.57

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
AstraZeneca£66.95B3.09£8.71B£364.8329.47
GSK£31.14B1.93£2.50B£61.9123.95

51.0% of AstraZeneca shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 45.3% of GSK shares are held by institutional investors. 0.0% of AstraZeneca shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.6% of GSK shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

AstraZeneca pays an annual dividend of GBX 234 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. GSK pays an annual dividend of GBX 60 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. AstraZeneca pays out 64.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. GSK pays out 96.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

AstraZeneca has a net margin of 13.01% compared to GSK's net margin of 8.02%. GSK's return on equity of 18.08% beat AstraZeneca's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
AstraZeneca13.01% 17.76% 7.68%
GSK 8.02%18.08%9.56%

In the previous week, AstraZeneca and AstraZeneca both had 9 articles in the media. GSK's average media sentiment score of 0.37 beat AstraZeneca's score of 0.24 indicating that GSK is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
AstraZeneca
0 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
GSK
3 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

AstraZeneca has a beta of 0.17, suggesting that its stock price is 83% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, GSK has a beta of 0.31, suggesting that its stock price is 69% less volatile than the S&P 500.

AstraZeneca received 773 more outperform votes than GSK when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.77% of users gave AstraZeneca an outperform vote while only 50.37% of users gave GSK an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
AstraZenecaOutperform Votes
1864
63.77%
Underperform Votes
1059
36.23%
GSKOutperform Votes
1091
50.37%
Underperform Votes
1075
49.63%

Summary

AstraZeneca beats GSK on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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GSK vs. The Competition

MetricGSKDrug Manufacturers IndustryMedical SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£60.16B£96.81B£5.55B£2.56B
Dividend Yield4.25%2.47%5.11%4.84%
P/E Ratio23.9524.4022.42132.42
Price / Sales1.93167.57393.41240,284.82
Price / Cash8.1517.5938.1828.16
Price / Book4.503.116.724.52
Net Income£2.50B£3.43B£3.22B£5.85B
7 Day Performance8.21%1.41%2.66%2.71%
1 Month Performance-0.24%-0.14%-0.51%8.66%
1 Year Performance-11.39%-5.79%17.84%110.92%

GSK Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
GSK
GSK
2.0849 of 5 stars
GBX 1,482.51
+3.5%
GBX 1,805.83
+21.8%
-14.9%£60.16B£31.14B23.9570,212Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
AZN
AstraZeneca
1.5931 of 5 stars
£101.24
-1.3%
GBX 6,303.50
-37.7%
-16.0%£194.79B£66.95B27.7583,500Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
SOPH
Sophos Group plc (SOPH.L)
N/AN/AN/AN/A£2.99B£726.90M341.41520
ITH
Ithaca Energy
N/AGBX 140.40
+1.4%
N/A+12.3%£2.93B£3.55B16.03220
HCM
HUTCHMED
N/AGBX 212
+2.4%
N/A-26.0%£2.30B£771.01M-54.111,760Gap Up
GRI
Grainger
2.8722 of 5 stars
GBX 210.50
flat
GBX 317.50
+50.8%
-18.2%£1.55B£276.05M-1,403.33372Dividend Increase
INDV
Indivior
2.2937 of 5 stars
GBX 688.50
+1.0%
GBX 1,650
+139.7%
-41.3%£1.08B£1.40B-570.871,000
SLS
Standard Life UK Smaller Companies Trust
N/AN/AN/AN/A£715.41M£222.48M3.3710
ERGO
Ergomed
N/AN/AN/AN/A£701.00M£152.09M4,641.386
SLN
Silence Therapeutics
N/AN/AN/AN/A£480.35M£11.35M-11.01100High Trading Volume
BMY
Bloomsbury Publishing
2.495 of 5 stars
GBX 574
-1.5%
GBX 825
+43.7%
+9.5%£463.18M£382.40M12.2834,300

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This page (LON:GSK) was last updated on 4/30/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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