ALVO vs. QGEN, VTRS, ASND, MRNA, BBIO, BPMC, VRNA, ROIV, ELAN, and RVMD
Should you be buying Alvotech stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Alvotech include Qiagen (QGEN), Viatris (VTRS), Ascendis Pharma A/S (ASND), Moderna (MRNA), BridgeBio Pharma (BBIO), Blueprint Medicines (BPMC), Verona Pharma PLC American Depositary Share (VRNA), Roivant Sciences (ROIV), Elanco Animal Health (ELAN), and Revolution Medicines (RVMD). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.
Alvotech vs. Its Competitors
Alvotech (NASDAQ:ALVO) and Qiagen (NYSE:QGEN) are both medical companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, risk and analyst recommendations.
Qiagen has higher revenue and earnings than Alvotech. Alvotech is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Qiagen, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Alvotech has a net margin of 16.42% compared to Qiagen's net margin of 4.68%. Qiagen's return on equity of 14.61% beat Alvotech's return on equity.
Alvotech currently has a consensus target price of $18.00, indicating a potential upside of 104.31%. Qiagen has a consensus target price of $49.40, indicating a potential upside of 3.26%. Given Alvotech's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Alvotech is more favorable than Qiagen.
70.0% of Qiagen shares are held by institutional investors. 9.0% of Qiagen shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Alvotech has a beta of 0.11, suggesting that its share price is 89% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Qiagen has a beta of 0.68, suggesting that its share price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Alvotech had 1 more articles in the media than Qiagen. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Alvotech and 5 mentions for Qiagen. Alvotech's average media sentiment score of 0.97 beat Qiagen's score of 0.50 indicating that Alvotech is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Qiagen beats Alvotech on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NASDAQ:ALVO) was last updated on 7/8/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
