AMGN vs. VRTX, REGN, GILD, MRNA, SGEN, BIIB, ALNY, BMRN, INCY, and UTHR
Should you be buying Amgen stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Amgen include Vertex Pharmaceuticals (VRTX), Regeneron Pharmaceuticals (REGN), Gilead Sciences (GILD), Moderna (MRNA), Seagen (SGEN), Biogen (BIIB), Alnylam Pharmaceuticals (ALNY), BioMarin Pharmaceutical (BMRN), Incyte (INCY), and United Therapeutics (UTHR). These companies are all part of the "medical" sector.
Amgen (NASDAQ:AMGN) and Vertex Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:VRTX) are both large-cap medical companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends, institutional ownership and risk.
Amgen has higher revenue and earnings than Vertex Pharmaceuticals. Vertex Pharmaceuticals is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Amgen, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Vertex Pharmaceuticals received 38 more outperform votes than Amgen when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 75.64% of users gave Vertex Pharmaceuticals an outperform vote while only 72.40% of users gave Amgen an outperform vote.
Amgen has a beta of 0.58, suggesting that its stock price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vertex Pharmaceuticals has a beta of 0.39, suggesting that its stock price is 61% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Amgen currently has a consensus target price of $312.63, suggesting a potential downside of 6.64%. Vertex Pharmaceuticals has a consensus target price of $460.30, suggesting a potential downside of 7.06%. Given Amgen's higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Amgen is more favorable than Vertex Pharmaceuticals.
Vertex Pharmaceuticals has a net margin of 39.46% compared to Amgen's net margin of 12.74%. Amgen's return on equity of 156.21% beat Vertex Pharmaceuticals' return on equity.
In the previous week, Amgen had 3 more articles in the media than Vertex Pharmaceuticals. MarketBeat recorded 34 mentions for Amgen and 31 mentions for Vertex Pharmaceuticals. Amgen's average media sentiment score of 0.57 beat Vertex Pharmaceuticals' score of 0.53 indicating that Amgen is being referred to more favorably in the media.
76.5% of Amgen shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.0% of Vertex Pharmaceuticals shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of Amgen shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Vertex Pharmaceuticals shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Amgen and Vertex Pharmaceuticals tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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