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ARGX vs. SNY, GSK, TAK, ONC, INSM, BNTX, TEVA, SMMT, GMAB, and VTRS

Should you be buying argenex stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of argenex include Sanofi (SNY), GSK (GSK), Takeda Pharmaceutical (TAK), BeOne Medicines (ONC), Insmed (INSM), BioNTech (BNTX), Teva Pharmaceutical Industries (TEVA), Summit Therapeutics (SMMT), Genmab A/S (GMAB), and Viatris (VTRS). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

argenex vs. Its Competitors

Sanofi (NASDAQ:SNY) and argenex (NASDAQ:ARGX) are both large-cap medical companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, valuation and dividends.

Sanofi currently has a consensus price target of $62.00, indicating a potential upside of 33.12%. argenex has a consensus price target of $772.84, indicating a potential upside of 3.26%. Given Sanofi's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Sanofi is more favorable than argenex.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Sanofi
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
3 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.22
argenex
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
21 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.09

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Sanofi$44.46B2.57$6.02B$4.1611.20
argenex$2.25B20.34$833.04M$19.5038.38

In the previous week, argenex had 4 more articles in the media than Sanofi. MarketBeat recorded 27 mentions for argenex and 23 mentions for Sanofi. argenex's average media sentiment score of 1.27 beat Sanofi's score of 0.64 indicating that argenex is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Sanofi
10 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
7 Neutral mention(s)
3 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
argenex
22 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

argenex has a net margin of 40.98% compared to Sanofi's net margin of 21.47%. argenex's return on equity of 21.06% beat Sanofi's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Sanofi21.47% 16.86% 9.63%
argenex 40.98%21.06%18.25%

Sanofi has a beta of 0.51, indicating that its share price is 49% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, argenex has a beta of 0.41, indicating that its share price is 59% less volatile than the S&P 500.

14.0% of Sanofi shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 60.3% of argenex shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Sanofi shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.4% of argenex shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

argenex beats Sanofi on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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ARGX vs. The Competition

MetricargenexMED IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$45.69B$3.15B$5.77B$9.87B
Dividend YieldN/A2.28%6.67%4.51%
P/E Ratio38.2821.0975.6126.46
Price / Sales20.34471.78551.64120.26
Price / Cash243.0645.1137.1158.92
Price / Book8.279.7711.536.02
Net Income$833.04M-$53.47M$3.29B$266.38M
7 Day Performance5.09%0.91%-0.12%-0.53%
1 Month Performance10.90%6.59%6.12%3.30%
1 Year Performance36.46%11.62%60.95%22.81%

argenex Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ARGX
argenex
4.0653 of 5 stars
$748.45
+2.0%
$772.84
+3.3%
+39.1%$45.69B$2.25B38.281,599Positive News
Analyst Forecast
SNY
Sanofi
3.7552 of 5 stars
$49.48
-0.9%
$62.00
+25.3%
-22.6%$121.50B$45.74B11.8982,878Trending News
Analyst Upgrade
Short Interest ↑
Gap Up
GSK
GSK
2.7871 of 5 stars
$39.68
+0.6%
$37.38
-5.8%
-10.6%$80.82B$40.10B18.3768,629Positive News
Dividend Cut
Analyst Revision
TAK
Takeda Pharmaceutical
2.6763 of 5 stars
$14.99
+0.1%
N/A+2.1%$47.68B$4.48T49.9547,455Positive News
ONC
BeOne Medicines
0.798 of 5 stars
$306.05
+2.7%
$330.89
+8.1%
N/A$33.54B$4.56B-176.9111,000Gap Up
INSM
Insmed
3.7906 of 5 stars
$136.10
+0.8%
$132.57
-2.6%
+89.4%$28.77B$363.71M-23.841,271Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
Analyst Revision
BNTX
BioNTech
1.2951 of 5 stars
$100.00
-1.9%
$135.80
+35.8%
+16.3%$24.04B$2.88B-62.506,772Positive News
Gap Up
TEVA
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries
3.4182 of 5 stars
$18.41
+2.0%
$24.71
+34.3%
-2.3%$21.11B$16.54B-115.0436,830News Coverage
Positive News
SMMT
Summit Therapeutics
3.3516 of 5 stars
$23.70
-2.9%
$33.31
+40.5%
+98.3%$17.61B$700K-23.47110News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
Options Volume
Gap Up
GMAB
Genmab A/S
4.0739 of 5 stars
$24.87
-1.0%
$37.60
+51.2%
-0.8%$15.96B$3.26B12.502,682Positive News
VTRS
Viatris
1.7947 of 5 stars
$10.55
+1.3%
$10.40
-1.4%
-12.3%$12.30B$14.12B-3.6432,000

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This page (NASDAQ:ARGX) was last updated on 9/5/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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