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

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), BioNTech (BNTX), Insmed (INSM), Summit Therapeutics (SMMT), Teva Pharmaceutical Industries (TEVA), Intra-Cellular Therapies (ITCI), and Genmab A/S (GMAB). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

argenex vs. Its Competitors

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

argenex has a net margin of 40.20% compared to Sanofi's net margin of 14.56%. Sanofi's return on equity of 17.15% beat argenex's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
argenex40.20% 16.15% 14.33%
Sanofi 14.56%17.15%9.80%

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
argenex$2.25B16.09$833.04M$16.2136.52
Sanofi$44.46B2.78$6.02B$2.8017.99

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

argenex has a beta of 0.37, indicating that its stock price is 63% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sanofi has a beta of 0.48, indicating that its stock price is 52% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Sanofi had 1 more articles in the media than argenex. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for Sanofi and 21 mentions for argenex. Sanofi's average media sentiment score of 0.98 beat argenex's score of 0.38 indicating that Sanofi is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
argenex
5 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
6 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Sanofi
12 Very Positive mention(s)
4 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

argenex presently has a consensus price target of $728.06, indicating a potential upside of 22.99%. Sanofi has a consensus price target of $61.50, indicating a potential upside of 22.10%. Given argenex's higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe argenex is more favorable than Sanofi.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
argenex
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
19 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.10
Sanofi
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
3 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.11

Summary

argenex beats Sanofi on 9 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

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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ARGX vs. The Competition

MetricargenexMED IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$36.21B$3.07B$5.70B$9.51B
Dividend YieldN/A2.36%4.69%4.01%
P/E Ratio36.528.6721.1920.14
Price / Sales16.09328.69461.30104.37
Price / Cash199.2142.7636.2258.56
Price / Book6.548.378.665.87
Net Income$833.04M-$55.19M$3.25B$258.55M
7 Day Performance4.85%5.89%4.20%2.23%
1 Month Performance5.61%17.63%10.82%12.76%
1 Year Performance21.73%5.09%34.70%19.36%

argenex Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ARGX
argenex
3.6805 of 5 stars
$591.99
+0.0%
$728.06
+23.0%
+27.4%$36.21B$2.25B36.521,599Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Revision
SNY
Sanofi
3.5174 of 5 stars
$48.55
-0.1%
$61.50
+26.7%
-2.1%$119.07B$44.46B17.3482,878Upcoming Earnings
GSK
GSK
1.7307 of 5 stars
$38.34
+0.1%
$37.38
-2.5%
-2.8%$78.49B$40.10B19.7668,629Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Revision
TAK
Takeda Pharmaceutical
1.6897 of 5 stars
$15.04
+2.4%
N/A+8.0%$47.84B$30.09B68.3447,455Upcoming Earnings
High Trading Volume
ONC
BeOne Medicines
1.2886 of 5 stars
$252.14
+0.7%
$320.67
+27.2%
N/A$27.63B$3.81B-67.7811,000Insider Trade
Gap Down
BNTX
BioNTech
1.409 of 5 stars
$111.00
-1.7%
$137.91
+24.2%
+37.8%$26.68B$2.98B-32.656,772News Coverage
INSM
Insmed
3.9532 of 5 stars
$101.89
+3.8%
$108.07
+6.1%
+39.1%$19.33B$381.03M-17.121,271Positive News
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
SMMT
Summit Therapeutics
2.1516 of 5 stars
$25.40
+1.6%
$34.67
+36.5%
+176.3%$18.86BN/A-74.70110Positive News
TEVA
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries
4.4316 of 5 stars
$16.43
+0.2%
$24.71
+50.5%
-0.8%$18.84B$16.54B-14.2836,830Upcoming Earnings
ITCI
Intra-Cellular Therapies
0.8898 of 5 stars
$131.87
flat
$109.70
-16.8%
N/A$14.05B$680.50M-151.57560
GMAB
Genmab A/S
4.0706 of 5 stars
$21.46
+0.3%
$37.80
+76.1%
-15.2%$13.77B$3.12B12.192,682Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:ARGX) was last updated on 7/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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