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AZN vs. NVS, NVO, SNY, GSK, TAK, ARGX, ONC, INSM, BNTX, and TEVA

Should you be buying AstraZeneca stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of AstraZeneca include Novartis (NVS), Novo Nordisk A/S (NVO), Sanofi (SNY), GSK (GSK), Takeda Pharmaceutical (TAK), argenex (ARGX), BeOne Medicines (ONC), Insmed (INSM), BioNTech (BNTX), and Teva Pharmaceutical Industries (TEVA). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

AstraZeneca vs. Its Competitors

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

Novartis has lower revenue, but higher earnings than AstraZeneca. Novartis 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$54.07B4.71$7.04B$2.6630.87
Novartis$50.32B5.38$11.94B$6.8718.65

Novartis has a net margin of 25.64% compared to AstraZeneca's net margin of 14.68%. Novartis' return on equity of 41.08% beat AstraZeneca's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
AstraZeneca14.68% 32.84% 12.87%
Novartis 25.64%41.08%16.83%

AstraZeneca pays an annual dividend of $1.01 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Novartis pays an annual dividend of $2.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. AstraZeneca pays out 38.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Novartis pays out 37.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Novartis is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

In the previous week, Novartis had 1 more articles in the media than AstraZeneca. MarketBeat recorded 26 mentions for Novartis and 25 mentions for AstraZeneca. Novartis' average media sentiment score of 1.33 beat AstraZeneca's score of 1.25 indicating that Novartis is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
AstraZeneca
22 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Novartis
23 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

AstraZeneca currently has a consensus target price of $86.00, suggesting a potential upside of 4.74%. Novartis has a consensus target price of $123.50, suggesting a potential downside of 3.62%. Given AstraZeneca's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe AstraZeneca is more favorable than Novartis.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
AstraZeneca
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.80
Novartis
2 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.10

AstraZeneca has a beta of 0.37, meaning that its share price is 63% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Novartis has a beta of 0.63, meaning that its share price is 37% less volatile than the S&P 500.

20.4% of AstraZeneca shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 13.1% of Novartis shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.0% of Novartis shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Novartis beats AstraZeneca on 13 of the 19 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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AZN vs. The Competition

MetricAstraZenecaMED IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$247.80B$3.11B$5.77B$9.76B
Dividend Yield1.26%2.28%6.66%4.49%
P/E Ratio30.8721.1082.3726.60
Price / Sales4.71371.03525.77170.66
Price / Cash12.6943.5325.7028.92
Price / Book5.688.1310.646.56
Net Income$7.04B-$53.35M$3.28B$266.04M
7 Day Performance2.65%0.73%0.09%-0.89%
1 Month Performance10.08%7.76%8.90%4.34%
1 Year Performance-4.24%11.97%48.37%24.06%

AstraZeneca Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
AZN
AstraZeneca
2.5833 of 5 stars
$82.11
+2.4%
$86.00
+4.7%
-4.2%$247.80B$54.07B30.8794,300Positive News
NVS
Novartis
2.6908 of 5 stars
$125.12
-1.5%
$123.50
-1.3%
+8.2%$264.31B$55.19B18.2175,883Positive News
NVO
Novo Nordisk A/S
4.3583 of 5 stars
$56.35
-1.1%
$81.00
+43.7%
-58.4%$251.60B$42.12B15.4877,349Trending News
SNY
Sanofi
3.2607 of 5 stars
$50.13
-2.4%
$62.00
+23.7%
-13.3%$123.09B$44.46B12.0582,878Analyst Upgrade
Short Interest ↑
GSK
GSK
2.5148 of 5 stars
$39.68
-1.3%
$37.38
-5.8%
-9.4%$80.85B$31.63B18.3768,629Dividend Cut
TAK
Takeda Pharmaceutical
2.4621 of 5 stars
$15.08
-2.8%
N/A+1.5%$47.98B$30.09B50.2747,455Positive News
ARGX
argenex
4.0922 of 5 stars
$677.32
+2.6%
$757.88
+11.9%
+40.4%$41.45B$3.05B34.731,599Analyst Forecast
ONC
BeOne Medicines
0.7938 of 5 stars
$308.63
-1.6%
$330.89
+7.2%
N/A$33.83B$3.81B-178.4011,000
INSM
Insmed
3.6636 of 5 stars
$128.32
-2.7%
$132.57
+3.3%
+95.8%$27.12B$363.71M-22.471,271Analyst Forecast
BNTX
BioNTech
1.9111 of 5 stars
$105.07
-5.2%
$135.80
+29.2%
+14.1%$25.26B$2.98B-65.676,772
TEVA
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries
3.5014 of 5 stars
$18.14
-1.7%
$24.71
+36.2%
+1.3%$20.81B$16.63B-113.3836,830Positive News

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