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BCRX vs. RGEN, IONS, MDGL, ALKS, LGND, FOLD, CLDX, DVAX, MNKD, and NVAX

Should you be buying BioCryst Pharmaceuticals stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of BioCryst Pharmaceuticals include Repligen (RGEN), Ionis Pharmaceuticals (IONS), Madrigal Pharmaceuticals (MDGL), Alkermes (ALKS), Ligand Pharmaceuticals (LGND), Amicus Therapeutics (FOLD), Celldex Therapeutics (CLDX), Dynavax Technologies (DVAX), MannKind (MNKD), and Novavax (NVAX). These companies are all part of the "biotechnology" industry.

BioCryst Pharmaceuticals vs. Its Competitors

Repligen (NASDAQ:RGEN) and BioCryst Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:BCRX) are both medical companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, risk, valuation and institutional ownership.

97.6% of Repligen shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.9% of BioCryst Pharmaceuticals shares are held by institutional investors. 1.2% of Repligen shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 4.8% of BioCryst Pharmaceuticals shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Repligen has a net margin of -2.05% compared to BioCryst Pharmaceuticals' net margin of -6.41%. Repligen's return on equity of 4.65% beat BioCryst Pharmaceuticals' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Repligen-2.05% 4.65% 3.26%
BioCryst Pharmaceuticals -6.41%N/A -1.78%

Repligen presently has a consensus target price of $169.45, suggesting a potential upside of 50.45%. BioCryst Pharmaceuticals has a consensus target price of $16.70, suggesting a potential upside of 98.22%. Given BioCryst Pharmaceuticals' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe BioCryst Pharmaceuticals is more favorable than Repligen.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Repligen
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.73
BioCryst Pharmaceuticals
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
9 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.90

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Repligen$673.96M9.39-$25.51M-$0.25-450.54
BioCryst Pharmaceuticals$450.71M3.91-$88.88M-$0.18-46.81

Repligen has a beta of 1.05, indicating that its share price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BioCryst Pharmaceuticals has a beta of 1.1, indicating that its share price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, BioCryst Pharmaceuticals had 20 more articles in the media than Repligen. MarketBeat recorded 36 mentions for BioCryst Pharmaceuticals and 16 mentions for Repligen. Repligen's average media sentiment score of 0.75 beat BioCryst Pharmaceuticals' score of 0.64 indicating that Repligen is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Repligen
8 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
BioCryst Pharmaceuticals
9 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
11 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

Repligen and BioCryst Pharmaceuticals tied by winning 8 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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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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BCRX vs. The Competition

MetricBioCryst PharmaceuticalsMED IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$1.77B$2.42B$5.46B$9.64B
Dividend YieldN/A1.78%3.99%4.14%
P/E Ratio-46.8819.7130.0125.17
Price / Sales3.91426.05372.2177.01
Price / CashN/A165.0335.9458.58
Price / Book-4.194.158.155.69
Net Income-$88.88M$31.61M$3.26B$265.48M
7 Day Performance5.97%0.76%1.05%2.60%
1 Month Performance-4.15%2.86%2.75%1.95%
1 Year Performance5.71%4.14%28.06%23.97%

BioCryst Pharmaceuticals Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BCRX
BioCryst Pharmaceuticals
4.1685 of 5 stars
$8.43
+0.9%
$16.70
+98.2%
+12.2%$1.77B$450.71M-46.88530Earnings Report
Analyst Revision
RGEN
Repligen
4.7759 of 5 stars
$119.65
-1.7%
$169.92
+42.0%
-30.1%$6.72B$634.44M-265.891,778
IONS
Ionis Pharmaceuticals
4.4986 of 5 stars
$41.17
-2.5%
$55.67
+35.2%
-12.3%$6.55B$705M-13.771,069Insider Trade
Analyst Revision
MDGL
Madrigal Pharmaceuticals
4.3861 of 5 stars
$294.16
-1.4%
$420.63
+43.0%
+46.2%$6.53B$317.38M-16.3090Positive News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
ALKS
Alkermes
4.7847 of 5 stars
$26.15
+0.1%
$40.92
+56.5%
+0.6%$4.31B$1.56B12.511,800Positive News
LGND
Ligand Pharmaceuticals
3.5201 of 5 stars
$134.92
-0.7%
$147.17
+9.1%
+56.8%$2.60B$167.13M-18.9580News Coverage
Positive News
FOLD
Amicus Therapeutics
4.1132 of 5 stars
$6.12
+1.0%
$16.22
+165.1%
-32.1%$1.88B$528.29M-67.99480
CLDX
Celldex Therapeutics
1.3835 of 5 stars
$22.01
-5.7%
$50.11
+127.7%
-33.8%$1.46B$7.02M-8.15150Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
DVAX
Dynavax Technologies
4.3083 of 5 stars
$11.29
-0.6%
$24.00
+112.6%
+2.9%$1.36B$277.25M-21.71350News Coverage
Positive News
Earnings Report
MNKD
MannKind
3.4273 of 5 stars
$3.96
-2.5%
$9.86
+148.9%
-31.5%$1.20B$297.60M39.60400Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
NVAX
Novavax
4.7101 of 5 stars
$7.28
-2.5%
$15.86
+117.8%
-18.0%$1.18B$682.16M2.751,990News Coverage
Earnings Report

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This page (NASDAQ:BCRX) was last updated on 8/8/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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