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BioMarin Pharmaceutical (BMRN) Competitors

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BMRN vs. ALNY, BIIB, INCY, UTHR, NBIX, EXEL, EXAS, HALO, RGEN, and IONS

Should you be buying BioMarin Pharmaceutical stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of BioMarin Pharmaceutical include Alnylam Pharmaceuticals (ALNY), Biogen (BIIB), Incyte (INCY), United Therapeutics (UTHR), Neurocrine Biosciences (NBIX), Exelixis (EXEL), Exact Sciences (EXAS), Halozyme Therapeutics (HALO), Repligen (RGEN), and Ionis Pharmaceuticals (IONS). These companies are all part of the "biotechnology" industry.

BioMarin Pharmaceutical vs. Its Competitors

BioMarin Pharmaceutical (NASDAQ:BMRN) and Alnylam Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:ALNY) are both large-cap medical companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations and dividends.

BioMarin Pharmaceutical has a net margin of 21.45% compared to Alnylam Pharmaceuticals' net margin of -12.96%. BioMarin Pharmaceutical's return on equity of 12.59% beat Alnylam Pharmaceuticals' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
BioMarin Pharmaceutical21.45% 12.59% 10.13%
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals -12.96%-273.52%-7.39%

98.7% of BioMarin Pharmaceutical shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.0% of Alnylam Pharmaceuticals shares are held by institutional investors. 0.9% of BioMarin Pharmaceutical shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of Alnylam Pharmaceuticals shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

BioMarin Pharmaceutical presently has a consensus target price of $93.17, suggesting a potential upside of 61.35%. Alnylam Pharmaceuticals has a consensus target price of $403.92, suggesting a potential downside of 6.81%. Given BioMarin Pharmaceutical's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe BioMarin Pharmaceutical is more favorable than Alnylam Pharmaceuticals.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
BioMarin Pharmaceutical
0 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
18 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.75
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
23 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.85

In the previous week, Alnylam Pharmaceuticals had 3 more articles in the media than BioMarin Pharmaceutical. MarketBeat recorded 46 mentions for Alnylam Pharmaceuticals and 43 mentions for BioMarin Pharmaceutical. BioMarin Pharmaceutical's average media sentiment score of 0.98 beat Alnylam Pharmaceuticals' score of 0.80 indicating that BioMarin Pharmaceutical is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
BioMarin Pharmaceutical
20 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
10 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals
14 Very Positive mention(s)
7 Positive mention(s)
19 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
BioMarin Pharmaceutical$2.85B3.88$426.86M$3.3717.14
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals$2.25B25.27-$278.16M-$2.47-175.48

BioMarin Pharmaceutical has a beta of 0.18, indicating that its stock price is 82% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Alnylam Pharmaceuticals has a beta of 0.25, indicating that its stock price is 75% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

BioMarin Pharmaceutical beats Alnylam Pharmaceuticals on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding BMRN and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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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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BMRN vs. The Competition

MetricBioMarin PharmaceuticalMED IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$10.94B$2.98B$5.46B$9.67B
Dividend YieldN/A2.46%3.99%4.14%
P/E Ratio16.9217.9229.9924.97
Price / Sales3.88174.22375.5577.11
Price / Cash18.6941.8335.9458.58
Price / Book1.847.308.165.68
Net Income$426.86M-$54.43M$3.25B$265.38M
7 Day Performance-0.68%0.07%1.11%2.52%
1 Month Performance-0.42%5.24%2.80%1.86%
1 Year Performance-34.31%10.72%28.49%24.21%

BioMarin Pharmaceutical Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BMRN
BioMarin Pharmaceutical
4.9941 of 5 stars
$57.75
-2.9%
$93.17
+61.4%
-31.1%$10.94B$2.85B16.923,040Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
ALNY
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals
3.9122 of 5 stars
$324.79
-1.2%
$347.75
+7.1%
+67.2%$42.35B$2.35B-155.402,230Analyst Forecast
BIIB
Biogen
4.9121 of 5 stars
$129.28
-1.7%
$186.37
+44.2%
-36.1%$18.94B$9.82B12.767,605
INCY
Incyte
4.7701 of 5 stars
$70.16
-0.1%
$74.47
+6.1%
+29.7%$13.58B$4.24B219.262,617Analyst Upgrade
UTHR
United Therapeutics
4.9572 of 5 stars
$298.14
-2.1%
$383.08
+28.5%
-7.1%$13.45B$2.99B11.901,305
NBIX
Neurocrine Biosciences
4.9667 of 5 stars
$133.71
+1.2%
$163.87
+22.6%
-12.9%$13.23B$2.36B45.331,800
EXEL
Exelixis
4.9476 of 5 stars
$44.39
-2.7%
$45.33
+2.1%
+41.0%$12.11B$2.17B20.181,147Positive News
High Trading Volume
EXAS
Exact Sciences
4.7279 of 5 stars
$48.04
-0.9%
$70.50
+46.8%
-22.9%$9.06B$2.83B-8.727,000Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
HALO
Halozyme Therapeutics
4.7873 of 5 stars
$57.73
-0.9%
$62.70
+8.6%
+14.7%$7.11B$1.08B15.35390News Coverage
Positive News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
RGEN
Repligen
4.8206 of 5 stars
$119.65
-1.7%
$169.92
+42.0%
-30.1%$6.72B$634.44M-265.891,778
IONS
Ionis Pharmaceuticals
4.4945 of 5 stars
$41.17
-2.5%
$55.67
+35.2%
-12.3%$6.55B$705M-13.771,069Insider Trade
Analyst Revision

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