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GILD vs. LGND, MRNA, REGN, VIR, VRTX, ABBV, MRK, PFE, AMGN, and ALNY

Should you be buying Gilead Sciences stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Gilead Sciences include Ligand Pharmaceuticals (LGND), Moderna (MRNA), Regeneron Pharmaceuticals (REGN), Vir Biotechnology (VIR), Vertex Pharmaceuticals (VRTX), AbbVie (ABBV), Merck & Co., Inc. (MRK), Pfizer (PFE), Amgen (AMGN), and Alnylam Pharmaceuticals (ALNY). These companies are all part of the "medical" sector.

Gilead Sciences vs. Its Competitors

Gilead Sciences (NASDAQ:GILD) and Ligand Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:LGND) are both medical companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, dividends, earnings, risk and institutional ownership.

Gilead Sciences has a beta of 0.29, indicating that its share price is 71% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ligand Pharmaceuticals has a beta of 0.83, indicating that its share price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500.

83.7% of Gilead Sciences shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.3% of Ligand Pharmaceuticals shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Gilead Sciences shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 7.0% of Ligand Pharmaceuticals shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Gilead Sciences has a net margin of 20.76% compared to Ligand Pharmaceuticals' net margin of -73.07%. Gilead Sciences' return on equity of 51.93% beat Ligand Pharmaceuticals' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Gilead Sciences20.76% 51.93% 17.40%
Ligand Pharmaceuticals -73.07%-7.83%-6.92%

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Gilead Sciences$28.75B4.83$480M$4.7523.52
Ligand Pharmaceuticals$167.13M12.99-$4.03M-$7.12-15.81

Gilead Sciences currently has a consensus price target of $110.55, suggesting a potential downside of 1.06%. Ligand Pharmaceuticals has a consensus price target of $146.14, suggesting a potential upside of 29.84%. Given Ligand Pharmaceuticals' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Ligand Pharmaceuticals is more favorable than Gilead Sciences.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Gilead Sciences
0 Sell rating(s)
9 Hold rating(s)
15 Buy rating(s)
3 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.78
Ligand Pharmaceuticals
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

In the previous week, Gilead Sciences had 46 more articles in the media than Ligand Pharmaceuticals. MarketBeat recorded 52 mentions for Gilead Sciences and 6 mentions for Ligand Pharmaceuticals. Gilead Sciences' average media sentiment score of 1.27 beat Ligand Pharmaceuticals' score of 0.90 indicating that Gilead Sciences is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Gilead Sciences
41 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
3 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Ligand Pharmaceuticals
3 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

Gilead Sciences beats Ligand Pharmaceuticals on 11 of the 17 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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GILD vs. The Competition

MetricGilead SciencesMED IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$138.98B$2.87B$5.52B$8.86B
Dividend Yield2.86%2.70%5.36%4.13%
P/E Ratio23.5221.1926.3919.77
Price / Sales4.83264.39408.83110.45
Price / Cash16.1141.2925.8827.49
Price / Book7.247.237.915.36
Net Income$480M-$55.05M$3.15B$248.34M
7 Day Performance4.23%-0.58%1.04%1.28%
1 Month Performance1.25%6.50%5.36%5.45%
1 Year Performance62.78%0.22%32.71%18.02%

Gilead Sciences Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
GILD
Gilead Sciences
4.8376 of 5 stars
$111.73
+0.8%
$110.55
-1.1%
+61.6%$138.98B$28.75B23.5217,600Positive News
LGND
Ligand Pharmaceuticals
4.7303 of 5 stars
$114.30
+0.1%
$146.14
+27.9%
+34.9%$2.20B$167.13M-16.0580
MRNA
Moderna
4.362 of 5 stars
$27.57
+1.5%
$46.61
+69.1%
-76.8%$10.66B$3.24B-3.165,800Trending News
REGN
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals
4.936 of 5 stars
$522.20
+0.2%
$813.57
+55.8%
-50.0%$56.38B$14.20B13.2911,900Analyst Downgrade
VIR
Vir Biotechnology
3.4313 of 5 stars
$5.11
-1.2%
$32.86
+543.0%
-43.4%$706.41M$74.21M-1.21580News Coverage
Positive News
VRTX
Vertex Pharmaceuticals
4.7252 of 5 stars
$444.51
+0.7%
$511.62
+15.1%
-5.0%$114.15B$11.02B-113.406,100Positive News
ABBV
AbbVie
4.9434 of 5 stars
$184.94
+1.4%
$211.29
+14.2%
+8.3%$326.68B$56.33B78.7055,000Trending News
MRK
Merck & Co., Inc.
4.9963 of 5 stars
$79.06
-0.1%
$109.19
+38.1%
-36.0%$198.52B$63.92B11.5175,000Positive News
PFE
Pfizer
4.8773 of 5 stars
$24.21
+0.1%
$29.17
+20.5%
-13.3%$137.64B$63.63B17.5481,000Positive News
Dividend Announcement
AMGN
Amgen
4.3347 of 5 stars
$277.62
+0.2%
$307.82
+10.9%
-10.6%$149.28B$33.42B25.3328,000Trending News
ALNY
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals
4.2795 of 5 stars
$325.81
+0.9%
$340.00
+4.4%
+34.2%$42.48B$2.35B-155.892,000Positive News
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This page (NASDAQ:GILD) was last updated on 7/1/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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