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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 superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations and valuation.

Gilead Sciences currently has a consensus target price of $115.39, indicating a potential upside of 2.45%. Ligand Pharmaceuticals has a consensus target price of $165.17, indicating a potential upside of 2.50%. Given Ligand Pharmaceuticals' stronger consensus rating and higher possible 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)
6 Hold rating(s)
17 Buy rating(s)
3 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.88
Ligand Pharmaceuticals
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Gilead Sciences has a net margin of 21.86% compared to Ligand Pharmaceuticals' net margin of -40.44%. Gilead Sciences' return on equity of 50.99% beat Ligand Pharmaceuticals' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Gilead Sciences21.86% 50.99% 17.24%
Ligand Pharmaceuticals -40.44%-9.21%-8.09%

In the previous week, Gilead Sciences had 43 more articles in the media than Ligand Pharmaceuticals. MarketBeat recorded 52 mentions for Gilead Sciences and 9 mentions for Ligand Pharmaceuticals. Ligand Pharmaceuticals' average media sentiment score of 1.39 beat Gilead Sciences' score of 1.17 indicating that Ligand Pharmaceuticals is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

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$28.86B4.84$480M$5.0222.44
Ligand Pharmaceuticals$167.13M18.90-$4.03M-$4.00-40.29

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

Gilead Sciences has a beta of 0.33, suggesting that its share price is 67% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ligand Pharmaceuticals has a beta of 0.85, suggesting that its share price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Gilead Sciences beats Ligand Pharmaceuticals on 10 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

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GILD vs. The Competition

MetricGilead SciencesMED IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$139.74B$3.06B$5.75B$9.84B
Dividend Yield2.75%2.26%3.95%4.02%
P/E Ratio22.4321.2030.7626.60
Price / Sales4.84383.15459.33120.41
Price / Cash16.7044.4437.7659.36
Price / Book7.138.1010.036.70
Net Income$480M-$54.08M$3.27B$265.68M
7 Day Performance-3.02%2.77%3.36%3.42%
1 Month Performance-0.35%3.89%4.58%1.09%
1 Year Performance43.37%18.96%44.38%23.94%

Gilead Sciences Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
GILD
Gilead Sciences
4.9725 of 5 stars
$112.63
-1.1%
$115.39
+2.4%
+47.9%$139.74B$28.86B22.4317,000Positive News
Gap Down
LGND
Ligand Pharmaceuticals
4.0857 of 5 stars
$158.99
-0.1%
$157.00
-1.3%
+49.6%$3.11B$167.13M-39.6980Positive News
Analyst Forecast
MRNA
Moderna
4.4921 of 5 stars
$25.45
-6.2%
$42.88
+68.5%
-68.2%$9.89B$3.24B-3.385,800
REGN
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals
4.8522 of 5 stars
$573.12
-2.8%
$829.65
+44.8%
-51.2%$60.74B$14.20B14.4415,106Trending News
Analyst Forecast
VIR
Vir Biotechnology
3.2742 of 5 stars
$4.38
-4.4%
$30.25
+591.1%
-37.4%$607.78M$74.21M-1.09580News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Upgrade
VRTX
Vertex Pharmaceuticals
4.9398 of 5 stars
$388.60
-1.7%
$497.10
+27.9%
-19.0%$99.56B$11.02B27.766,100Positive News
ABBV
AbbVie
4.7015 of 5 stars
$207.26
-1.6%
$214.95
+3.7%
+6.3%$366.26B$58.33B98.7355,000Trending News
Analyst Forecast
MRK
Merck & Co., Inc.
4.997 of 5 stars
$85.41
-2.2%
$107.44
+25.8%
-27.8%$213.50B$63.62B13.1775,000Positive News
PFE
Pfizer
4.8797 of 5 stars
$25.13
-2.9%
$28.12
+11.9%
-13.0%$142.98B$63.63B13.3881,000Trending News
AMGN
Amgen
4.746 of 5 stars
$287.90
-2.0%
$304.43
+5.7%
-11.9%$154.96B$34.92B23.5428,000Positive News
Analyst Forecast
ALNY
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals
4.169 of 5 stars
$442.91
-2.5%
$405.33
-8.5%
+62.1%$58.14B$2.46B-179.582,230Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:GILD) was last updated on 8/28/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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