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GLPG vs. RVMD, VRNA, BBIO, ELAN, GRFS, TLX, TGTX, NUVL, LEGN, and LNTH

Should you be buying Galapagos stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Galapagos include Revolution Medicines (RVMD), Verona Pharma (VRNA), BridgeBio Pharma (BBIO), Elanco Animal Health (ELAN), Grifols (GRFS), Telix Pharmaceuticals Limited American Depositary Shares (TLX), TG Therapeutics (TGTX), Nuvalent (NUVL), Legend Biotech (LEGN), and Lantheus (LNTH). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

Galapagos vs.

Galapagos (NASDAQ:GLPG) and Revolution Medicines (NASDAQ:RVMD) are both medical companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, risk, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability and earnings.

Galapagos received 363 more outperform votes than Revolution Medicines when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 78.03% of users gave Revolution Medicines an outperform vote while only 63.75% of users gave Galapagos an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
GalapagosOutperform Votes
466
63.75%
Underperform Votes
265
36.25%
Revolution MedicinesOutperform Votes
103
78.03%
Underperform Votes
29
21.97%

In the previous week, Galapagos had 1 more articles in the media than Revolution Medicines. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Galapagos and 1 mentions for Revolution Medicines. Galapagos' average media sentiment score of 1.72 beat Revolution Medicines' score of 0.94 indicating that Galapagos is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Galapagos Very Positive
Revolution Medicines Positive

Galapagos currently has a consensus price target of $25.33, suggesting a potential downside of 11.24%. Revolution Medicines has a consensus price target of $67.08, suggesting a potential upside of 60.38%. Given Revolution Medicines' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Revolution Medicines is more favorable than Galapagos.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Galapagos
4 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.50
Revolution Medicines
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
12 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Galapagos' return on equity of 0.00% beat Revolution Medicines' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
GalapagosN/A N/A N/A
Revolution Medicines N/A -33.67%-30.08%

Galapagos has higher revenue and earnings than Revolution Medicines.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Galapagos$288.19M6.53$80.16MN/AN/A
Revolution Medicines$742K10,500.04-$436.37M-$4.00-10.46

32.5% of Galapagos shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.3% of Revolution Medicines shares are held by institutional investors. 2.9% of Galapagos shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 8.2% of Revolution Medicines shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Galapagos has a beta of 0.07, suggesting that its share price is 93% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Revolution Medicines has a beta of 1.1, suggesting that its share price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Revolution Medicines beats Galapagos on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

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GLPG vs. The Competition

MetricGalapagosPharmaceutical IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$1.88B$6.88B$5.60B$8.68B
Dividend YieldN/A2.49%5.27%4.19%
P/E RatioN/A8.9327.3320.20
Price / Sales6.53264.41417.24161.05
Price / CashN/A65.8538.2534.64
Price / Book0.606.677.124.75
Net Income$80.16M$143.49M$3.23B$247.80M
7 Day Performance-0.28%5.04%3.59%2.78%
1 Month Performance12.72%15.50%13.12%10.13%
1 Year Performance8.93%6.19%32.28%15.59%

Galapagos Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
GLPG
Galapagos
0.7867 of 5 stars
$28.35
+0.1%
$25.33
-10.6%
+7.2%$1.87B$288.19M0.001,310Positive News
RVMD
Revolution Medicines
4.1706 of 5 stars
$40.65
+3.2%
$67.08
+65.0%
+5.3%$7.57B$742,000.00-11.32250
VRNA
Verona Pharma
2.4557 of 5 stars
$84.10
+3.6%
$82.13
-2.3%
+586.0%$6.82B$118.54M-43.8030Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
BBIO
BridgeBio Pharma
4.5446 of 5 stars
$35.46
+3.5%
$57.09
+61.0%
+44.1%$6.73B$127.42M-12.44400Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
ELAN
Elanco Animal Health
1.1316 of 5 stars
$13.44
0.0%
$15.17
+12.9%
-21.7%$6.67B$4.43B33.599,800Positive News
GRFS
Grifols
2.8591 of 5 stars
$8.30
-0.1%
N/A+26.9%$5.71B$7.21B7.0926,300
TLX
Telix Pharmaceuticals Limited American Depositary Shares
N/A$16.80
-1.1%
$22.00
+31.0%
N/A$5.68B$783.21M0.00N/APositive News
TGTX
TG Therapeutics
3.0015 of 5 stars
$35.75
+1.8%
$40.80
+14.1%
+148.0%$5.68B$386.39M-357.46290Positive News
Analyst Revision
NUVL
Nuvalent
2.1205 of 5 stars
$77.18
+3.4%
$115.50
+49.7%
-0.7%$5.54BN/A-22.2440
LEGN
Legend Biotech
3.0586 of 5 stars
$29.32
+1.3%
$76.20
+159.9%
-17.3%$5.39B$728.30M-30.861,070Short Interest ↑
Analyst Revision
LNTH
Lantheus
4.426 of 5 stars
$77.13
+2.1%
$132.67
+72.0%
+1.4%$5.34B$1.54B12.83700

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This page (NASDAQ:GLPG) was last updated on 6/11/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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