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

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

Halozyme Therapeutics vs. Its Competitors

Biogen (NASDAQ:BIIB) and Halozyme Therapeutics (NASDAQ:HALO) are both medical companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, profitability, risk, media sentiment and dividends.

Biogen has a beta of 0.14, indicating that its share price is 86% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Halozyme Therapeutics has a beta of 1.15, indicating that its share price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500.

87.9% of Biogen shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.8% of Halozyme Therapeutics shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Biogen shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.4% of Halozyme Therapeutics shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Biogen$9.68B1.98$1.63B$10.1312.93
Halozyme Therapeutics$1.02B7.11$444.09M$3.7615.57

Halozyme Therapeutics has a net margin of 44.76% compared to Biogen's net margin of 15.07%. Halozyme Therapeutics' return on equity of 136.91% beat Biogen's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Biogen15.07% 14.03% 8.32%
Halozyme Therapeutics 44.76%136.91%26.05%

Biogen presently has a consensus target price of $186.37, indicating a potential upside of 42.29%. Halozyme Therapeutics has a consensus target price of $62.70, indicating a potential upside of 7.07%. Given Biogen's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Biogen is more favorable than Halozyme Therapeutics.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Biogen
0 Sell rating(s)
21 Hold rating(s)
11 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.34
Halozyme Therapeutics
2 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.17

In the previous week, Biogen had 38 more articles in the media than Halozyme Therapeutics. MarketBeat recorded 50 mentions for Biogen and 12 mentions for Halozyme Therapeutics. Halozyme Therapeutics' average media sentiment score of 1.18 beat Biogen's score of 0.72 indicating that Halozyme Therapeutics is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Biogen
23 Very Positive mention(s)
4 Positive mention(s)
12 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Halozyme Therapeutics
9 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

Halozyme Therapeutics beats Biogen on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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HALO vs. The Competition

MetricHalozyme TherapeuticsMED IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$7.09B$2.99B$5.57B$9.43B
Dividend YieldN/A2.44%4.05%3.99%
P/E Ratio15.5721.1128.0520.07
Price / Sales7.11329.78451.48104.76
Price / Cash12.3741.9636.1958.45
Price / Book20.488.198.605.83
Net Income$444.09M-$55.10M$3.24B$258.27M
7 Day Performance0.95%7.71%4.63%3.98%
1 Month Performance10.91%21.81%12.93%14.89%
1 Year Performance5.70%6.57%35.40%19.29%

Halozyme Therapeutics Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
HALO
Halozyme Therapeutics
4.8177 of 5 stars
$58.56
+1.8%
$62.70
+7.1%
+5.9%$7.09B$1.02B15.57390News Coverage
Positive News
BIIB
Biogen
4.9315 of 5 stars
$133.11
-0.8%
$188.48
+41.6%
-43.6%$19.50B$9.68B13.147,605Analyst Upgrade
INCY
Incyte
4.5937 of 5 stars
$69.98
+2.0%
$74.47
+6.4%
+5.7%$13.55B$4.24B218.692,617Upcoming Earnings
Insider Trade
UTHR
United Therapeutics
4.9831 of 5 stars
$297.68
+0.7%
$383.08
+28.7%
-10.4%$13.43B$2.88B11.881,305Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
NBIX
Neurocrine Biosciences
4.4834 of 5 stars
$135.13
+1.3%
$163.91
+21.3%
-8.6%$13.37B$2.41B45.811,800Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
EXEL
Exelixis
4.8352 of 5 stars
$45.58
+1.6%
$45.22
-0.8%
+96.8%$12.43B$2.17B20.721,147Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
BMRN
BioMarin Pharmaceutical
4.9861 of 5 stars
$58.23
+0.2%
$93.78
+61.1%
-30.6%$11.17B$2.85B21.653,040Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
EXAS
Exact Sciences
4.7667 of 5 stars
$54.30
+4.6%
$70.50
+29.8%
+3.5%$10.24B$2.76B-9.857,000Upcoming Earnings
MDGL
Madrigal Pharmaceuticals
4.2834 of 5 stars
$319.87
+1.4%
$420.63
+31.5%
+9.2%$7.10B$180.13M-17.7290News Coverage
Insider Trade
RGEN
Repligen
4.624 of 5 stars
$121.33
-6.8%
$170.75
+40.7%
-11.9%$6.82B$650.43M-269.621,778Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Upgrade
Analyst Revision
IONS
Ionis Pharmaceuticals
4.5788 of 5 stars
$42.55
+2.0%
$58.25
+36.9%
-17.1%$6.77B$717.25M-14.231,069News Coverage
Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Revision

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This page (NASDAQ:HALO) was last updated on 7/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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