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

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

Incyte vs.

Incyte (NASDAQ:INCY) and Alnylam Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:ALNY) are both large-cap medical companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability, community ranking, risk, earnings and dividends.

Incyte has a beta of 0.89, suggesting that its share price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Alnylam Pharmaceuticals has a beta of 0.3, suggesting that its share price is 70% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Incyte has a net margin of 0.77% compared to Alnylam Pharmaceuticals' net margin of -12.37%. Incyte's return on equity of 0.05% beat Alnylam Pharmaceuticals' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Incyte0.77% 0.05% 0.04%
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals -12.37%N/A -6.83%

Incyte received 62 more outperform votes than Alnylam Pharmaceuticals when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 76.28% of users gave Alnylam Pharmaceuticals an outperform vote while only 72.20% of users gave Incyte an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
IncyteOutperform Votes
1226
72.20%
Underperform Votes
472
27.80%
Alnylam PharmaceuticalsOutperform Votes
1164
76.28%
Underperform Votes
362
23.72%

97.0% of Incyte shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.0% of Alnylam Pharmaceuticals shares are owned by institutional investors. 17.6% of Incyte shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of Alnylam 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.

Incyte presently has a consensus price target of $73.94, suggesting a potential upside of 18.00%. Alnylam Pharmaceuticals has a consensus price target of $315.58, suggesting a potential upside of 19.88%. Given Alnylam Pharmaceuticals' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Alnylam Pharmaceuticals is more favorable than Incyte.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Incyte
1 Sell rating(s)
13 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.21
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals
1 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
21 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.77

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Incyte$4.24B2.86$32.62M$0.27232.07
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals$2.25B15.23-$278.16M-$2.17-121.31

In the previous week, Incyte had 15 more articles in the media than Alnylam Pharmaceuticals. MarketBeat recorded 40 mentions for Incyte and 25 mentions for Alnylam Pharmaceuticals. Alnylam Pharmaceuticals' average media sentiment score of 1.02 beat Incyte's score of 0.85 indicating that Alnylam Pharmaceuticals is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Incyte
20 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
8 Neutral mention(s)
4 Negative mention(s)
2 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals
17 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

Incyte beats Alnylam Pharmaceuticals on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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INCY vs. The Competition

MetricIncyteCommercial physical research IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$12.13B$3.09B$5.57B$7.83B
Dividend YieldN/A2.70%5.11%4.22%
P/E Ratio232.0891.1522.4218.48
Price / Sales2.86142.73394.10103.91
Price / Cash128.9434.5738.1834.62
Price / Book3.522.406.774.25
Net Income$32.62M$113.28M$3.22B$248.23M
7 Day Performance8.03%1.88%3.25%3.29%
1 Month Performance3.40%24.00%0.01%2.42%
1 Year Performance20.38%-1.03%18.00%5.54%

Incyte Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
INCY
Incyte
4.7048 of 5 stars
$62.66
+3.7%
$73.53
+17.4%
+20.4%$12.13B$4.24B232.082,320Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
ALNY
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals
4.319 of 5 stars
$232.75
-0.8%
$315.58
+35.6%
+82.9%$30.28B$2.25B-107.262,000Analyst Downgrade
Positive News
BIIB
Biogen
4.6878 of 5 stars
$116.49
-1.8%
$213.15
+83.0%
-43.6%$17.05B$9.68B10.418,720Analyst Downgrade
Analyst Revision
UTHR
United Therapeutics
4.9094 of 5 stars
$284.25
-0.2%
$395.67
+39.2%
+29.3%$12.77B$2.88B12.48980Earnings Report
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
Positive News
Gap Up
BMRN
BioMarin Pharmaceutical
4.9257 of 5 stars
$58.65
-0.9%
$94.00
+60.3%
-21.1%$11.19B$2.85B26.663,080Positive News
NBIX
Neurocrine Biosciences
4.8698 of 5 stars
$100.68
-0.7%
$161.86
+60.8%
-21.7%$9.96B$2.36B30.601,200Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
EXEL
Exelixis
4.0784 of 5 stars
$35.59
-1.7%
$37.59
+5.6%
+66.9%$9.96B$2.17B20.111,220Short Interest ↑
Analyst Revision
Positive News
EXAS
Exact Sciences
4.4826 of 5 stars
$43.10
+3.7%
$69.25
+60.7%
-23.1%$8.01B$2.76B-7.746,400Positive News
RGEN
Repligen
4.8598 of 5 stars
$131.64
+1.3%
$176.82
+34.3%
-16.0%$7.39B$634.44M-258.122,020Earnings Report
Analyst Upgrade
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
Positive News
HALO
Halozyme Therapeutics
3.9987 of 5 stars
$57.29
-2.6%
$62.89
+9.8%
+61.2%$7.08B$1.02B16.70390Upcoming Earnings
Insider Trade
Analyst Revision
MDGL
Madrigal Pharmaceuticals
3.7383 of 5 stars
$295.02
-2.2%
$378.44
+28.3%
+63.7%$6.51B$180.13M-11.7690News Coverage
Positive News
Gap Down

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This page (NASDAQ:INCY) was last updated on 5/1/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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