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INCY vs. ALNY, BIIB, UTHR, NBIX, BMRN, EXEL, EXAS, HALO, RGEN, 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), Neurocrine Biosciences (NBIX), BioMarin Pharmaceutical (BMRN), Exelixis (EXEL), Exact Sciences (EXAS), Halozyme Therapeutics (HALO), Repligen (RGEN), and Madrigal Pharmaceuticals (MDGL). These companies are all part of the "biotechnology" industry.

Incyte vs.

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

Alnylam Pharmaceuticals currently has a consensus target price of $319.17, indicating a potential upside of 9.09%. Incyte has a consensus target price of $73.53, indicating a potential upside of 13.51%. Given Incyte's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Incyte is more favorable than Alnylam Pharmaceuticals.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals
1 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
21 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.77
Incyte
1 Sell rating(s)
13 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.17

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
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals$2.35B16.25-$278.16M-$2.09-139.99
Incyte$4.41B2.84$32.62M$0.32202.44

In the previous week, Incyte had 6 more articles in the media than Alnylam Pharmaceuticals. MarketBeat recorded 27 mentions for Incyte and 21 mentions for Alnylam Pharmaceuticals. Alnylam Pharmaceuticals' average media sentiment score of 1.33 beat Incyte's score of 1.11 indicating that Alnylam Pharmaceuticals is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals
15 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Incyte
22 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals-12.37% N/A -6.83%
Incyte 0.77%0.05%0.04%

Incyte received 60 more outperform votes than Alnylam Pharmaceuticals when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 76.32% of users gave Alnylam Pharmaceuticals an outperform vote while only 72.22% of users gave Incyte an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Alnylam PharmaceuticalsOutperform Votes
1167
76.32%
Underperform Votes
362
23.68%
IncyteOutperform Votes
1227
72.22%
Underperform Votes
472
27.78%

Alnylam Pharmaceuticals has a beta of 0.17, indicating that its stock price is 83% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Incyte has a beta of 0.68, indicating that its stock price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500.

93.0% of Alnylam Pharmaceuticals shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.0% of Incyte shares are held by institutional investors. 1.5% of Alnylam Pharmaceuticals shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 17.8% of Incyte shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Incyte beats Alnylam Pharmaceuticals on 13 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$12.54B$3.00B$5.37B$8.39B
Dividend YieldN/A2.27%5.22%4.10%
P/E Ratio239.93109.8026.7719.71
Price / Sales2.84162.05393.17117.39
Price / Cash128.9434.5738.2534.62
Price / Book3.642.356.794.50
Net Income$32.62M$118.81M$3.23B$248.18M
7 Day Performance3.22%-3.41%1.53%0.20%
1 Month Performance12.90%-3.43%10.06%12.37%
1 Year Performance11.31%-17.71%16.74%7.04%

Incyte Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
INCY
Incyte
4.8757 of 5 stars
$64.78
-0.8%
$73.53
+13.5%
+12.9%$12.54B$4.41B239.932,320Positive News
ALNY
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals
3.6617 of 5 stars
$270.19
+7.6%
$319.17
+18.1%
+95.5%$35.23B$2.35B-124.512,000Positive News
BIIB
Biogen
4.8992 of 5 stars
$124.40
+5.3%
$191.30
+53.8%
-44.3%$18.23B$9.82B11.128,720Analyst Revision
UTHR
United Therapeutics
4.9788 of 5 stars
$310.80
+3.1%
$392.00
+26.1%
+12.5%$14.02B$2.99B13.65980Positive News
NBIX
Neurocrine Biosciences
4.9182 of 5 stars
$120.43
+4.1%
$162.00
+34.5%
-14.2%$11.92B$2.41B36.601,200Positive News
BMRN
BioMarin Pharmaceutical
4.9462 of 5 stars
$61.37
+4.3%
$93.45
+52.3%
-24.4%$11.77B$2.95B27.903,080Positive News
Insider Trade
EXEL
Exelixis
4.1194 of 5 stars
$36.98
+2.2%
$37.59
+1.6%
+108.0%$10.19B$2.17B20.891,220
EXAS
Exact Sciences
4.2852 of 5 stars
$53.40
+3.4%
$70.90
+32.8%
+6.3%$10.07B$2.83B-9.596,400Positive News
HALO
Halozyme Therapeutics
4.8553 of 5 stars
$66.58
+1.1%
$63.78
-4.2%
+18.4%$8.20B$1.08B19.41390
RGEN
Repligen
4.8235 of 5 stars
$133.72
+8.5%
$173.25
+29.6%
-28.0%$7.51B$650.43M-262.202,020Positive News
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MDGL
Madrigal Pharmaceuticals
4.5986 of 5 stars
$300.76
+2.1%
$416.33
+38.4%
+14.3%$6.68B$317.38M-11.9990Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:INCY) was last updated on 5/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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