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

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

Incyte vs. Its Competitors

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

In the previous week, AbbVie had 79 more articles in the media than Incyte. MarketBeat recorded 131 mentions for AbbVie and 52 mentions for Incyte. AbbVie's average media sentiment score of 1.02 beat Incyte's score of 0.81 indicating that AbbVie is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
AbbVie
85 Very Positive mention(s)
7 Positive mention(s)
30 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
2 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Incyte
22 Very Positive mention(s)
8 Positive mention(s)
10 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
2 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Incyte has a net margin of 18.99% compared to AbbVie's net margin of 6.45%. AbbVie's return on equity of 518.10% beat Incyte's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
AbbVie6.45% 518.10% 13.61%
Incyte 18.99%21.99%14.43%

AbbVie has a beta of 0.5, indicating that its stock price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Incyte has a beta of 0.71, indicating that its stock price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500.

AbbVie presently has a consensus target price of $212.81, indicating a potential upside of 9.04%. Incyte has a consensus target price of $79.73, indicating a potential upside of 5.48%. Given AbbVie's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe AbbVie is more favorable than Incyte.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
AbbVie
0 Sell rating(s)
8 Hold rating(s)
16 Buy rating(s)
3 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.81
Incyte
1 Sell rating(s)
11 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.28

70.2% of AbbVie shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.0% of Incyte shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of AbbVie shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 17.8% of Incyte shares are owned 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.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
AbbVie$56.33B6.12$4.28B$2.3583.05
Incyte$4.24B3.48$32.62M$4.4017.18

Summary

AbbVie beats Incyte on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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INCY vs. The Competition

MetricIncyteMED IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$14.62B$3.00B$5.49B$9.52B
Dividend YieldN/A2.43%4.73%4.09%
P/E Ratio17.1817.6228.7523.81
Price / Sales3.48179.21372.2066.02
Price / Cash135.2841.9535.4557.96
Price / Book3.548.508.275.55
Net Income$32.62M-$55.06M$3.25B$259.20M
7 Day Performance7.68%-3.99%-3.72%-4.64%
1 Month Performance10.88%9.58%4.30%4.41%
1 Year Performance17.25%6.70%25.87%17.95%

Incyte Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
INCY
Incyte
4.7558 of 5 stars
$75.59
+0.9%
$79.73
+5.5%
+17.3%$14.62B$4.24B17.182,617Trending News
Analyst Forecast
ABBV
AbbVie
4.5744 of 5 stars
$188.47
-1.0%
$211.29
+12.1%
+2.9%$336.11B$56.33B18.5355,000Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
ALNY
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals
3.8731 of 5 stars
$324.79
-1.2%
$347.75
+7.1%
+49.6%$42.87B$2.25B0.002,230Trending News
Analyst Forecast
BIIB
Biogen
4.8472 of 5 stars
$129.28
-1.7%
$186.37
+44.2%
-37.4%$19.27B$9.68B8.317,605Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
UTHR
United Therapeutics
4.9631 of 5 stars
$298.14
-2.1%
$383.08
+28.5%
-10.2%$13.73B$2.88B12.151,305Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↑
Analyst Revision
Gap Up
NBIX
Neurocrine Biosciences
4.687 of 5 stars
$133.71
+1.2%
$163.87
+22.6%
-15.8%$13.08B$2.36B44.791,800Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
EXEL
Exelixis
4.9365 of 5 stars
$44.39
-2.7%
$45.33
+2.1%
+53.8%$12.44B$2.17B21.111,147Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Options Volume
Analyst Revision
High Trading Volume
BMRN
BioMarin Pharmaceutical
4.9771 of 5 stars
$58.14
-1.5%
$93.74
+61.2%
-31.3%$11.32B$2.85B18.383,040News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
EXAS
Exact Sciences
4.4246 of 5 stars
$48.04
-0.9%
$70.50
+46.8%
-17.5%$9.15B$2.76B0.007,000Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
HALO
Halozyme Therapeutics
4.775 of 5 stars
$57.73
-0.9%
$62.70
+8.6%
+7.2%$7.18B$1.02B13.74390News Coverage
Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
RGEN
Repligen
4.693 of 5 stars
$119.65
-1.7%
$169.92
+42.0%
-28.2%$6.84B$634.44M76.561,778Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision

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