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

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

Incyte vs. Its Competitors

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

Incyte presently has a consensus target price of $81.60, suggesting a potential downside of 4.05%. AbbVie has a consensus target price of $214.95, suggesting a potential upside of 2.22%. 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
Incyte
1 Sell rating(s)
10 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.33
AbbVie
0 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
16 Buy rating(s)
5 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.96

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
Incyte$4.24B3.92$32.62M$4.4019.33
AbbVie$58.33B6.37$4.28B$2.10100.14

In the previous week, AbbVie had 66 more articles in the media than Incyte. MarketBeat recorded 99 mentions for AbbVie and 33 mentions for Incyte. AbbVie's average media sentiment score of 1.03 beat Incyte's score of 0.84 indicating that AbbVie is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Incyte
15 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
11 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
2 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
AbbVie
65 Very Positive mention(s)
8 Positive mention(s)
17 Neutral mention(s)
3 Negative mention(s)
3 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 699.66% beat Incyte's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Incyte18.99% 21.99% 14.43%
AbbVie 6.45%699.66%13.64%

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

97.0% of Incyte shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.2% of AbbVie shares are owned by institutional investors. 17.8% of Incyte shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of AbbVie shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

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

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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INCY vs. The Competition

MetricIncyteMED IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$16.61B$3.09B$5.82B$9.73B
Dividend YieldN/A2.23%3.84%4.09%
P/E Ratio19.3321.1431.1525.96
Price / Sales3.92398.37475.15122.97
Price / Cash155.7143.0937.1558.38
Price / Book3.988.079.116.39
Net Income$32.62M-$54.72M$3.26B$265.56M
7 Day Performance-2.16%2.62%2.11%1.98%
1 Month Performance23.43%7.63%5.12%1.33%
1 Year Performance34.94%13.11%31.25%21.15%

Incyte Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
INCY
Incyte
4.7354 of 5 stars
$85.04
-1.7%
$81.60
-4.0%
+34.9%$16.61B$4.24B19.332,617Trending News
Analyst Forecast
ABBV
AbbVie
4.7647 of 5 stars
$198.46
+0.2%
$214.43
+8.0%
+6.6%$349.87B$56.33B94.5055,000Trending News
REGN
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals
4.8577 of 5 stars
$545.94
-3.0%
$826.91
+51.5%
-49.5%$59.67B$14.20B13.7615,106Positive News
Dividend Announcement
ALNY
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals
4.1912 of 5 stars
$435.00
-0.9%
$403.92
-7.1%
+67.5%$57.53B$2.25B-176.112,230Insider Trade
BIIB
Biogen
4.8527 of 5 stars
$128.00
-2.0%
$185.63
+45.0%
-32.5%$19.16B$9.68B12.247,605Positive News
UTHR
United Therapeutics
4.9113 of 5 stars
$300.43
-0.4%
$379.69
+26.4%
-11.6%$13.60B$2.88B11.731,305Positive News
Insider Trade
NBIX
Neurocrine Biosciences
4.8699 of 5 stars
$123.98
-0.8%
$160.90
+29.8%
-10.3%$12.40B$2.36B36.681,800Positive News
BMRN
BioMarin Pharmaceutical
4.9979 of 5 stars
$56.80
-0.9%
$93.17
+64.0%
-37.3%$11.01B$2.85B16.853,040
EXEL
Exelixis
4.9113 of 5 stars
$37.41
-0.8%
$44.44
+18.8%
+47.0%$10.15B$2.17B17.991,147Trending News
Analyst Revision
EXAS
Exact Sciences
4.9099 of 5 stars
$40.91
-0.2%
$68.14
+66.6%
-21.8%$7.76B$2.76B-7.537,000
HALO
Halozyme Therapeutics
4.7103 of 5 stars
$62.92
+0.0%
$66.56
+5.8%
+15.2%$7.75B$1.02B14.40390News Coverage
Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:INCY) was last updated on 8/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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