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$68.59 -1.75 (-2.49%)
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INCY vs. ABBV, ALNY, BIIB, UTHR, NBIX, EXEL, BMRN, EXAS, RGEN, and HALO

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), Repligen (RGEN), and Halozyme Therapeutics (HALO). 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 superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, profitability, valuation, earnings, risk and institutional ownership.

AbbVie has a beta of 0.48, indicating that its share price is 52% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Incyte has a beta of 0.68, indicating that its share price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500.

AbbVie has higher revenue and earnings than Incyte. AbbVie 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
AbbVie$56.33B6.03$4.28B$2.3581.84
Incyte$4.24B3.13$32.62M$0.32214.34

70.2% of AbbVie shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.0% of Incyte shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of AbbVie 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, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, AbbVie had 89 more articles in the media than Incyte. MarketBeat recorded 110 mentions for AbbVie and 21 mentions for Incyte. AbbVie's average media sentiment score of 0.83 beat Incyte's score of 0.74 indicating that AbbVie is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
AbbVie
71 Very Positive mention(s)
4 Positive mention(s)
16 Neutral mention(s)
4 Negative mention(s)
3 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Incyte
11 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

AbbVie has a net margin of 7.31% compared to Incyte's net margin of 0.48%. AbbVie's return on equity of 412.03% beat Incyte's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
AbbVie7.31% 412.03% 13.11%
Incyte 0.48%2.77%1.77%

AbbVie presently has a consensus price target of $211.29, indicating a potential upside of 9.86%. Incyte has a consensus price target of $74.53, indicating a potential upside of 8.67%. Given AbbVie's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities 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)
12 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.22

Summary

AbbVie beats Incyte on 13 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$13.28B$2.94B$5.56B$9.11B
Dividend YieldN/A2.42%5.06%4.01%
P/E Ratio214.3520.8528.2620.26
Price / Sales3.13303.05437.10166.10
Price / Cash123.9042.1137.1257.67
Price / Book3.837.638.045.49
Net Income$32.62M-$55.05M$3.19B$250.45M
7 Day Performance0.19%8.43%3.62%4.79%
1 Month Performance1.24%8.14%5.98%9.59%
1 Year Performance7.74%1.62%29.39%16.41%

Incyte Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
INCY
Incyte
4.7329 of 5 stars
$68.59
-2.5%
$74.53
+8.7%
+7.7%$13.28B$4.24B214.352,617
ABBV
AbbVie
4.5022 of 5 stars
$187.44
-1.0%
$211.29
+12.7%
+12.9%$331.09B$56.33B79.7655,000Trending News
Analyst Revision
ALNY
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals
4.1824 of 5 stars
$324.13
-2.3%
$341.91
+5.5%
+20.9%$42.26B$2.25B-155.092,230Positive News
Analyst Forecast
BIIB
Biogen
4.7786 of 5 stars
$130.13
-2.1%
$188.48
+44.8%
-41.7%$19.07B$9.68B12.857,605Trending News
Analyst Revision
UTHR
United Therapeutics
4.9887 of 5 stars
$290.39
-1.4%
$386.15
+33.0%
-8.0%$13.10B$2.88B11.591,305News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Forecast
NBIX
Neurocrine Biosciences
4.5451 of 5 stars
$127.88
-1.0%
$162.00
+26.7%
-9.5%$12.66B$2.36B43.351,800Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
Analyst Revision
EXEL
Exelixis
4.7886 of 5 stars
$44.16
-4.3%
$43.56
-1.4%
+100.3%$12.04B$2.17B20.071,147Analyst Forecast
BMRN
BioMarin Pharmaceutical
4.9453 of 5 stars
$57.41
-0.2%
$93.61
+63.1%
-31.7%$11.01B$2.85B21.343,040News Coverage
Positive News
EXAS
Exact Sciences
4.7669 of 5 stars
$52.48
-1.6%
$70.40
+34.1%
+12.0%$9.90B$2.76B-9.527,000News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
RGEN
Repligen
4.6023 of 5 stars
$124.43
-2.4%
$172.83
+38.9%
+3.4%$6.99B$634.44M-276.511,778Positive News
Analyst Forecast
HALO
Halozyme Therapeutics
4.8246 of 5 stars
$54.22
+0.4%
$61.90
+14.2%
+7.5%$6.68B$1.02B14.42390News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade

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This page (NASDAQ:INCY) was last updated on 7/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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