IONS vs. MDGL, ALKS, FOLD, GERN, DVAX, UTHR, TEVA, BMRN, ALNY, and ITCI
Should you be buying Ionis Pharmaceuticals stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ionis Pharmaceuticals include Madrigal Pharmaceuticals (MDGL), Alkermes (ALKS), Amicus Therapeutics (FOLD), Geron (GERN), Dynavax Technologies (DVAX), United Therapeutics (UTHR), Teva Pharmaceutical Industries (TEVA), BioMarin Pharmaceutical (BMRN), Alnylam Pharmaceuticals (ALNY), and Intra-Cellular Therapies (ITCI). These companies are all part of the "medical" sector.
Madrigal Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:MDGL) and Ionis Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:IONS) are both mid-cap medical companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, community ranking and analyst recommendations.
Ionis Pharmaceuticals has higher revenue and earnings than Madrigal Pharmaceuticals. Ionis Pharmaceuticals is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Madrigal Pharmaceuticals, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Ionis Pharmaceuticals received 229 more outperform votes than Madrigal Pharmaceuticals when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.66% of users gave Madrigal Pharmaceuticals an outperform vote while only 60.09% of users gave Ionis Pharmaceuticals an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Madrigal Pharmaceuticals had 5 more articles in the media than Ionis Pharmaceuticals. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Madrigal Pharmaceuticals and 7 mentions for Ionis Pharmaceuticals. Ionis Pharmaceuticals' average media sentiment score of 0.56 beat Madrigal Pharmaceuticals' score of 0.52 indicating that Madrigal Pharmaceuticals is being referred to more favorably in the media.
98.5% of Madrigal Pharmaceuticals shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.9% of Ionis Pharmaceuticals shares are held by institutional investors. 23.9% of Madrigal Pharmaceuticals shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.7% of Ionis Pharmaceuticals shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Madrigal Pharmaceuticals has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Madrigal Pharmaceuticals' net margin of -46.32%. Madrigal Pharmaceuticals' return on equity of -90.29% beat Ionis Pharmaceuticals' return on equity.
Madrigal Pharmaceuticals presently has a consensus price target of $377.40, indicating a potential upside of 65.38%. Ionis Pharmaceuticals has a consensus price target of $56.08, indicating a potential upside of 35.58%. Given Ionis Pharmaceuticals' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Madrigal Pharmaceuticals is more favorable than Ionis Pharmaceuticals.
Madrigal Pharmaceuticals has a beta of -0.47, suggesting that its share price is 147% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ionis Pharmaceuticals has a beta of 0.39, suggesting that its share price is 61% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Madrigal Pharmaceuticals beats Ionis Pharmaceuticals on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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