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LNTH vs. VTRS, ASND, RDY, QGEN, BBIO, MRNA, ELAN, VRNA, ROIV, and RVMD

Should you be buying Lantheus stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Lantheus include Viatris (VTRS), Ascendis Pharma A/S (ASND), Dr. Reddy's Laboratories (RDY), Qiagen (QGEN), BridgeBio Pharma (BBIO), Moderna (MRNA), Elanco Animal Health (ELAN), Verona Pharma PLC American Depositary Share (VRNA), Roivant Sciences (ROIV), and Revolution Medicines (RVMD). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

Lantheus vs. Its Competitors

Lantheus (NASDAQ:LNTH) and Viatris (NASDAQ:VTRS) are both medical companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation and institutional ownership.

Lantheus currently has a consensus target price of $91.60, suggesting a potential upside of 73.03%. Viatris has a consensus target price of $10.40, suggesting a potential upside of 4.42%. Given Lantheus' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Lantheus is more favorable than Viatris.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Lantheus
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67
Viatris
2 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.80

Lantheus has a net margin of 17.82% compared to Viatris' net margin of -24.57%. Lantheus' return on equity of 34.06% beat Viatris' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Lantheus17.82% 34.06% 19.10%
Viatris -24.57%16.54%7.06%

99.1% of Lantheus shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 79.9% of Viatris shares are held by institutional investors. 1.5% of Lantheus shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Viatris shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Lantheus$1.52B2.37$312.44M$3.7614.08
Viatris$14.74B0.79-$634.20M-$2.90-3.43

Lantheus has a beta of 0.15, suggesting that its share price is 85% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Viatris has a beta of 0.93, suggesting that its share price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Lantheus had 40 more articles in the media than Viatris. MarketBeat recorded 42 mentions for Lantheus and 2 mentions for Viatris. Viatris' average media sentiment score of 1.46 beat Lantheus' score of 0.53 indicating that Viatris is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Lantheus
8 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
29 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
2 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Viatris
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

Lantheus beats Viatris on 13 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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LNTH vs. The Competition

MetricLantheusMED PRODUCTS IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$3.60B$10.65B$5.79B$10.15B
Dividend YieldN/A1.85%5.69%4.60%
P/E Ratio14.0821.1374.5925.92
Price / Sales2.3731.03453.5485.33
Price / Cash7.4024.7237.0859.91
Price / Book3.383.5212.156.29
Net Income$312.44M$210.50M$3.28B$270.77M
7 Day Performance-3.31%-0.18%0.99%3.36%
1 Month Performance-1.78%3.92%7.21%6.41%
1 Year Performance-49.11%-10.02%63.07%28.24%

Lantheus Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
LNTH
Lantheus
4.4911 of 5 stars
$52.94
-3.7%
$91.60
+73.0%
-46.1%$3.60B$1.52B14.08700Trending News
Short Interest ↓
VTRS
Viatris
1.6727 of 5 stars
$10.55
+1.3%
$10.40
-1.4%
-10.3%$12.30B$14.12B-3.6432,000Positive News
ASND
Ascendis Pharma A/S
3.1612 of 5 stars
$194.27
+0.2%
$243.36
+25.3%
+75.0%$11.89B$393.54M-37.651,017Positive News
RDY
Dr. Reddy's Laboratories
2.484 of 5 stars
$14.20
-0.1%
$16.95
+19.4%
-7.1%$11.85B$3.81B21.5127,811Positive News
QGEN
Qiagen
4.453 of 5 stars
$46.53
+0.9%
$49.69
+6.8%
+3.3%$10.34B$2.04B27.495,765Positive News
BBIO
BridgeBio Pharma
4.4552 of 5 stars
$51.76
-1.5%
$62.18
+20.1%
+87.9%$9.89B$235.81M-12.66400Positive News
Analyst Forecast
MRNA
Moderna
4.4936 of 5 stars
$24.09
-1.6%
$42.88
+78.0%
-68.1%$9.37B$3.06B-3.205,800Positive News
ELAN
Elanco Animal Health
2.6335 of 5 stars
$18.38
-0.4%
$17.33
-5.7%
+29.8%$9.13B$4.48B21.379,000High Trading Volume
VRNA
Verona Pharma PLC American Depositary Share
2.1652 of 5 stars
$105.91
+0.0%
$109.00
+2.9%
+252.9%$8.67B$221.67M-106.9830Positive News
ROIV
Roivant Sciences
2.9588 of 5 stars
$11.93
-0.1%
$16.50
+38.3%
+16.4%$8.15B$29.05M-17.04860News Coverage
Positive News
Options Volume
RVMD
Revolution Medicines
4.2417 of 5 stars
$37.97
-0.9%
$69.92
+84.2%
+11.0%$7.10BN/A-8.44250Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision

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This page (NASDAQ:LNTH) was last updated on 9/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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