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MTEM vs. AMGN, GILD, VRTX, REGN, ALNY, BIIB, UTHR, INCY, NBIX, and EXEL

Should you be buying Molecular Templates stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Molecular Templates include Amgen (AMGN), Gilead Sciences (GILD), Vertex Pharmaceuticals (VRTX), Regeneron Pharmaceuticals (REGN), Alnylam Pharmaceuticals (ALNY), Biogen (BIIB), United Therapeutics (UTHR), Incyte (INCY), Neurocrine Biosciences (NBIX), and Exelixis (EXEL). These companies are all part of the "biotechnology" industry.

Molecular Templates vs. Its Competitors

Amgen (NASDAQ:AMGN) and Molecular Templates (NASDAQ:MTEM) are both medical companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends, community ranking, media sentiment, risk, profitability, earnings and institutional ownership.

Amgen currently has a consensus target price of $309.22, suggesting a potential upside of 4.36%. Given Amgen's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Amgen is more favorable than Molecular Templates.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Amgen
2 Sell rating(s)
12 Hold rating(s)
9 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.38
Molecular Templates
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

In the previous week, Amgen had 57 more articles in the media than Molecular Templates. MarketBeat recorded 57 mentions for Amgen and 0 mentions for Molecular Templates. Amgen's average media sentiment score of 1.39 beat Molecular Templates' score of 0.00 indicating that Amgen is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Amgen Positive
Molecular Templates Neutral

76.5% of Amgen shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.5% of Molecular Templates shares are held by institutional investors. 0.8% of Amgen shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 13.9% of Molecular Templates shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Amgen has a beta of 0.51, meaning that its stock price is 49% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Molecular Templates has a beta of 1.53, meaning that its stock price is 53% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Amgen received 1217 more outperform votes than Molecular Templates when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.71% of users gave Amgen an outperform vote while only 67.32% of users gave Molecular Templates an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
AmgenOutperform Votes
1559
71.71%
Underperform Votes
615
28.29%
Molecular TemplatesOutperform Votes
342
67.32%
Underperform Votes
166
32.68%

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Amgen$34.13B4.67$4.09B$10.9627.03
Molecular Templates$23.48M0.00-$8.12M-$2.70N/A

Amgen has a net margin of 12.24% compared to Molecular Templates' net margin of -61.35%. Amgen's return on equity of 176.32% beat Molecular Templates' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Amgen12.24% 176.32% 11.71%
Molecular Templates -61.35%-260.50%-46.90%

Summary

Amgen beats Molecular Templates on 15 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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MTEM vs. The Competition

MetricMolecular TemplatesPharmaceutical IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$1K$6.92B$5.61B$8.62B
Dividend YieldN/A2.54%5.28%4.17%
P/E Ratio0.008.6727.1419.96
Price / SalesN/A262.53414.30157.63
Price / CashN/A65.8538.2534.64
Price / BookN/A6.597.074.69
Net Income-$8.12M$143.75M$3.23B$248.14M

Molecular Templates Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MTEM
Molecular Templates
N/AN/AN/AN/A$1K$23.48M0.00260
AMGN
Amgen
4.4744 of 5 stars
$288.47
+0.1%
$309.22
+7.2%
-1.3%$155.11B$34.13B38.2125,200Positive News
Analyst Revision
GILD
Gilead Sciences
4.878 of 5 stars
$108.91
-1.1%
$110.55
+1.5%
+74.2%$135.48B$28.74B294.3517,000Positive News
Options Volume
Analyst Revision
VRTX
Vertex Pharmaceuticals
4.6563 of 5 stars
$445.43
+0.8%
$515.04
+15.6%
-3.3%$114.39B$11.10B-202.474,800Positive News
Analyst Revision
REGN
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals
4.9038 of 5 stars
$490.81
+0.1%
$847.40
+72.7%
-49.2%$52.99B$14.09B12.8211,900Positive News
Analyst Revision
High Trading Volume
ALNY
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals
4.2821 of 5 stars
$306.09
+0.5%
$319.17
+4.3%
+91.6%$39.91B$2.35B-141.052,000Positive News
Analyst Forecast
BIIB
Biogen
4.6977 of 5 stars
$131.14
+1.0%
$191.30
+45.9%
-42.6%$19.22B$9.82B11.728,720Trending News
Analyst Forecast
UTHR
United Therapeutics
4.9935 of 5 stars
$325.48
+2.1%
$393.00
+20.7%
+1.5%$14.68B$2.99B14.29980Positive News
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
Analyst Revision
INCY
Incyte
4.544 of 5 stars
$65.31
+0.4%
$73.60
+12.7%
+15.5%$12.64B$4.41B241.902,320Positive News
NBIX
Neurocrine Biosciences
4.8979 of 5 stars
$124.56
+1.3%
$162.00
+30.1%
-7.1%$12.33B$2.41B37.861,200Analyst Revision
EXEL
Exelixis
4.5386 of 5 stars
$42.88
-0.4%
$38.94
-9.2%
+89.4%$11.69B$2.30B24.231,220Positive News
Analyst Forecast

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This page (NASDAQ:MTEM) was last updated on 6/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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