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RARE vs. QGEN, BBIO, ROIV, MRNA, ELAN, VRNA, RVMD, GRFS, ABVX, and RYTM

Should you be buying Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical include QIAGEN (QGEN), BridgeBio Pharma (BBIO), Roivant Sciences (ROIV), Moderna (MRNA), Elanco Animal Health (ELAN), Verona Pharma PLC American Depositary Share (VRNA), Revolution Medicines (RVMD), Grifols (GRFS), Abivax (ABVX), and Rhythm Pharmaceuticals (RYTM). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical vs. Its Competitors

Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical (NASDAQ:RARE) and Qiagen (NYSE:QGEN) are both medical companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, earnings, profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, risk and institutional ownership.

Qiagen has a net margin of 18.30% compared to Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical's net margin of -87.34%. Qiagen's return on equity of 14.77% beat Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical-87.34% -237.48% -37.66%
Qiagen 18.30%14.77%8.87%

Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical has a beta of 0.21, meaning that its stock price is 79% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Qiagen has a beta of 0.64, meaning that its stock price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical$560.23M5.08-$569.18M-$5.53-5.34
Qiagen$2.04B4.99$83.59M$1.6927.08

Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical currently has a consensus price target of $81.50, indicating a potential upside of 176.22%. Qiagen has a consensus price target of $49.69, indicating a potential upside of 8.58%. Given Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical is more favorable than Qiagen.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
11 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.92
Qiagen
0 Sell rating(s)
8 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.27

97.7% of Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.0% of Qiagen shares are held by institutional investors. 5.5% of Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 9.0% of Qiagen shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical had 2 more articles in the media than Qiagen. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical and 6 mentions for Qiagen. Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical's average media sentiment score of 1.08 beat Qiagen's score of 1.05 indicating that Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical
5 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Qiagen
4 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

Qiagen beats Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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RARE vs. The Competition

MetricUltragenyx PharmaceuticalMED IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$2.83B$3.18B$5.81B$10.49B
Dividend YieldN/A2.36%5.61%4.57%
P/E Ratio-5.3121.25350.1526.89
Price / Sales5.08412.26522.13164.64
Price / CashN/A44.8326.0131.15
Price / Book10.699.8415.496.51
Net Income-$569.18M-$52.91M$3.30B$271.42M
7 Day Performance1.74%3.65%200.89%3.65%
1 Month Performance-0.92%5.54%184.42%8.03%
1 Year Performance-49.78%13.40%325.52%29.81%

Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
RARE
Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical
4.3837 of 5 stars
$29.47
+4.8%
$81.50
+176.6%
-52.1%$2.84B$560.23M-5.331,294Positive News
QGEN
QIAGEN
4.4329 of 5 stars
$45.39
+0.2%
$49.69
+9.5%
+5.3%$10.09B$1.98B26.825,765Positive News
BBIO
BridgeBio Pharma
4.3844 of 5 stars
$51.47
+0.5%
$63.94
+24.2%
+95.8%$9.84B$221.90M-12.58400
ROIV
Roivant Sciences
3.4333 of 5 stars
$13.95
-0.9%
$17.67
+26.6%
+25.6%$9.53B$29.05M-19.93860Positive News
Analyst Revision
MRNA
Moderna
4.4639 of 5 stars
$23.88
+1.6%
$41.81
+75.1%
-61.6%$9.29B$3.24B-3.175,800
ELAN
Elanco Animal Health
2.793 of 5 stars
$18.63
+0.5%
$17.33
-6.9%
+36.3%$9.25B$4.44B21.669,000
VRNA
Verona Pharma PLC American Depositary Share
2.0527 of 5 stars
$106.37
-0.1%
$109.00
+2.5%
+253.5%$9.17B$42.28M-107.4430Positive News
RVMD
Revolution Medicines
4.2654 of 5 stars
$46.20
-0.8%
$73.67
+59.5%
-4.1%$8.64B$11.58M-10.27250
GRFS
Grifols
3.9711 of 5 stars
$9.63
-2.5%
$10.30
+7.0%
+8.8%$6.62B$7.45B8.2323,822Positive News
ABVX
Abivax
2.5474 of 5 stars
$85.87
+2.2%
$99.43
+15.8%
+628.3%$6.49BN/A0.0061
RYTM
Rhythm Pharmaceuticals
3.102 of 5 stars
$96.03
-0.2%
$101.57
+5.8%
+81.9%$6.38B$130.13M-31.90140Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:RARE) was last updated on 9/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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