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

Should you be buying Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical include Qiagen (QGEN), Moderna (MRNA), Verona Pharma PLC American Depositary Share (VRNA), BridgeBio Pharma (BBIO), Elanco Animal Health (ELAN), Roivant Sciences (ROIV), Grifols (GRFS), Revolution Medicines (RVMD), Rhythm Pharmaceuticals (RYTM), and Legend Biotech (LEGN). 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 better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends and valuation.

In the previous week, Qiagen had 12 more articles in the media than Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for Qiagen and 12 mentions for Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical. Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical's average media sentiment score of 1.39 beat Qiagen's score of 0.96 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
9 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Qiagen
10 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical currently has a consensus target price of $81.50, indicating a potential upside of 156.60%. Qiagen has a consensus target price of $49.69, indicating a potential upside of 6.10%. Given Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, 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

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, suggesting that its stock price is 79% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Qiagen has a beta of 0.64, suggesting 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$610.16M5.02-$569.18M-$5.53-5.74
Qiagen$1.98B5.26$83.59M$1.6927.71

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 is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Qiagen beats Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical on 11 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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RARE vs. The Competition

MetricUltragenyx PharmaceuticalMED IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$3.06B$3.09B$5.73B$9.81B
Dividend YieldN/A2.28%6.66%4.48%
P/E Ratio-5.7421.0582.3826.51
Price / Sales5.02388.53526.77107.89
Price / CashN/A43.5325.7028.92
Price / Book20.238.0810.636.55
Net Income-$569.18M-$53.35M$3.28B$266.04M
7 Day Performance5.59%-0.15%-0.35%-0.79%
1 Month Performance11.68%9.24%9.99%6.02%
1 Year Performance-42.99%10.70%48.79%21.97%

Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
RARE
Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical
4.5088 of 5 stars
$31.76
-0.8%
$81.50
+156.6%
-43.6%$3.06B$610.16M-5.741,294Positive News
QGEN
Qiagen
4.1864 of 5 stars
$48.92
-1.6%
$49.69
+1.6%
+5.6%$10.87B$1.98B28.905,765News Coverage
Positive News
MRNA
Moderna
4.5587 of 5 stars
$25.35
-6.5%
$42.88
+69.2%
-68.7%$9.86B$3.24B-3.375,800
VRNA
Verona Pharma PLC American Depositary Share
2.3763 of 5 stars
$105.62
+0.1%
$109.00
+3.2%
+286.1%$9.14B$42.28M-106.6930News Coverage
Positive News
BBIO
BridgeBio Pharma
4.168 of 5 stars
$47.29
-3.6%
$61.35
+29.7%
+79.5%$9.04B$221.90M-11.56400News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
ELAN
Elanco Animal Health
3.093 of 5 stars
$17.80
-0.6%
$17.33
-2.6%
+15.5%$8.84B$4.44B20.709,000Analyst Revision
ROIV
Roivant Sciences
3.1694 of 5 stars
$11.64
-2.3%
$16.50
+41.8%
+1.3%$7.95B$29.05M-16.63860News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Forecast
GRFS
Grifols
3.9345 of 5 stars
$9.82
-3.3%
$10.30
+4.9%
+3.6%$6.75B$7.45B8.3923,822News Coverage
Positive News
RVMD
Revolution Medicines
4.4743 of 5 stars
$35.67
-3.6%
$69.92
+96.0%
-7.3%$6.67B$11.58M-7.93250News Coverage
Positive News
RYTM
Rhythm Pharmaceuticals
3.3008 of 5 stars
$99.20
-3.9%
$101.57
+2.4%
+120.4%$6.59B$156.29M-32.96140News Coverage
Positive News
LEGN
Legend Biotech
3.5372 of 5 stars
$34.60
-2.7%
$73.00
+111.0%
-40.5%$6.36B$627.24M-39.322,609

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