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Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical (RARE) Competitors

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RARE vs. ROIV, MRNA, QGEN, BBIO, ELAN, VRNA, RVMD, CYTK, MRUS, and RNA

Should you be buying Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical include Roivant Sciences (ROIV), Moderna (MRNA), Qiagen (QGEN), BridgeBio Pharma (BBIO), Elanco Animal Health (ELAN), Verona Pharma PLC American Depositary Share (VRNA), Revolution Medicines (RVMD), Cytokinetics (CYTK), Merus (MRUS), and Avidity Biosciences (RNA). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical vs. Its Competitors

Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical (NASDAQ:RARE) and Roivant Sciences (NASDAQ:ROIV) are both medical companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, earnings, profitability, dividends, risk, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.

Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical has a beta of 0.21, meaning that its stock price is 79% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Roivant Sciences has a beta of 1.2, meaning that its stock price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical$560.23M5.45-$569.18M-$5.53-5.73
Roivant Sciences$23.23M482.04-$171.98M-$0.70-23.43

In the previous week, Roivant Sciences had 4 more articles in the media than Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Roivant Sciences and 10 mentions for Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical. Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical's average media sentiment score of 0.76 beat Roivant Sciences' score of 0.48 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
4 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Roivant Sciences
5 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical presently has a consensus target price of $81.50, indicating a potential upside of 157.18%. Roivant Sciences has a consensus target price of $19.94, indicating a potential upside of 21.57%. Given Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical's higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical is more favorable than Roivant Sciences.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical
1 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
11 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.77
Roivant Sciences
1 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.80

Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical has a net margin of -87.34% compared to Roivant Sciences' net margin of -2,111.79%. Roivant Sciences' return on equity of -15.90% beat Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical-87.34% -237.48% -37.66%
Roivant Sciences -2,111.79%-15.90%-14.95%

97.7% of Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 64.8% of Roivant Sciences shares are held by institutional investors. 5.5% of Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 10.8% of Roivant Sciences shares are held by 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

Roivant Sciences beats Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical on 10 of the 17 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$3.09B$3.36B$6.05B$10.52B
Dividend YieldN/A2.31%5.73%4.79%
P/E Ratio-5.7321.9085.0527.24
Price / Sales5.45476.87595.29234.24
Price / CashN/A46.9537.5761.53
Price / Book11.4810.4312.676.74
Net Income-$569.18M-$52.58M$3.32B$276.59M
7 Day Performance2.69%-1.55%-1.34%-0.47%
1 Month Performance9.28%12.96%8.11%7.47%
1 Year Performance-44.52%15.43%78.90%34.58%

Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
RARE
Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical
4.2823 of 5 stars
$31.69
-1.0%
$81.50
+157.2%
-43.6%$3.09B$560.23M-5.731,294Insider Trade
ROIV
Roivant Sciences
3.304 of 5 stars
$16.26
+0.6%
$19.94
+22.6%
+38.5%$11.10B$23.23M-23.23860Insider Trade
MRNA
Moderna
4.2719 of 5 stars
$27.54
-3.3%
$41.81
+51.8%
-54.5%$10.72B$3.24B-3.665,800
QGEN
Qiagen
4.3061 of 5 stars
$46.99
+0.4%
$49.40
+5.1%
+10.8%$10.45B$1.98B27.765,765Analyst Downgrade
BBIO
BridgeBio Pharma
4.1338 of 5 stars
$54.61
+3.3%
$63.94
+17.1%
+119.2%$10.44B$221.90M-13.35400
ELAN
Elanco Animal Health
2.7755 of 5 stars
$20.68
+0.2%
$18.33
-11.3%
+41.0%$10.27B$4.44B24.059,000
VRNA
Verona Pharma PLC American Depositary Share
1.4518 of 5 stars
$106.91
+0.1%
$109.00
+2.0%
N/A$9.21B$42.28M-107.9930Positive News
RVMD
Revolution Medicines
4.114 of 5 stars
$46.58
-0.3%
$74.64
+60.2%
-3.5%$8.71B$11.58M-10.35250
CYTK
Cytokinetics
3.6854 of 5 stars
$60.64
+6.4%
$76.64
+26.4%
+12.0%$7.26B$18.47M-11.89250
MRUS
Merus
0.8826 of 5 stars
$94.27
0.0%
$93.12
-1.2%
+81.8%$7.13B$36.13M-17.1437High Trading Volume
RNA
Avidity Biosciences
1.9737 of 5 stars
$46.18
-1.7%
$68.32
+47.9%
+3.0%$6.74B$10.73M-12.97190Gap Down

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This page (NASDAQ:RARE) was last updated on 10/15/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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