REGN vs. AGN, AMGN, VRTX, GILD, ALXN, BIIB, ALNY, RPRX, BMRN, and BGNE
Should you be buying Regeneron Pharmaceuticals stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Regeneron Pharmaceuticals include Allergan (AGN), Amgen (AMGN), Vertex Pharmaceuticals (VRTX), Gilead Sciences (GILD), Alexion Pharmaceuticals (ALXN), Biogen (BIIB), Alnylam Pharmaceuticals (ALNY), Royalty Pharma (RPRX), BioMarin Pharmaceutical (BMRN), and BeiGene (BGNE).
Allergan (NYSE:AGN) and Regeneron Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:REGN) are both large-cap medical companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, valuation, risk, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, community ranking and dividends.
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Allergan. Allergan is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
83.9% of Allergan shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.3% of Regeneron Pharmaceuticals shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Allergan shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 7.5% of Regeneron Pharmaceuticals shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals had 30 more articles in the media than Allergan. MarketBeat recorded 30 mentions for Regeneron Pharmaceuticals and 0 mentions for Allergan. Allergan's average media sentiment score of 0.63 beat Regeneron Pharmaceuticals' score of 0.00 indicating that Regeneron Pharmaceuticals is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals received 120 more outperform votes than Allergan when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 79.88% of users gave Allergan an outperform vote while only 66.73% of users gave Regeneron Pharmaceuticals an outperform vote.
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals has a net margin of 29.45% compared to Regeneron Pharmaceuticals' net margin of -15.44%. Allergan's return on equity of 16.83% beat Regeneron Pharmaceuticals' return on equity.
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals has a consensus price target of $1,074.95, suggesting a potential downside of 0.34%. Given Allergan's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Regeneron Pharmaceuticals is more favorable than Allergan.
Allergan has a beta of 1.2, suggesting that its stock price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals has a beta of 0.13, suggesting that its stock price is 87% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals beats Allergan on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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