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UTHR vs. ALNY, BIIB, BMRN, INCY, NBIX, EXEL, EXAS, RGEN, HALO, and MDGL

Should you be buying United Therapeutics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of United Therapeutics include Alnylam Pharmaceuticals (ALNY), Biogen (BIIB), BioMarin Pharmaceutical (BMRN), Incyte (INCY), Neurocrine Biosciences (NBIX), Exelixis (EXEL), Exact Sciences (EXAS), Repligen (RGEN), Halozyme Therapeutics (HALO), and Madrigal Pharmaceuticals (MDGL). These companies are all part of the "biotechnology" industry.

United Therapeutics vs.

United Therapeutics (NASDAQ:UTHR) and Alnylam Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:ALNY) are both large-cap medical companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, profitability, risk, dividends, institutional ownership, community ranking, earnings, valuation and analyst recommendations.

United Therapeutics has a net margin of 40.31% compared to Alnylam Pharmaceuticals' net margin of -12.37%. United Therapeutics' return on equity of 19.22% beat Alnylam Pharmaceuticals' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
United Therapeutics40.31% 19.22% 16.15%
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals -12.37%N/A -6.83%

United Therapeutics currently has a consensus target price of $390.17, suggesting a potential upside of 30.84%. Alnylam Pharmaceuticals has a consensus target price of $315.58, suggesting a potential upside of 22.11%. Given United Therapeutics' higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe United Therapeutics is more favorable than Alnylam Pharmaceuticals.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
United Therapeutics
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals
1 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
21 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.77

In the previous week, United Therapeutics had 21 more articles in the media than Alnylam Pharmaceuticals. MarketBeat recorded 47 mentions for United Therapeutics and 26 mentions for Alnylam Pharmaceuticals. United Therapeutics' average media sentiment score of 1.36 beat Alnylam Pharmaceuticals' score of 0.77 indicating that United Therapeutics is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
United Therapeutics
26 Very Positive mention(s)
6 Positive mention(s)
8 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals
17 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

United Therapeutics has higher revenue and earnings than Alnylam Pharmaceuticals. Alnylam Pharmaceuticals is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than United Therapeutics, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
United Therapeutics$2.88B4.65$984.80M$24.6012.12
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals$2.25B14.95-$278.16M-$2.17-119.10

Alnylam Pharmaceuticals received 565 more outperform votes than United Therapeutics when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 76.28% of users gave Alnylam Pharmaceuticals an outperform vote while only 62.53% of users gave United Therapeutics an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
United TherapeuticsOutperform Votes
599
62.53%
Underperform Votes
359
37.47%
Alnylam PharmaceuticalsOutperform Votes
1164
76.28%
Underperform Votes
362
23.72%

United Therapeutics has a beta of 0.63, suggesting that its stock price is 37% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Alnylam Pharmaceuticals has a beta of 0.3, suggesting that its stock price is 70% less volatile than the S&P 500.

94.1% of United Therapeutics shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.0% of Alnylam Pharmaceuticals shares are held by institutional investors. 11.9% of United Therapeutics shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of Alnylam Pharmaceuticals shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

United Therapeutics beats Alnylam Pharmaceuticals on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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UTHR vs. The Competition

MetricUnited TherapeuticsPharmaceutical IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$13.41B$6.72B$5.49B$7.97B
Dividend YieldN/A3.05%5.11%4.23%
P/E Ratio13.117.3622.6118.58
Price / Sales4.65241.71397.51103.15
Price / Cash16.6365.8538.1834.62
Price / Book2.346.486.704.26
Net Income$984.80M$143.43M$3.22B$248.31M
7 Day Performance0.60%1.69%1.26%1.34%
1 Month Performance-2.83%6.58%3.73%3.92%
1 Year Performance16.88%-2.63%15.82%5.33%

United Therapeutics Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
UTHR
United Therapeutics
4.9093 of 5 stars
$298.20
-1.6%
$390.17
+30.8%
+29.3%$13.41B$2.88B13.11980Earnings Report
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
Positive News
ALNY
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals
4.2201 of 5 stars
$232.75
-0.8%
$315.58
+35.6%
+82.9%$30.28B$2.25B-107.262,000Earnings Report
Analyst Downgrade
Gap Down
BIIB
Biogen
4.6945 of 5 stars
$116.49
-1.8%
$213.15
+83.0%
-43.6%$17.05B$9.68B10.418,720Earnings Report
Analyst Downgrade
Analyst Revision
BMRN
BioMarin Pharmaceutical
4.9278 of 5 stars
$58.65
-0.9%
$94.00
+60.3%
-21.1%$11.19B$2.85B26.663,080Positive News
INCY
Incyte
4.7614 of 5 stars
$56.80
-2.4%
$74.69
+31.5%
+20.4%$10.99B$4.24B210.382,320Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
NBIX
Neurocrine Biosciences
4.8704 of 5 stars
$100.68
-0.7%
$161.86
+60.8%
-21.7%$9.96B$2.36B30.601,200Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
EXEL
Exelixis
4.0819 of 5 stars
$35.59
-1.7%
$37.59
+5.6%
+66.9%$9.96B$2.17B20.111,220Short Interest ↑
Analyst Revision
Positive News
EXAS
Exact Sciences
4.4898 of 5 stars
$43.10
+3.7%
$69.25
+60.7%
-23.1%$8.01B$2.76B-7.746,400
RGEN
Repligen
4.8598 of 5 stars
$131.64
+1.3%
$176.82
+34.3%
-16.0%$7.39B$634.44M-258.122,020Earnings Report
Analyst Upgrade
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
HALO
Halozyme Therapeutics
4.0007 of 5 stars
$57.29
-2.6%
$62.89
+9.8%
+61.2%$7.08B$1.02B16.70390Upcoming Earnings
Insider Trade
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
MDGL
Madrigal Pharmaceuticals
3.7511 of 5 stars
$295.02
-2.2%
$378.44
+28.3%
+63.7%$6.51B$180.13M-11.7690Earnings Report
News Coverage
Positive News
Gap Up

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This page (NASDAQ:UTHR) was last updated on 5/1/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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