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UTHR vs. REGN, ALNY, BIIB, INCY, NBIX, IONS, EXEL, EXAS, BMRN, and MDGL

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

United Therapeutics vs. Its Competitors

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

In the previous week, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals had 36 more articles in the media than United Therapeutics. MarketBeat recorded 53 mentions for Regeneron Pharmaceuticals and 17 mentions for United Therapeutics. Regeneron Pharmaceuticals' average media sentiment score of 0.95 beat United Therapeutics' score of 0.86 indicating that Regeneron Pharmaceuticals is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals
27 Very Positive mention(s)
8 Positive mention(s)
9 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
United Therapeutics
8 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Regeneron Pharmaceuticals has a beta of 0.31, indicating that its stock price is 69% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, United Therapeutics has a beta of 0.66, indicating that its stock price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Regeneron Pharmaceuticals currently has a consensus target price of $817.88, indicating a potential upside of 42.84%. United Therapeutics has a consensus target price of $457.21, indicating a potential upside of 5.44%. Given Regeneron Pharmaceuticals' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Regeneron Pharmaceuticals is more favorable than United Therapeutics.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals
1 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
18 Buy rating(s)
3 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.79
United Therapeutics
0 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
10 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67

83.3% of Regeneron Pharmaceuticals shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.1% of United Therapeutics shares are owned by institutional investors. 7.0% of Regeneron Pharmaceuticals shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 10.3% of United Therapeutics shares are owned 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.

Regeneron Pharmaceuticals has higher revenue and earnings than United Therapeutics. Regeneron 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
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals$14.21B4.27$4.41B$39.6814.43
United Therapeutics$2.88B6.80$1.20B$25.6216.92

United Therapeutics has a net margin of 40.36% compared to Regeneron Pharmaceuticals' net margin of 31.37%. United Therapeutics' return on equity of 18.73% beat Regeneron Pharmaceuticals' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals31.37% 15.06% 11.77%
United Therapeutics 40.36%18.73%16.49%

Summary

Regeneron Pharmaceuticals beats United Therapeutics on 9 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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UTHR vs. The Competition

MetricUnited TherapeuticsMED IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$19.85B$2.63B$6.04B$10.50B
Dividend YieldN/A57.77%5.73%4.80%
P/E Ratio16.9222.5684.2027.24
Price / Sales6.80550.25510.92196.48
Price / Cash15.50174.0137.5761.53
Price / Book3.005.3612.226.74
Net Income$1.20B$33.06M$3.32B$276.59M
7 Day Performance-3.41%-1.31%-1.32%-0.47%
1 Month Performance7.57%11.42%8.15%7.47%
1 Year Performance20.59%-1.34%71.76%34.58%

United Therapeutics Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
UTHR
United Therapeutics
4.3891 of 5 stars
$433.61
-1.5%
$457.21
+5.4%
+21.4%$19.85B$2.88B16.921,305
REGN
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals
4.7639 of 5 stars
$585.48
-2.4%
$817.67
+39.7%
-43.5%$63.59B$14.20B15.4715,106Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
ALNY
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals
4.0012 of 5 stars
$452.00
-1.0%
$448.04
-0.9%
+65.7%$59.82B$2.25B0.002,230Analyst Downgrade
Analyst Revision
BIIB
Biogen
4.6666 of 5 stars
$154.05
-3.6%
$180.04
+16.9%
-24.1%$23.44B$9.68B9.997,605Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
INCY
Incyte
4.3934 of 5 stars
$87.23
+0.4%
$83.64
-4.1%
+31.4%$16.96B$4.24B21.602,617
NBIX
Neurocrine Biosciences
4.8264 of 5 stars
$139.43
+1.8%
$161.89
+16.1%
+17.9%$13.59B$2.36B40.541,800
IONS
Ionis Pharmaceuticals
3.4196 of 5 stars
$69.02
-0.2%
$75.29
+9.1%
+84.8%$11.02B$705M0.001,069
EXEL
Exelixis
4.7675 of 5 stars
$40.01
-0.2%
$44.42
+11.0%
+50.6%$10.79B$2.17B19.461,147Analyst Revision
EXAS
Exact Sciences
4.3244 of 5 stars
$57.63
+1.6%
$68.52
+18.9%
-14.6%$10.74B$2.76B0.007,000
BMRN
BioMarin Pharmaceutical
4.9339 of 5 stars
$55.61
+0.3%
$92.95
+67.1%
-25.3%$10.64B$2.85B15.023,040Analyst Revision
MDGL
Madrigal Pharmaceuticals
4.3949 of 5 stars
$442.31
-0.2%
$495.88
+12.1%
+102.9%$9.84B$180.13M0.0090Analyst Forecast

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