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

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

United Therapeutics vs. Its Competitors

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

In the previous week, Alnylam Pharmaceuticals had 27 more articles in the media than United Therapeutics. MarketBeat recorded 38 mentions for Alnylam Pharmaceuticals and 11 mentions for United Therapeutics. United Therapeutics' average media sentiment score of 1.38 beat Alnylam Pharmaceuticals' score of 0.66 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
8 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals
15 Very Positive mention(s)
7 Positive mention(s)
11 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

United Therapeutics has a net margin of 40.44% compared to Alnylam Pharmaceuticals' net margin of -11.49%. United Therapeutics' return on equity of 19.33% beat Alnylam Pharmaceuticals' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
United Therapeutics40.44% 19.33% 16.73%
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals -11.49%-510.31%-6.48%

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$2.88B4.71$1.20B$25.0612.00
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals$2.25B19.02-$278.16M-$2.09-156.95

United Therapeutics presently has a consensus price target of $383.08, indicating a potential upside of 27.41%. Alnylam Pharmaceuticals has a consensus price target of $347.75, indicating a potential upside of 6.01%. Given United Therapeutics' higher possible upside, analysts plainly 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)
9 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.69
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals
1 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
22 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.81

94.1% of United Therapeutics shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.0% of Alnylam Pharmaceuticals shares are owned by institutional investors. 10.3% of United Therapeutics shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of Alnylam Pharmaceuticals shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

United Therapeutics has a beta of 0.53, suggesting that its share price is 47% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Alnylam Pharmaceuticals has a beta of 0.23, suggesting that its share price is 77% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

United Therapeutics beats Alnylam Pharmaceuticals on 12 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

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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UTHR vs. The Competition

MetricUnited TherapeuticsMED IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$13.56B$2.49B$5.61B$9.42B
Dividend YieldN/A1.80%4.01%4.02%
P/E Ratio12.009.2228.3620.00
Price / Sales4.71580.60414.8086.63
Price / Cash10.32165.2635.9658.29
Price / Book2.085.088.425.73
Net Income$1.20B$30.99M$3.24B$258.18M
7 Day Performance0.84%3.09%4.13%3.46%
1 Month Performance4.98%14.27%12.22%14.30%
1 Year Performance-10.72%-1.13%34.98%18.46%

United Therapeutics Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
UTHR
United Therapeutics
4.9847 of 5 stars
$300.66
+0.9%
$383.08
+27.4%
-10.4%$13.56B$2.88B12.001,305Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
ALNY
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals
4.0353 of 5 stars
$315.75
+0.3%
$345.70
+9.5%
+38.1%$41.17B$2.25B-151.082,230Analyst Forecast
BIIB
Biogen
4.9317 of 5 stars
$133.11
-0.8%
$188.48
+41.6%
-43.6%$19.50B$9.68B13.147,605Analyst Upgrade
INCY
Incyte
4.5916 of 5 stars
$69.98
+2.0%
$74.47
+6.4%
+5.7%$13.55B$4.24B218.692,617Upcoming Earnings
NBIX
Neurocrine Biosciences
4.4881 of 5 stars
$135.13
+1.3%
$163.91
+21.3%
-8.6%$13.37B$2.41B45.811,800Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
EXEL
Exelixis
4.8013 of 5 stars
$45.58
+1.6%
$45.22
-0.8%
+96.8%$12.43B$2.17B20.721,147Analyst Forecast
BMRN
BioMarin Pharmaceutical
4.9877 of 5 stars
$58.23
+0.2%
$93.78
+61.1%
-30.6%$11.17B$2.85B21.653,040Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
EXAS
Exact Sciences
4.7674 of 5 stars
$54.30
+4.6%
$70.50
+29.8%
+3.5%$10.24B$2.76B-9.857,000Positive News
HALO
Halozyme Therapeutics
4.8487 of 5 stars
$57.65
+0.9%
$62.50
+8.4%
+5.9%$7.10B$1.02B15.33390News Coverage
Positive News
MDGL
Madrigal Pharmaceuticals
4.2692 of 5 stars
$319.87
+1.4%
$420.63
+31.5%
+9.2%$7.10B$180.13M-17.7290News Coverage
Insider Trade
RGEN
Repligen
4.617 of 5 stars
$121.33
-6.8%
$170.75
+40.7%
-11.9%$6.82B$650.43M-269.621,778Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Upgrade
Analyst Revision

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This page (NASDAQ:UTHR) was last updated on 7/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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