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VTRS vs. PFE, ARGX, ONC, BNTX, TEVA, SMMT, ITCI, GMAB, RDY, and QGEN

Should you be buying Viatris stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Viatris include Pfizer (PFE), argenex (ARGX), BeOne Medicines (ONC), BioNTech (BNTX), Teva Pharmaceutical Industries (TEVA), Summit Therapeutics (SMMT), Intra-Cellular Therapies (ITCI), Genmab A/S (GMAB), Dr. Reddy's Laboratories (RDY), and Qiagen (QGEN). These companies are all part of the "medical" sector.

Viatris vs. Its Competitors

Viatris (NASDAQ:VTRS) and Pfizer (NYSE:PFE) are both large-cap medical companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, earnings, risk, valuation, profitability, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.

Viatris presently has a consensus price target of $10.40, indicating a potential upside of 12.43%. Pfizer has a consensus price target of $28.55, indicating a potential upside of 10.80%. Given Viatris' higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Viatris is more favorable than Pfizer.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Viatris
2 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.80
Pfizer
1 Sell rating(s)
13 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
3 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.45

In the previous week, Pfizer had 108 more articles in the media than Viatris. MarketBeat recorded 110 mentions for Pfizer and 2 mentions for Viatris. Pfizer's average media sentiment score of 0.88 beat Viatris' score of 0.50 indicating that Pfizer is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Viatris
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Pfizer
56 Very Positive mention(s)
15 Positive mention(s)
27 Neutral mention(s)
4 Negative mention(s)
5 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Viatris has a beta of 0.89, indicating that its share price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pfizer has a beta of 0.58, indicating that its share price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Viatris$14.74B0.74-$634.20M-$3.17-2.92
Pfizer$62.46B2.35$8.03B$1.3818.67

Viatris pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.2%. Pfizer pays an annual dividend of $1.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.7%. Viatris pays out -15.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Pfizer pays out 124.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Pfizer has increased its dividend for 16 consecutive years. Pfizer is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Pfizer has a net margin of 12.62% compared to Viatris' net margin of -26.45%. Pfizer's return on equity of 20.33% beat Viatris' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Viatris-26.45% 16.20% 7.01%
Pfizer 12.62%20.33%8.53%

79.9% of Viatris shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 68.4% of Pfizer shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Viatris shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Pfizer shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Pfizer beats Viatris on 15 of the 20 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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VTRS vs. The Competition

MetricViatrisMedical Services IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$10.83B$7.28B$5.55B$9.04B
Dividend Yield5.20%2.81%5.25%4.03%
P/E Ratio-2.9227.5627.1820.14
Price / Sales0.7430.27418.4498.18
Price / Cash1.8124.4037.5058.41
Price / Book0.596.888.085.60
Net Income-$634.20M$230.16M$3.16B$248.43M
7 Day PerformanceN/A2.22%4.67%5.47%
1 Month Performance3.01%1.54%4.47%7.87%
1 Year Performance-17.34%38.15%30.90%18.75%

Viatris Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
VTRS
Viatris
3.2474 of 5 stars
$9.25
+0.2%
$10.40
+12.4%
-15.1%$10.83B$14.74B-2.9232,000
PFE
Pfizer
4.9775 of 5 stars
$24.27
+0.3%
$29.17
+20.2%
-9.1%$137.98B$63.63B17.5981,000Trending News
Analyst Revision
ARGX
argenex
4.45 of 5 stars
$551.22
-1.6%
$729.93
+32.4%
+20.6%$33.66B$2.58B34.00650Analyst Upgrade
High Trading Volume
ONC
BeOne Medicines
3.3914 of 5 stars
$242.07
+0.4%
$320.67
+32.5%
N/A$26.53B$3.81B-65.079,000
BNTX
BioNTech
1.7691 of 5 stars
$106.47
-0.2%
$137.86
+29.5%
+40.1%$25.59B$2.98B-31.313,080Analyst Forecast
TEVA
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries
4.1243 of 5 stars
$16.76
flat
$24.13
+43.9%
-2.8%$19.22B$16.54B-14.5736,830Options Volume
SMMT
Summit Therapeutics
2.3673 of 5 stars
$21.28
+3.3%
$35.09
+64.9%
+212.2%$15.80B$700K-62.59110
ITCI
Intra-Cellular Therapies
0.7904 of 5 stars
$131.87
flat
$109.70
-16.8%
N/A$14.05B$680.50M-151.57560
GMAB
Genmab A/S
4.1713 of 5 stars
$20.66
+0.8%
$37.60
+82.0%
-15.0%$13.25B$3.12B11.742,682Positive News
Analyst Forecast
RDY
Dr. Reddy's Laboratories
3.1991 of 5 stars
$15.03
-0.3%
$16.95
+12.8%
-6.4%$12.55B$3.81B22.7727,811Positive News
QGEN
Qiagen
3.9015 of 5 stars
$48.07
+0.6%
$49.40
+2.8%
+21.7%$10.69B$1.98B120.525,765

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This page (NASDAQ:VTRS) was last updated on 7/11/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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