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Xenon Pharmaceuticals (XENE) Competitors

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XENE vs. QGEN, BBIO, ROIV, ELAN, VRNA, MRNA, RVMD, GRFS, RYTM, and ABVX

Should you be buying Xenon Pharmaceuticals stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Xenon Pharmaceuticals include QIAGEN (QGEN), BridgeBio Pharma (BBIO), Roivant Sciences (ROIV), Elanco Animal Health (ELAN), Verona Pharma PLC American Depositary Share (VRNA), Moderna (MRNA), Revolution Medicines (RVMD), Grifols (GRFS), Rhythm Pharmaceuticals (RYTM), and Abivax (ABVX). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

Xenon Pharmaceuticals vs. Its Competitors

Xenon Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:XENE) and QIAGEN (NYSE:QGEN) are both medical companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, media sentiment, risk, valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations and earnings.

Xenon Pharmaceuticals presently has a consensus price target of $53.30, indicating a potential upside of 42.50%. QIAGEN has a consensus price target of $49.69, indicating a potential upside of 8.68%. Given Xenon Pharmaceuticals' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Xenon Pharmaceuticals is more favorable than QIAGEN.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Xenon Pharmaceuticals
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
11 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
QIAGEN
0 Sell rating(s)
8 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.27

QIAGEN has a net margin of 18.30% compared to Xenon Pharmaceuticals' net margin of 0.00%. QIAGEN's return on equity of 14.77% beat Xenon Pharmaceuticals' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Xenon PharmaceuticalsN/A -38.50% -36.47%
QIAGEN 18.30%14.77%8.87%

Xenon Pharmaceuticals has a beta of 1.17, indicating that its share price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, QIAGEN has a beta of 0.64, indicating that its share price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500.

95.5% of Xenon Pharmaceuticals shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.0% of QIAGEN shares are held by institutional investors. 4.1% of Xenon Pharmaceuticals shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 9.0% of QIAGEN shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Xenon Pharmaceuticals$9.43M305.86-$234.33M-$3.55-10.54
QIAGEN$1.98B5.14$83.59M$1.6927.05

In the previous week, QIAGEN had 3 more articles in the media than Xenon Pharmaceuticals. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for QIAGEN and 3 mentions for Xenon Pharmaceuticals. Xenon Pharmaceuticals' average media sentiment score of 1.12 beat QIAGEN's score of 1.05 indicating that Xenon Pharmaceuticals is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Xenon Pharmaceuticals
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
QIAGEN
4 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

QIAGEN beats Xenon Pharmaceuticals on 9 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

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XENE vs. The Competition

MetricXenon PharmaceuticalsMED IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$2.85B$3.16B$5.80B$10.46B
Dividend YieldN/A2.36%5.61%4.57%
P/E Ratio-10.5421.03348.5626.86
Price / Sales305.86447.99549.90125.65
Price / CashN/A44.8326.0131.15
Price / Book3.789.8315.536.50
Net Income-$234.33M-$52.82M$3.29B$271.25M
7 Day Performance3.93%3.47%200.87%3.69%
1 Month Performance-3.70%5.35%184.38%8.07%
1 Year Performance-6.84%13.26%325.51%29.65%

Xenon Pharmaceuticals Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
XENE
Xenon Pharmaceuticals
2.4829 of 5 stars
$37.40
+1.2%
$53.30
+42.5%
-8.0%$2.85B$9.43M-10.54210Positive News
QGEN
QIAGEN
4.4403 of 5 stars
$45.39
+0.2%
$49.69
+9.5%
+5.3%$10.07B$1.98B26.825,765
BBIO
BridgeBio Pharma
4.4033 of 5 stars
$51.47
+0.5%
$63.94
+24.2%
+95.8%$9.79B$221.90M-12.58400
ROIV
Roivant Sciences
3.4271 of 5 stars
$13.95
-0.9%
$17.67
+26.6%
+25.6%$9.61B$29.05M-19.93860Analyst Revision
ELAN
Elanco Animal Health
2.7937 of 5 stars
$18.63
+0.5%
$17.33
-6.9%
+36.3%$9.21B$4.44B21.669,000Positive News
VRNA
Verona Pharma PLC American Depositary Share
2.0545 of 5 stars
$106.37
-0.1%
$109.00
+2.5%
+253.5%$9.17B$42.28M-107.4430Positive News
MRNA
Moderna
4.4576 of 5 stars
$23.88
+1.6%
$41.81
+75.1%
-61.6%$9.15B$3.24B-3.175,800
RVMD
Revolution Medicines
4.2631 of 5 stars
$46.20
-0.8%
$73.67
+59.5%
-4.1%$8.70B$11.58M-10.27250
GRFS
Grifols
3.9868 of 5 stars
$9.63
-2.5%
$10.30
+7.0%
+8.8%$6.79B$7.81B8.2323,822Positive News
RYTM
Rhythm Pharmaceuticals
3.0519 of 5 stars
$96.03
-0.2%
$101.57
+5.8%
+81.9%$6.39B$156.29M-31.90140Positive News
ABVX
Abivax
2.5611 of 5 stars
$85.87
+2.2%
$99.43
+15.8%
+628.3%$6.35BN/A0.0061

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This page (NASDAQ:XENE) was last updated on 9/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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