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

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

Xenon Pharmaceuticals vs. Its Competitors

Ascendis Pharma A/S (NASDAQ:ASND) and Xenon Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:XENE) are both medical companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, dividends, valuation, earnings, media sentiment, institutional ownership and profitability.

Xenon Pharmaceuticals has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Ascendis Pharma A/S's net margin of -54.94%. Ascendis Pharma A/S's return on equity of 0.00% beat Xenon Pharmaceuticals' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Ascendis Pharma A/S-54.94% N/A -24.31%
Xenon Pharmaceuticals N/A -38.50%-36.47%

In the previous week, Ascendis Pharma A/S had 1 more articles in the media than Xenon Pharmaceuticals. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Ascendis Pharma A/S and 11 mentions for Xenon Pharmaceuticals. Ascendis Pharma A/S's average media sentiment score of 1.51 beat Xenon Pharmaceuticals' score of 1.32 indicating that Ascendis Pharma A/S is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Ascendis Pharma A/S
9 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive
Xenon Pharmaceuticals
8 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Ascendis Pharma A/S currently has a consensus price target of $243.36, indicating a potential upside of 25.27%. Xenon Pharmaceuticals has a consensus price target of $53.20, indicating a potential upside of 37.43%. Given Xenon Pharmaceuticals' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Xenon Pharmaceuticals is more favorable than Ascendis Pharma A/S.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Ascendis Pharma A/S
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
15 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Xenon Pharmaceuticals
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
11 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Xenon Pharmaceuticals has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Ascendis Pharma A/S. Ascendis Pharma A/S is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Xenon Pharmaceuticals, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Ascendis Pharma A/S$490.75M24.23-$409.12M-$5.16-37.65
Xenon Pharmaceuticals$7.50M397.97-$234.33M-$3.55-10.90

95.4% of Xenon Pharmaceuticals shares are held by institutional investors. 40.0% of Ascendis Pharma A/S shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.1% of Xenon Pharmaceuticals shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Ascendis Pharma A/S has a beta of 0.41, indicating that its stock price is 59% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Xenon Pharmaceuticals has a beta of 1.16, indicating that its stock price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Xenon Pharmaceuticals beats Ascendis Pharma A/S on 8 of the 15 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$2.98B$3.07B$5.75B$9.76B
Dividend YieldN/A2.29%4.10%4.04%
P/E Ratio-10.9020.7883.2726.59
Price / Sales397.97386.98535.09111.49
Price / CashN/A44.2237.4459.26
Price / Book4.718.0710.556.58
Net Income-$234.33M-$53.98M$3.27B$265.95M
7 Day Performance-0.33%-0.88%0.40%0.17%
1 Month Performance26.75%7.72%7.31%3.90%
1 Year Performance-4.04%7.03%46.58%19.67%

Xenon Pharmaceuticals Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
XENE
Xenon Pharmaceuticals
2.2816 of 5 stars
$38.71
+0.3%
$53.20
+37.4%
-4.0%$2.98B$7.50M-10.90210Positive News
ASND
Ascendis Pharma A/S
3.3509 of 5 stars
$190.37
-2.0%
$243.36
+27.8%
+40.3%$11.89B$393.54M-36.891,017News Coverage
Positive News
QGEN
QIAGEN
3.8018 of 5 stars
$48.92
-1.6%
$49.69
+1.6%
+4.8%$11.06B$1.98B28.905,765Trending News
Analyst Revision
MRNA
Moderna
4.5141 of 5 stars
$25.35
-6.5%
$42.88
+69.2%
-68.9%$10.55B$3.24B-3.375,800
BBIO
BridgeBio Pharma
4.2489 of 5 stars
$47.29
-3.6%
$61.35
+29.7%
+85.9%$9.38B$235.81M-11.56400News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Forecast
ELAN
Elanco Animal Health
2.7754 of 5 stars
$17.80
-0.6%
$17.33
-2.6%
+18.8%$8.90B$4.48B20.709,000
VRNA
Verona Pharma PLC American Depositary Share
2.4269 of 5 stars
$105.62
+0.1%
$109.00
+3.2%
+285.4%$8.64B$221.67M-106.6930Positive News
ROIV
Roivant Sciences
3.1813 of 5 stars
$11.64
-2.3%
$16.50
+41.8%
-2.5%$8.14B$29.05M-16.63860News Coverage
Positive News
GRFS
Grifols
3.5521 of 5 stars
$9.82
-3.3%
$10.30
+4.9%
+6.7%$6.99B$7.81B8.3923,822Positive News
RVMD
Revolution Medicines
4.3506 of 5 stars
$35.67
-3.6%
$69.92
+96.0%
-10.9%$6.92BN/A-7.93250News Coverage
Positive News
RYTM
Rhythm Pharmaceuticals
3.5942 of 5 stars
$99.20
-3.9%
$101.57
+2.4%
+118.1%$6.86B$130.13M-32.96140News Coverage
Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:XENE) was last updated on 8/31/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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