RDY vs. TAK, ARGX, ONC, BNTX, TEVA, INSM, SMMT, ITCI, GMAB, and MRNA
Should you be buying Dr. Reddy's Laboratories stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Dr. Reddy's Laboratories include Takeda Pharmaceutical (TAK), argenex (ARGX), BeOne Medicines (ONC), BioNTech (BNTX), Teva Pharmaceutical Industries (TEVA), Insmed (INSM), Summit Therapeutics (SMMT), Intra-Cellular Therapies (ITCI), Genmab A/S (GMAB), and Moderna (MRNA). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.
Dr. Reddy's Laboratories vs. Its Competitors
Takeda Pharmaceutical (NYSE:TAK) and Dr. Reddy's Laboratories (NYSE:RDY) are both large-cap medical companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, risk, media sentiment and earnings.
Takeda Pharmaceutical has higher revenue and earnings than Dr. Reddy's Laboratories. Dr. Reddy's Laboratories is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Takeda Pharmaceutical, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Takeda Pharmaceutical has a beta of 0.23, indicating that its share price is 77% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Dr. Reddy's Laboratories has a beta of 0.33, indicating that its share price is 67% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Dr. Reddy's Laboratories has a consensus price target of $16.95, suggesting a potential upside of 15.74%. Given Dr. Reddy's Laboratories' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Dr. Reddy's Laboratories is more favorable than Takeda Pharmaceutical.
In the previous week, Takeda Pharmaceutical had 3 more articles in the media than Dr. Reddy's Laboratories. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Takeda Pharmaceutical and 1 mentions for Dr. Reddy's Laboratories. Takeda Pharmaceutical's average media sentiment score of 1.67 beat Dr. Reddy's Laboratories' score of 1.67 indicating that Takeda Pharmaceutical is being referred to more favorably in the media.
9.2% of Takeda Pharmaceutical shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 3.9% of Dr. Reddy's Laboratories shares are held by institutional investors. 0.0% of Takeda Pharmaceutical shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of Dr. Reddy's Laboratories shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Dr. Reddy's Laboratories has a net margin of 17.38% compared to Takeda Pharmaceutical's net margin of 2.36%. Dr. Reddy's Laboratories' return on equity of 17.98% beat Takeda Pharmaceutical's return on equity.
Takeda Pharmaceutical pays an annual dividend of $0.55 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. Dr. Reddy's Laboratories pays an annual dividend of $0.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Takeda Pharmaceutical pays out 250.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Dr. Reddy's Laboratories pays out 12.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Summary
Dr. Reddy's Laboratories beats Takeda Pharmaceutical on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:RDY) was last updated on 7/10/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
