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TAK vs. SNY, GSK, ARGX, ONC, BNTX, SMMT, INSM, TEVA, GMAB, and MRNA

Should you be buying Takeda Pharmaceutical stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Takeda Pharmaceutical include Sanofi (SNY), GSK (GSK), argenex (ARGX), BeOne Medicines (ONC), BioNTech (BNTX), Summit Therapeutics (SMMT), Insmed (INSM), Teva Pharmaceutical Industries (TEVA), Genmab A/S (GMAB), and Moderna (MRNA). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

Takeda Pharmaceutical vs. Its Competitors

Sanofi (NASDAQ:SNY) and Takeda Pharmaceutical (NYSE:TAK) are both large-cap medical companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation, risk, dividends and media sentiment.

14.0% of Sanofi shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 9.2% of Takeda Pharmaceutical shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Sanofi shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of Takeda Pharmaceutical shares are owned by company 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.

Sanofi currently has a consensus target price of $62.00, suggesting a potential upside of 30.72%. Given Sanofi's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Sanofi is more favorable than Takeda Pharmaceutical.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Sanofi
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
3 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.13
Takeda Pharmaceutical
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Sanofi pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Takeda Pharmaceutical pays an annual dividend of $0.55 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. Sanofi pays out 38.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Takeda Pharmaceutical pays out 183.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Sanofi has a beta of 0.48, indicating that its stock price is 52% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Takeda Pharmaceutical has a beta of 0.22, indicating that its stock price is 78% less volatile than the S&P 500.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Sanofi$44.46B2.62$6.02B$4.1611.40
Takeda Pharmaceutical$30.09B1.52$712.33M$0.3047.95

In the previous week, Sanofi had 41 more articles in the media than Takeda Pharmaceutical. MarketBeat recorded 44 mentions for Sanofi and 3 mentions for Takeda Pharmaceutical. Takeda Pharmaceutical's average media sentiment score of 0.98 beat Sanofi's score of 0.52 indicating that Takeda Pharmaceutical is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Sanofi
11 Very Positive mention(s)
8 Positive mention(s)
19 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
2 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Takeda Pharmaceutical
3 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Sanofi has a net margin of 21.47% compared to Takeda Pharmaceutical's net margin of 3.20%. Sanofi's return on equity of 16.86% beat Takeda Pharmaceutical's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Sanofi21.47% 16.86% 9.63%
Takeda Pharmaceutical 3.20%10.50%5.10%

Summary

Sanofi beats Takeda Pharmaceutical on 16 of the 19 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 NYSE 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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TAK vs. The Competition

MetricTakeda PharmaceuticalMED IndustryMedical SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$45.41B$2.51B$5.48B$20.71B
Dividend Yield3.87%1.78%3.99%3.67%
P/E Ratio47.9519.6629.9428.65
Price / Sales1.52425.10398.9469.00
Price / Cash4.49165.0335.9423.59
Price / Book0.974.198.104.32
Net Income$712.33M$31.61M$3.26B$995.66M
7 Day Performance1.52%0.95%0.68%1.91%
1 Month Performance-4.23%2.90%2.46%-0.54%
1 Year Performance3.79%4.11%27.69%14.76%

Takeda Pharmaceutical Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
TAK
Takeda Pharmaceutical
2.527 of 5 stars
$14.39
+0.8%
N/A+4.1%$45.41B$30.09B47.9547,455
SNY
Sanofi
4.3517 of 5 stars
$49.49
-1.8%
$62.00
+25.3%
-8.4%$121.36B$44.46B17.6782,878Trending News
Analyst Forecast
GSK
GSK
2.586 of 5 stars
$37.49
-1.3%
$37.38
-0.3%
-4.5%$76.76B$31.53B19.3268,629
ARGX
argenex
4.1148 of 5 stars
$595.19
+0.5%
$728.06
+22.3%
+35.2%$36.43B$2.58B36.721,599Positive News
ONC
BeOne Medicines
1.3133 of 5 stars
$294.51
+1.0%
$327.56
+11.2%
N/A$32.28B$3.81B-79.1711,000Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
Gap Up
BNTX
BioNTech
1.9796 of 5 stars
$112.92
-2.1%
$136.58
+21.0%
+40.5%$27.14B$2.98B-33.216,772Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Gap Up
SMMT
Summit Therapeutics
2.0679 of 5 stars
$27.49
-4.1%
$34.67
+26.1%
+198.6%$20.41B$700K-80.84110Positive News
Options Volume
INSM
Insmed
3.6466 of 5 stars
$101.75
-2.1%
$109.20
+7.3%
+54.0%$19.30B$363.71M-17.101,271Earnings Report
TEVA
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries
2.9388 of 5 stars
$16.53
-0.1%
$24.71
+49.5%
-2.8%$18.96B$16.62B-14.3736,830Positive News
Insider Trade
GMAB
Genmab A/S
3.6719 of 5 stars
$23.11
-1.3%
$37.80
+63.6%
-14.2%$14.82B$3.12B13.132,682News Coverage
Short Interest ↑
MRNA
Moderna
4.3276 of 5 stars
$33.91
-0.7%
$46.11
+36.0%
-67.4%$13.11B$3.24B-3.885,800Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Revision

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