ARGX vs. BNTX, NBIX, BIIB, TECH, QGEN, RGEN, EXEL, PCVX, RVMD, and MRNA
Should you be buying argenx stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of argenx include BioNTech (BNTX), Neurocrine Biosciences (NBIX), Biogen (BIIB), Bio-Techne (TECH), Qiagen (QGEN), Repligen (RGEN), Exelixis (EXEL), Vaxcyte (PCVX), Revolution Medicines (RVMD), and Moderna (MRNA). These companies are all part of the "biological products, except diagnostic" industry.
argenx (NASDAQ:ARGX) and BioNTech (NASDAQ:BNTX) are both large-cap medical companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends, earnings, valuation, community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment and risk.
argenx has a beta of 0.67, meaning that its stock price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BioNTech has a beta of 0.25, meaning that its stock price is 75% less volatile than the S&P 500.
60.3% of argenx shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 15.5% of BioNTech shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.4% of argenx shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 19.2% of BioNTech shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, BioNTech had 27 more articles in the media than argenx. MarketBeat recorded 38 mentions for BioNTech and 11 mentions for argenx. argenx's average media sentiment score of 0.26 beat BioNTech's score of 0.02 indicating that argenx is being referred to more favorably in the media.
argenx received 483 more outperform votes than BioNTech when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.75% of users gave argenx an outperform vote while only 42.54% of users gave BioNTech an outperform vote.
BioNTech has a net margin of 24.26% compared to argenx's net margin of -23.26%. BioNTech's return on equity of 4.60% beat argenx's return on equity.
argenx currently has a consensus price target of $528.16, suggesting a potential upside of 36.80%. BioNTech has a consensus price target of $118.82, suggesting a potential upside of 31.83%. Given argenx's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe argenx is more favorable than BioNTech.
BioNTech has higher revenue and earnings than argenx. argenx is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than BioNTech, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
argenx beats BioNTech on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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