BMRN vs. ALNY, UTHR, IONS, MDGL, GMAB, TEVA, VTRS, BGNE, KRTX, and RDY
Should you be buying BioMarin Pharmaceutical stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of BioMarin Pharmaceutical include Alnylam Pharmaceuticals (ALNY), United Therapeutics (UTHR), Ionis Pharmaceuticals (IONS), Madrigal Pharmaceuticals (MDGL), Genmab A/S (GMAB), Teva Pharmaceutical Industries (TEVA), Viatris (VTRS), BeiGene (BGNE), Karuna Therapeutics (KRTX), and Dr. Reddy's Laboratories (RDY). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical preparations" industry.
BioMarin Pharmaceutical (NASDAQ:BMRN) and Alnylam Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:ALNY) are both large-cap medical companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, risk, valuation and profitability.
98.7% of BioMarin Pharmaceutical shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.0% of Alnylam Pharmaceuticals shares are held by institutional investors. 1.8% of BioMarin Pharmaceutical shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of Alnylam Pharmaceuticals shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
BioMarin Pharmaceutical has a net margin of 8.31% compared to Alnylam Pharmaceuticals' net margin of -24.08%. BioMarin Pharmaceutical's return on equity of 5.39% beat Alnylam Pharmaceuticals' return on equity.
In the previous week, BioMarin Pharmaceutical had 32 more articles in the media than Alnylam Pharmaceuticals. MarketBeat recorded 44 mentions for BioMarin Pharmaceutical and 12 mentions for Alnylam Pharmaceuticals. BioMarin Pharmaceutical's average media sentiment score of 0.44 beat Alnylam Pharmaceuticals' score of 0.39 indicating that BioMarin Pharmaceutical is being referred to more favorably in the media.
BioMarin Pharmaceutical has higher revenue and earnings than Alnylam Pharmaceuticals. Alnylam Pharmaceuticals is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than BioMarin Pharmaceutical, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
BioMarin Pharmaceutical has a beta of 0.31, indicating that its stock price is 69% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Alnylam Pharmaceuticals has a beta of 0.39, indicating that its stock price is 61% less volatile than the S&P 500.
BioMarin Pharmaceutical received 448 more outperform votes than Alnylam Pharmaceuticals when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 76.10% of users gave Alnylam Pharmaceuticals an outperform vote while only 74.76% of users gave BioMarin Pharmaceutical an outperform vote.
BioMarin Pharmaceutical presently has a consensus price target of $107.50, indicating a potential upside of 32.16%. Alnylam Pharmaceuticals has a consensus price target of $215.88, indicating a potential upside of 49.07%. Given Alnylam Pharmaceuticals' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Alnylam Pharmaceuticals is more favorable than BioMarin Pharmaceutical.
Summary
BioMarin Pharmaceutical beats Alnylam Pharmaceuticals on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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