VRTX vs. REGN, SNY, GSK, BMY, ZTS, PFE, TAK, ABT, RPRX, and BGNE
Should you be buying Vertex Pharmaceuticals stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Vertex Pharmaceuticals include Regeneron Pharmaceuticals (REGN), Sanofi (SNY), GSK (GSK), Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMY), Zoetis (ZTS), Pfizer (PFE), Takeda Pharmaceutical (TAK), Abbott Laboratories (ABT), Royalty Pharma (RPRX), and BeiGene (BGNE). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical preparations" industry.
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:REGN) and Vertex Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:VRTX) are both large-cap medical companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, community ranking, risk and valuation.
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals presently has a consensus target price of $989.36, indicating a potential upside of 2.21%. Vertex Pharmaceuticals has a consensus target price of $432.18, indicating a potential downside of 1.92%. Given Vertex Pharmaceuticals' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Regeneron Pharmaceuticals is more favorable than Vertex Pharmaceuticals.
83.3% of Regeneron Pharmaceuticals shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.0% of Vertex Pharmaceuticals shares are held by institutional investors. 8.8% of Regeneron Pharmaceuticals shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Vertex Pharmaceuticals shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Vertex Pharmaceuticals received 60 more outperform votes than Regeneron Pharmaceuticals when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 75.62% of users gave Vertex Pharmaceuticals an outperform vote while only 66.59% of users gave Regeneron Pharmaceuticals an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals had 10 more articles in the media than Vertex Pharmaceuticals. MarketBeat recorded 29 mentions for Regeneron Pharmaceuticals and 19 mentions for Vertex Pharmaceuticals. Vertex Pharmaceuticals' average media sentiment score of 0.83 beat Regeneron Pharmaceuticals' score of 0.80 indicating that Regeneron Pharmaceuticals is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Vertex Pharmaceuticals has a net margin of 39.46% compared to Vertex Pharmaceuticals' net margin of 29.45%. Regeneron Pharmaceuticals' return on equity of 23.08% beat Vertex Pharmaceuticals' return on equity.
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals has higher revenue and earnings than Vertex Pharmaceuticals. Vertex Pharmaceuticals is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals has a beta of 0.17, suggesting that its share price is 83% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vertex Pharmaceuticals has a beta of 0.39, suggesting that its share price is 61% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals beats Vertex Pharmaceuticals on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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