GLPG vs. BPMC, VKTX, IONS, CYTK, SMMT, OGN, MDGL, NUVL, BBIO, and APLS
Should you be buying Galapagos stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Galapagos include Blueprint Medicines (BPMC), Viking Therapeutics (VKTX), Ionis Pharmaceuticals (IONS), Cytokinetics (CYTK), Summit Therapeutics (SMMT), Organon & Co. (OGN), Madrigal Pharmaceuticals (MDGL), Nuvalent (NUVL), BridgeBio Pharma (BBIO), and Apellis Pharmaceuticals (APLS). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical preparations" industry.
Blueprint Medicines (NASDAQ:BPMC) and Galapagos (NASDAQ:GLPG) are both medical companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, valuation, risk, institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, community ranking and media sentiment.
32.5% of Galapagos shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.2% of Blueprint Medicines shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.9% of Galapagos shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Blueprint Medicines presently has a consensus target price of $108.00, indicating a potential upside of 4.51%. Galapagos has a consensus target price of $34.50, indicating a potential upside of 28.92%. Given Blueprint Medicines' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Galapagos is more favorable than Blueprint Medicines.
Blueprint Medicines received 54 more outperform votes than Galapagos when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.89% of users gave Blueprint Medicines an outperform vote while only 64.54% of users gave Galapagos an outperform vote.
Galapagos has higher revenue and earnings than Blueprint Medicines.
Galapagos has a net margin of -26.25% compared to Galapagos' net margin of -102.15%. Blueprint Medicines' return on equity of -2.60% beat Galapagos' return on equity.
In the previous week, Blueprint Medicines had 11 more articles in the media than Galapagos. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Blueprint Medicines and 3 mentions for Galapagos. Galapagos' average media sentiment score of 0.43 beat Blueprint Medicines' score of 0.07 indicating that Blueprint Medicines is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Blueprint Medicines has a beta of 0.7, meaning that its stock price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Galapagos has a beta of 0.28, meaning that its stock price is 72% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Blueprint Medicines beats Galapagos on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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