ABBV vs. AZN, NVS, ABT, LLY, JNJ, MRK, PFE, BMY, ZTS, and RPRX
Should you be buying AbbVie stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of AbbVie include AstraZeneca (AZN), Novartis (NVS), Abbott Laboratories (ABT), Eli Lilly and Company (LLY), Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), Merck & Co., Inc. (MRK), Pfizer (PFE), Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMY), Zoetis (ZTS), and Royalty Pharma (RPRX). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical preparations" industry.
AstraZeneca (NASDAQ:AZN) and AbbVie (NYSE:ABBV) are both large-cap medical companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, valuation, earnings, community ranking and dividends.
In the previous week, AbbVie had 13 more articles in the media than AstraZeneca. MarketBeat recorded 37 mentions for AbbVie and 24 mentions for AstraZeneca. AbbVie's average media sentiment score of 0.87 beat AstraZeneca's score of 0.49 indicating that AstraZeneca is being referred to more favorably in the media.
AstraZeneca has a beta of 0.47, suggesting that its stock price is 53% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AbbVie has a beta of 0.61, suggesting that its stock price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500.
20.4% of AstraZeneca shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.2% of AbbVie shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of AbbVie shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
AstraZeneca has higher earnings, but lower revenue than AbbVie. AstraZeneca is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than AbbVie, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
AstraZeneca currently has a consensus price target of $88.00, suggesting a potential upside of 12.79%. AbbVie has a consensus price target of $176.14, suggesting a potential upside of 9.24%. Given AbbVie's higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe AstraZeneca is more favorable than AbbVie.
AbbVie received 1246 more outperform votes than AstraZeneca when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.10% of users gave AbbVie an outperform vote while only 58.95% of users gave AstraZeneca an outperform vote.
AstraZeneca has a net margin of 13.30% compared to AstraZeneca's net margin of 11.02%. AstraZeneca's return on equity of 179.47% beat AbbVie's return on equity.
AstraZeneca pays an annual dividend of $1.93 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. AbbVie pays an annual dividend of $6.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. AstraZeneca pays out 94.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. AbbVie pays out 184.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. AstraZeneca has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years and AbbVie has raised its dividend for 52 consecutive years. AbbVie is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Summary
AbbVie beats AstraZeneca on 15 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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