IONS vs. JAZZ, PRGO, RARE, BHVN, ARWR, ALNY, BMRN, NBIX, INCY, and UTHR
Should you be buying Ionis Pharmaceuticals stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ionis Pharmaceuticals include Jazz Pharmaceuticals (JAZZ), Perrigo (PRGO), Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical (RARE), Biohaven (BHVN), Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals (ARWR), Alnylam Pharmaceuticals (ALNY), BioMarin Pharmaceutical (BMRN), Neurocrine Biosciences (NBIX), Incyte (INCY), and United Therapeutics (UTHR). These companies are all part of the "medical" sector.
Jazz Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:JAZZ) and Ionis Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:IONS) are both mid-cap medical companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, valuation, risk, profitability, community ranking, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.
Jazz Pharmaceuticals has higher revenue and earnings than Ionis Pharmaceuticals. Ionis Pharmaceuticals is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Jazz Pharmaceuticals, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Jazz Pharmaceuticals has a net margin of 8.61% compared to Jazz Pharmaceuticals' net margin of -49.49%. Ionis Pharmaceuticals' return on equity of 27.86% beat Jazz Pharmaceuticals' return on equity.
89.1% of Jazz Pharmaceuticals shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.9% of Ionis Pharmaceuticals shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.4% of Jazz Pharmaceuticals shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.7% of Ionis Pharmaceuticals 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.
Jazz Pharmaceuticals presently has a consensus target price of $192.75, suggesting a potential upside of 83.14%. Ionis Pharmaceuticals has a consensus target price of $59.54, suggesting a potential upside of 58.47%. Given Ionis Pharmaceuticals' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Jazz Pharmaceuticals is more favorable than Ionis Pharmaceuticals.
Jazz Pharmaceuticals received 420 more outperform votes than Ionis Pharmaceuticals when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 80.56% of users gave Jazz Pharmaceuticals an outperform vote while only 60.16% of users gave Ionis Pharmaceuticals an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Jazz Pharmaceuticals had 2 more articles in the media than Ionis Pharmaceuticals. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Jazz Pharmaceuticals and 8 mentions for Ionis Pharmaceuticals. Jazz Pharmaceuticals' average media sentiment score of 0.93 beat Ionis Pharmaceuticals' score of 0.68 indicating that Ionis Pharmaceuticals is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Jazz Pharmaceuticals has a beta of 0.63, indicating that its share price is 37% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ionis Pharmaceuticals has a beta of 0.41, indicating that its share price is 59% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Jazz Pharmaceuticals beats Ionis Pharmaceuticals on 15 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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