Biogen vs Regeneron Pharmaceuticals
BIIB and REGN side by side, both in drugs. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How BIIB and REGN compare
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals is the larger company, worth 2.6 times as much as Biogen ($98.8B against $37.5B).
On earnings, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals is cheaper: it trades at 21.1× trailing earnings, against 108× for Biogen.
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (18.6% versus 2.3% for Biogen).
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 28.5% compared with 3.4% at Biogen.
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals pays a dividend yielding 0.39%; Biogen does not pay one.
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals scores higher on the StockData Score (16 against 4 for Biogen), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | BIIB | REGN |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $37.5B | $98.8B |
| Share price | $253.40 | $955.47 |
| Change, 1 year | 56.9% | 40.2% |
| Change, 5 years | −1.5% | 46.4% |
| Beta (5Y) | 0.51 | 0.62 |
| Employees | 7,500 | 15K |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 4 | 16 (better) |
| Valuation score | 1 | 1 |
| Growth score | 0 | 2 (better) |
| Performance score | 1 | 4 (better) |
| Health score | 2 | 6 (better) |
| Dividend score | 0 | 3 (better) |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 108× | 21.1× (better) |
| P/S | 3.6× (better) | 5.8× |
| P/B | – | 3.0× |
| EV/EBITDA | 22.2× | 17.0× (better) |
| P/FCF | 18.1× (better) | 25.8× |
| PEG | – | 7.63 |
| FCF yield | 5.5% (better) | 3.9% |
| Fair value | $163.40 | $888.57 |
| Margin of safety | −55.1% | −7.5% (better) |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 2.3% | 18.6% (better) |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | −6.0% | 11.0% (better) |
| Net income growth (TTM) | −78.4% | 5.2% (better) |
| EPS growth (TTM) | −78.7% | 8.4% (better) |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | −18.7% | 6.3% (better) |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 74.0% | – |
| Operating margin | – | 28.8% |
| Net margin | 3.4% | 28.5% (better) |
| FCF margin | 20.1% | 22.6% (better) |
| Return on equity | – | 14.9% |
| Return on invested capital | – | 16.3% |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | – | 0.06 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | – | −1.36 |
| Interest coverage | – | 104× |
| Current ratio | 1.95 | 3.35 (better) |
| Altman Z-score | 3.09 | 7.82 (better) |
| Piotroski F-score | 4 | 5 (better) |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | – | 0.39% |
| Payout ratio | – | 8.0% |
| Buyback yield | – | 2.0% |
| Shareholder yield | 0.00% | 2.4% (better) |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 96.2% | 88.5% |
| Held by insiders | 0.21% | 3.7% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$905K (better) | −$57.4M |
| Superinvestors holding | 1 | 1 |
| Short interest, % of float | 3.7% | 2.2% |
Go deeper
- BIIB stock overview
- BIIB income statement
- BIIB valuation and score
- REGN stock overview
- REGN income statement
- REGN valuation and score
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