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U.S. Biotech Industry Analysis

UpdatedMay 01, 2024
DataAggregated Company Financials
Companies577
  • 7D-1.5%
  • 3M-3.6%
  • 1Y0.1%
  • YTDn/a

Over the last 7 days, the Biotech industry has remained flat, although notably Biogen gained 11%. In line with that, the industry has also been flat over the past 12 months. Looking forward, earnings are forecast to grow by 23% annually.

Industry Valuation and Performance

Has the U.S. Biotech Industry valuation changed over the past few years?

DateMarket CapRevenueEarningsPEAbsolute PEPS
Wed, 01 May 2024US$1.1tUS$164.6b-US$27,373,262,846.2322.9x-39.5x6.6x
Fri, 29 Mar 2024US$1.2tUS$164.4b-US$23,753,804,933.9221.4x-49.6x7.2x
Sun, 25 Feb 2024US$1.2tUS$166.6b-US$21,694,949,476.2110.8x-54.3x7.1x
Tue, 23 Jan 2024US$1.4tUS$204.8b-US$22,505,965,323.0018.5x-63.5x7x
Thu, 21 Dec 2023US$1.4tUS$204.8b-US$22,158,313,482.0018.8x-61.2x6.6x
Sat, 18 Nov 2023US$1.2tUS$204.7b-US$22,079,363,558.0018.1x-54.7x5.9x
Mon, 16 Oct 2023US$1.3tUS$207.3b-US$13,079,327,258.0016.6x-96.8x6.1x
Wed, 13 Sep 2023US$1.3tUS$207.5b-US$12,640,460,182.0017.5x-101.7x6.2x
Fri, 11 Aug 2023US$1.3tUS$207.7b-US$12,610,114,686.0017.6x-101.5x6.2x
Sun, 09 Jul 2023US$1.1tUS$186.3b-US$16,022,507,026.0012.9x-69.1x5.9x
Tue, 06 Jun 2023US$1.1tUS$185.9b-US$16,008,078,695.0011.3x-71.1x6.1x
Thu, 04 May 2023US$1.2tUS$197.6b-US$7,506,497,270.0014.1x-154.8x5.9x
Sat, 01 Apr 2023US$1.2tUS$217.0b-US$6,161,813,969.0014.3x-188.1x5.3x
Mon, 27 Feb 2023US$1.1tUS$199.7b-US$4,454,800,065.0014.2x-251.9x5.6x
Wed, 25 Jan 2023US$1.2tUS$203.8bUS$1.8b14.7x662.2x5.7x
Fri, 23 Dec 2022US$1.2tUS$203.2bUS$1.6b14.6x721.2x5.8x
Sun, 20 Nov 2022US$1.1tUS$202.3bUS$1.2b14.7x931.7x5.6x
Tue, 18 Oct 2022US$1.0tUS$206.0bUS$5.4b15.6x194.3x5.1x
Thu, 15 Sep 2022US$1.1tUS$206.6bUS$5.7b15.4x186.4x5.2x
Sat, 13 Aug 2022US$1.1tUS$206.8bUS$7.3b15.9x154x5.4x
Mon, 11 Jul 2022US$1.1tUS$211.5bUS$10.8b17.4x102.3x5.2x
Wed, 08 Jun 2022US$1.0tUS$212.7bUS$11.3b16.6x90.2x4.8x
Fri, 06 May 2022US$1.0tUS$205.8bUS$10.3b17.1x99x5x
Sun, 03 Apr 2022US$1.3tUS$227.1bUS$14.5b18.7x89.7x5.7x
Tue, 01 Mar 2022US$1.2tUS$222.8bUS$10.9b19.8x113.4x5.5x
Thu, 27 Jan 2022US$1.2tUS$212.0bUS$2.4b22.6x504x5.7x
Sat, 25 Dec 2021US$1.4tUS$212.0bUS$2.8b26.1x519.7x6.8x
Mon, 22 Nov 2021US$1.5tUS$212.1bUS$3.3b27.1x442.6x6.9x
Wed, 20 Oct 2021US$1.5tUS$196.4b-US$2,595,904,896.0024.1x-568.7x7.5x
Fri, 17 Sep 2021US$1.6tUS$196.3b-US$2,214,200,348.0025.5x-723x8.2x
Sun, 15 Aug 2021US$1.6tUS$197.0b-US$1,662,914,785.5822.7x-936x7.9x
Thu, 10 Jun 2021US$1.4tUS$174.8b-US$11,505,542,875.5522.2x-120.4x7.9x
Price to Earnings Ratio

-127.4x


Total Market Cap: US$1.4tTotal Earnings: -US$11,096,405,382.55Total Revenue: US$174.8bTotal Market Cap vs Earnings and Revenue0%0%0%
U.S. Biotech Industry Price to Earnings3Y Average -25.1x202220232024
Current Industry PE
  • Investors are relatively neutral on the American Biotechnology industry at the moment, indicating that they anticipate long term growth rates to remain steady.
  • The industry is trading close to its 3-year average PS ratio of 6.2x.
Past Earnings Growth
  • The earnings for companies in the Biotechnology industry have deteriorated over the last three years.
  • Meanwhile revenues have remained mostly flat.
  • This means that although sales have remained flat, either the cost of doing business or the level of investment back into businesses has increased, which has caused losses to expand.

Industry Comparison

How does U.S. Biotech compare with similar industries?

US Market-0.72%
Healthcare-0.55%
Biotech-1.47%
Biotech-1.47%
Industry PEThere are no additional sub-industries under this industry.
Forecasted GrowthThere are no additional sub-industries under this industry.

Top Stock Gainers and Losers

Which companies have driven the market over the last 7 days?

CompanyLast Price7D1YValuation
BIIB BiogenUS$214.8211.2%
+US$3.2b
-30.5%PE26.8x
SGEN SeagenUS$228.744.5%
+US$1.8b
76.5%PS18.8x
IBRX ImmunityBioUS$7.9945.5%
+US$1.7b
159.4%PS8696.6x
VKTX Viking TherapeuticsUS$79.5822.6%
+US$1.6b
279.0%PB9.4x
BGNE BeiGeneUS$153.9410.8%
+US$1.6b
-41.6%PS6.5x
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IBRX

US$7.99

ImmunityBio

7D

45.5%

1Y

159.4%

APLS

US$44.19

Apellis Pharmaceuticals

7D

-9.3%

1Y

-46.8%

GILD

US$65.20

Gilead Sciences

7D

-2.7%

1Y

-18.9%

EXAS

US$59.35

Exact Sciences

7D

-6.6%

1Y

-5.9%

ABBV

US$162.64

AbbVie

7D

-4.1%

1Y

7.3%

VRTX

US$392.81

Vertex Pharmaceuticals

7D

-3.0%

1Y

13.5%

VKTX

US$79.58

Viking Therapeutics

7D

22.6%

1Y

279.0%

SRPT

US$126.66

Sarepta Therapeutics

7D

8.1%

1Y

2.4%

BGNE

US$153.94

BeiGene

7D

10.8%

1Y

-41.6%

LEGN

US$43.74

Legend Biotech

7D

-7.8%

1Y

-33.4%

GRPH

US$22.26

Graphite Bio

7D

539.7%

1Y

861.6%

SGEN

US$228.74

Seagen

7D

4.5%

1Y

76.5%