ALNY vs NXTS vs PTCT Stock Comparison

Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Nexentis Technologies and Ptc Therapeutics Prices as of Oct 29, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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Head to Head

8 decided of 12

Alnylam Pharmaceuticals leads on 4 of the 12 questions below (Alnylam Pharmaceuticals 4, Ptc Therapeutics 4). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionALNYNXTSPTCTLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $22.03B $463.08K $5.05B ALNY
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 46.3x 0.0x -47.6x –
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 25.7x — 58.6x ALNY
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +60.8% — -35.1% ALNY
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months — — -9.2% –
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — — 21.0% –
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — 1.6x -6.0x PTCT
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -63.9% -97.4% -4.3% PTCT
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +1.7%/yr -85.8%/yr +11.2%/yr PTCT
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 58.8% 169.0% 40.8% PTCT
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 65/100 32/100 63/100 ALNY

Percentile Scorecard

ALNYNXTSPTCT

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisALNYNXTSPTCT
Valuation 70 #187 of 624 – 96 #29 of 624
Growth 96 #27 of 601 14 #520 of 601 40 #364 of 601
Profitability – 40 #323 of 541 87 #69 of 541
Financial Health 29 #463 of 647 43 #369 of 647 36 #417 of 647
Shareholder Returns – – 56 #157 of 359
Overall 65 32 63
  • ALNY ranked among 671 companies in Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology
  • NXTS ranked among 671 companies in Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology
  • PTCT ranked among 671 companies in Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodALNYNXTSPTCTSPY
1 month -31.5%-55.0%-0.8% +0.7%
3 months -15.3%-59.4%-14.6% +3.7%
6 months -43.8%-86.8%-0.9% +7.1%
Year to date -56.2%-94.6%-15.1% +12.8%
1 year -63.9%-97.4%-4.3% +11.9%
3 years +14.9%-99.9%+244.0% +85.2%
3 years, per year +4.7%-89.7%+51.0% +22.8%
5 years +9.0%-100.0%+69.9% +67.6%
5 years, per year +1.7%-85.8%+11.2% +10.9%
10 years +378.8%-100.0%+908.8% +262.0%
10 years, per year +17.0%-66.2%+26.0% +13.7%

Risk

MeasureALNYNXTSPTCTSPY
Volatility, 1Y 58.8%169.0%40.8% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 74.8%153.5%41.1% 12.6%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.422.350.71 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -1.09-0.58-0.11 0.94
Max drawdown, 5Y -64.6%-100.0%-69.4% -25.4%
From 52-week high -63.9%-97.4%-28.0% -1.2%
52-week high $481.59$24.15$89.55 $779.14
52-week low $174.00$0.53$59.24 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleALNYNXTSPTCT
P/E now vs peer median 46.3xmedian 17.8x 0.0xmedian 17.8x -50.8xmedian 17.8x
P/S now vs peer median 4.6xmedian 9.1x —median 9.1x 4.7xmedian 9.1x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median —median 15.0x 1.5xmedian 15.0x 19.5xmedian 15.0x
P/FCF now vs peer median 41.4xmedian 21.7x —median 21.7x 2,605xmedian 21.7x
P/B now vs peer median 6.5xmedian 2.2x 0.3xmedian 2.2x -28.2xmedian 2.2x
PEG now vs peer median —median 0.35 0.00median 0.35 -1.08median 0.35

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsALNYNXTSPTCT
Revenue $5.01B – $1.16B
Gross profit – – $1.08B
Operating income $977.59M -$5.28M $147.70M
Net income – -$14.06M -$105.97M
Free cash flow – – $2.07M
R&D $1.56B $532.00K $438.50M
EPS (diluted) – $-17.10 $-1.27
Cash & equivalents $1.75B $7.62M $508.89M
Total debt – $3.22M $855.35M
Shares (diluted) 138.28M 816.14K 83.48M
Enterprise value $22.03B -$22.18M -$3.15B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricALNYNXTSPTCT
P/E 46.3x 0.0x -50.8x
P/FCF 41.4x – 2,605x
P/Operating cash flow – – 513.5x
P/S 4.6x – 4.7x
P/B 6.5x 0.3x -28.2x
P/Tangible book 6.5x -0.2x -8.5x
EV/EBITDA – 1.5x 19.5x
EV/EBIT – 1.5x 27.8x
EV/Revenue 4.6x – 3.6x
EV/FCF – – 1,989x
EV/Operating cash flow – – 392.1x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) – 0.00 -1.08

Growth

14 metrics
MetricALNYNXTSPTCT
Revenue growth (1Y) 60.8% – -35.1%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 42.7% – 13.1%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – – -37.5%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – – 12.8%
Operating income growth (1Y) 269.3% -7.7% -81.0%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 68.2% 3.0% 30.6%
Net income growth (1Y) – -48.2% -114.1%
Net income CAGR (3Y) – -35.8% 45.1%
EPS growth (1Y) – -567.8% -114.7%
EPS CAGR (3Y) – -45.2% 47.0%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) – – -98.5%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) – – 27.0%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) – – -99.7%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) – – 26.2%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricALNYNXTSPTCT
Gross margin – – 93.2%
EBITDA margin – – 18.2%
Operating margin – – 12.8%
Pretax margin – – -7.4%
Net margin – – -9.2%
FCF margin – – 0.2%
Operating cash flow margin – – 0.9%
Return on equity – -157.0% –
Return on assets – -71.9% -3.3%
Return on invested capital – – 21.0%
Return on capital employed – -31.5% 6.0%
Asset turnover 0.7x – 0.4x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) – – -0.1x
Stock comp / revenue – – 7.7%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricALNYNXTSPTCT
Debt / assets – 2.3% 26.7%
Debt / equity – 0.2x -4.5x
Net debt / EBITDA – 1.6x -6.0x
Debt / FCF – – 413.8x
Liabilities / assets 54.9% 89.8% 106.0%
Equity / assets 45.1% 10.2% -6.0%
Interest coverage – – –
Current ratio 2.5x 3.7x 3.3x
Quick ratio – 3.2x 3.0x
Cash ratio – 3.2x 2.7x
Altman Z-score – – 0.84

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricALNYNXTSPTCT
Dividend yield – – –
Net buyback yield – – -1.7%
Shareholder yield – – -1.7%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – –
Payout ratio (FCF) – – –
Dividend growth (1Y) – – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusALNYNXTSPTCT
Forward P/E 25.7xFY2026 – 58.6xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $6.76FY2026 – $1.10FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +190.1%FY2026 – -85.9%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +34.3% – +125.5%
Revenue, next fiscal year $5.68BFY2026 – $1.33BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +53.1%FY2026 – -23.2%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +27.8% – -1.0%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersALNYNXTSPTCT
Held by institutions 99.7% – 100.0%
Institutions holding 787 – 382
Change in shares held, QoQ +3.8% – +5.0%
Institutions buying 412 – 218
Institutions selling 278 – 111
Buyers to sellers 1.48 – 1.96

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

ALNYNXTSPTCT
ALNY 1.00 0.02 0.13
NXTS 0.02 1.00 0.02
PTCT 0.13 0.02 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, ALNY, NXTS and PTCT?

Alnylam Pharmaceuticals (ALNY) is the largest by market capitalisation: Alnylam Pharmaceuticals (ALNY) $22.03B, Nexentis Technologies (NXTS) $463.08K, Ptc Therapeutics (PTCT) $5.05B.

Which company is growing faster?

Alnylam Pharmaceuticals (ALNY) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Alnylam Pharmaceuticals (ALNY) +60.8%, Ptc Therapeutics (PTCT) -35.1%.

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Ptc Therapeutics (PTCT) returned the most: Alnylam Pharmaceuticals (ALNY) -63.9%, Nexentis Technologies (NXTS) -97.4%, Ptc Therapeutics (PTCT) -4.3%. Over five years, Ptc Therapeutics (PTCT) compounded fastest (Alnylam Pharmaceuticals (ALNY) +1.7%/yr, Nexentis Technologies (NXTS) -85.8%/yr, Ptc Therapeutics (PTCT) +11.2%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Ptc Therapeutics (PTCT) has been the steadiest (Alnylam Pharmaceuticals (ALNY) 58.8%, Nexentis Technologies (NXTS) 169.0%, Ptc Therapeutics (PTCT) 40.8%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, ALNY, NXTS and PTCT?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Alnylam Pharmaceuticals (ALNY) leads on 4. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.