Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA vs Biogen Inc — how do they compare? Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA trades at $28.6 (market cap $157.51B), while Biogen Inc trades at $202.7 (market cap $30.13B). The key difference: Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA is far larger — about 5.2× Biogen Inc's market cap, and Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA pays a 3.8% dividend while Biogen Inc pays none. Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| BBVA | BIIB | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $157.51B | $30.13B |
Sector | Financials | Health |
52-Week High | $28.50 | $216.63 |
52-Week Low | $17.96 | $128.93 |
Dividend Yield | 3.8% | — |
Enterprise Value | — | $37.20B |
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Despite its Spanish origins, BBVA generates three quarters of its profits in emerging markets, especially Mexico that contributes nearly half of BBVA's net profit. BBVA is overwhelmingly a retail and commercial bank with corporate and investment banking forming a smaller part of the overall business.
Read more on BBVA →Biogen and Idec merged in 2003, combining forces to market Biogen's multiple sclerosis drug Avonex and Idec's cancer drug Rituxan. Today, Rituxan and next-generation antibody Gazyva are marketed via a collaboration with Roche. Biogen also markets novel MS drugs Plegridy, Tysabri, Tecfidera, and Vumerity. In Japan, Biogen's MS portfolio is co-promoted by Eisai. Hemophilia therapies Eloctate and Alprolix (partnered with SOBI) were spun off as part of Bioverativ in 2017. Biogen has several drug candidates in phase 3 trials in neurology and neurodegenerative diseases and has launched Spinraza with partner Ionis. Aduhelm was approved as the firm's first Alzheimer's disease therapy in June 2021.
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