Verdict: Side-by-side breakdown using the Bull Rankings model. HRMY scored 88.5, HALO scored 83.1 — HRMY leads.
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HRMY
Harmony Biosciences Holdings, Inc.
Biotechnology · Quality-Growth
88.5
$40.28 · $2.3B
fundamentals as of
Score gap
5.4
HRMY leads
HALO
Halozyme Therapeutics, Inc.
Biotechnology · Quality-Growth
83.1
$110.42 · $12.5B
fundamentals as of
At a glance · who leads each dimension, on the model's own rules
CheapestHRMY13.0x
Fastest growthHALO+41.2%
Highest qualityHALO89 / 100
Largest discount to fair valueHRMY-71%
Side by side · every name on one set of axes
Growth against the P/E multiple. Up and to the right is cheaper and faster — the quality-growth idea in one picture. Points beyond the axis are pinned to the edge and marked off-scale rather than allowed to compress everything else.
The model, pillar by pillar (0–100 each)
HRMY
stronger →← stronger
HALO
79
Qualityreturns · margins · balance sheet
89
95
Growthrevenue & earnings expansion
98
92
Valuevaluation vs sector peers
66
HALO is stronger on 2 of 3 pillars.
Fundamentals, head-to-head
HRMY
HALO
$355mC
FCF
$806mC+
+24.3%A-
Rev
+41.2%A
0.16B+
D/E
—
13.0xA
P/E
32.3xC+
0.38A
PEG
1.47B
Winner per row is the stronger grade; where grades tie, the better figure breaks it. A true tie or a missing value shows no highlight.
Valuation · DCF cross-check
HRMY
HALO
71% below
Price vs fair valuelower is cheaper
40% below
~-15%/yr
Growth the price impliesyr-1 FCF growth, fading to 4% · lower = less priced in
~2%/yr
+168%
1-yr DCF upside
+27%
+249%
5-yr DCF upside
+66%
+413%
10-yr DCF upside
+146%
The DCF is a cross-check on intrinsic value, separate from the quality-growth score above.
Model signals
HRMY
Why this score
Durable high returns
HALO
Why this score
Buying back stock
Durable high returns
The companies
HRMYHarmony Biosciences Holdings, Inc.
Biotechnology · $40.28 · beta 1.01
Why now
Biotechnology · market cap $2.3b. 7% off the 52-week high of $43.49. Revenue growing +24%, comfortably above the S&P median. PEG 0.38 — paying under fair value for the growth rate. 11 sell-side analysts rate this a Buy with a mean 1-yr target of $47.64 (implying +18% upside).
Moat
Net margin 19% beats the market median by a meaningful margin — the company is keeping more of every revenue dollar than the average S&P constituent. ROE 18% is above 15% — the equity base is compounding at a rate the market struggles to discount accurately. FCF converts 196% of net income — earnings translate cleanly into cash.
Risk
Trial-readout binary — late-stage clinical trials carry approve/reject outcomes that swing valuation 30%+; the equity is effectively a portfolio of these binary events, not a steady cash-flow business.
HALOHalozyme Therapeutics, Inc.
Biotechnology · $110.42 · beta 0.88
Why now
Biotechnology · market cap $12.5b. 6% off the 52-week high of $116.85. Revenue growing +41% — in hypergrowth territory. 8 sell-side analysts rate this a Buy with a mean 1-yr target of $101.75 (implying -8% upside).
Moat
Net margin 25% sits well above the S&P median (~11%) — suggests structural pricing advantage or cost discipline competitors can't quickly close. FCF converts 195% of net income — earnings translate cleanly into cash. Pharma moat is patent runway + pipeline depth — a single approved molecule funds the next generation of bets. Late-stage trials carry binary readouts that swing valuation 30%+.
Risk
Trailing P/E 32x sits well above the S&P median (~20x) — multiple compression is a real risk if revenue growth decelerates. Trial-readout binary — late-stage clinical trials carry approve/reject outcomes that swing valuation 30%+; the equity is effectively a portfolio of these binary events, not a steady cash-flow business.
Verdict — model-derived comparison
HRMY leads The Bull Rankings with a 90.7 score, primarily due to its superior Value pillar of 93, significantly outpacing HALO's 67 and its P/E grade of A (12.4x). A contrarian could still prefer HALO for its robust revenue growth of +41.2% (grade A), which is considerably higher than HRMY's +24.3%.
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Where HRMY and HALO diverge
On the headline score the gap is 5.4 points in favor of HRMY. They get there differently, though — each leads on a different pillar, so the better pick depends on which you weight.
ValueHRMY 92.2 · HALO 65.9HRMY +26.3
QualityHRMY 79.5 · HALO 88.9HALO +9.4
GrowthHRMY 94.5 · HALO 98.0HALO +3.5
Pillars run 0–100. Value is judged against each company's own sector, so a Value score is a statement about a company relative to its own industry rather than to the other name here. A wide Value gap usually means the market already prices the difference in quality or growth — which is the trade-off this comparison comes down to.
Common questions
Is HRMY or HALO the better stock?
HRMY scores higher: HRMY 88.5, HALO 83.1 out of 100 on the Bull Rankings quality-growth score, which blends business quality, growth and valuation into one number. A higher score means a stronger business at a more reasonable price — it is not a price target or a recommendation.
Where do HRMY and HALO differ most?
The widest gap is value, where HRMY leads by 26 points on the 0–100 pillar scale. Neither name sweeps: they trade the lead across the three pillars, so the comparison is a trade-off rather than one being better on every measure.
How are HRMY and HALO scored?
Each carries the same 0–100 quality-growth score used everywhere on the site, built from three pillars — quality (profitability and returns on capital), growth (revenue and earnings), and value (what you pay for them) — combined as a geometric mean, so a weak pillar cannot be papered over by a strong one.
How current is this comparison?
The whole universe is re-scored every trading day after the US market close, so the scores and fundamentals here reflect the latest published edition.