Verdict: Side-by-side breakdown using the Bull Rankings model. HRMY scored 88.6, JAZZ scored 73.9 — HRMY leads.
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HRMY
Harmony Biosciences Holdings, Inc.
Biotechnology · Quality-Growth
88.6
$38.23 · $2.2B
fundamentals as of
Score gap
14.7
HRMY leads
JAZZ
Jazz Pharmaceuticals plc
Biotechnology · Quality-Growth
73.9
$216.75 · $14.1B
fundamentals as of
At a glance · who leads each dimension, on the model's own rules
CheapestHRMY12.3x
Fastest growthHRMY+24.3%
Strongest balance sheetHRMY0.16
Highest qualityHRMY79 / 100
Largest discount to fair valueHRMY-73%
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
JAZZ
79
Qualityreturns · margins · balance sheet
58
95
Growthrevenue & earnings expansion
88
93
Valuevaluation vs sector peers
79
HRMY is stronger on 3 of 3 pillars.
Fundamentals, head-to-head
HRMY
JAZZ
$355mC
FCF
$1.6bC+
+24.3%A-
Rev
+12.6%B+
0.16B+
D/E
0.92C
12.3xA
P/E
14.9xA-
0.36A
PEG
0.96B+
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
JAZZ
73% below
Price vs fair valuelower is cheaper
51% below
~-16%/yr
Growth the price impliesyr-1 FCF growth, fading to 4% · lower = less priced in
~-9%/yr
+183%
1-yr DCF upside
+82%
+268%
5-yr DCF upside
+104%
+441%
10-yr DCF upside
+139%
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
JAZZ
Why this score
Diluting shareholders
The companies
HRMYHarmony Biosciences Holdings, Inc.
Biotechnology · $38.23 · beta 1.01
Why now
Biotechnology · market cap $2.2b. 12% off the 52-week high of $43.49. Revenue growing +24%, comfortably above the S&P median. PEG 0.36 — 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 +25% 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.
JAZZJazz Pharmaceuticals plc
Biotechnology · $216.75 · beta 0.37
Why now
Biotechnology · market cap $14.1b. 19% off the 52-week high of $266.38. Revenue growing +13%, comfortably above the S&P median. PEG 0.96 — paying under fair value for the growth rate. 22 sell-side analysts rate this a Strong Buy with a mean 1-yr target of $294.64 (implying +36% upside).
Moat
Net margin 20% sits well above the S&P median (~11%) — suggests structural pricing advantage or cost discipline competitors can't quickly close. ROE 20% is above 15% — the equity base is compounding at a rate the market struggles to discount accurately. FCF converts 169% 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.
Verdict — model-derived comparison
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Where HRMY and JAZZ diverge
On the headline score the gap is 14.7 points in favor of HRMY. The widest single difference is Quality, where HRMY leads by 21.0 points.
QualityHRMY 79.5 · JAZZ 58.5HRMY +21.0
ValueHRMY 92.6 · JAZZ 78.7HRMY +13.9
GrowthHRMY 94.5 · JAZZ 87.6HRMY +6.9
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 JAZZ the better stock?
HRMY scores higher: HRMY 88.6, JAZZ 73.9 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 JAZZ differ most?
The widest gap is quality, where HRMY leads by 21 points on the 0–100 pillar scale. HRMY leads all three pillars, so the gap is broad rather than a single-measure difference.
How are HRMY and JAZZ 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.