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AGEN vs. XOMA, EBS, LXRX, VNDA, CBIO, CDXS, IRWD, ACHV, SGMO, and FBIO

Should you be buying Agenus stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Agenus include XOMA Royalty (XOMA), Emergent Biosolutions (EBS), Lexicon Pharmaceuticals (LXRX), Vanda Pharmaceuticals (VNDA), Crescent Biopharma (CBIO), Codexis (CDXS), Ironwood Pharmaceuticals (IRWD), Achieve Life Sciences (ACHV), Sangamo Therapeutics (SGMO), and Fortress Biotech (FBIO). These companies are all part of the "biotechnology" industry.

Agenus vs. Its Competitors

XOMA Royalty (NASDAQ:XOMA) and Agenus (NASDAQ:AGEN) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, valuation and dividends.

XOMA Royalty has a beta of 0.98, indicating that its stock price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Agenus has a beta of 1.44, indicating that its stock price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500.

XOMA Royalty currently has a consensus target price of $69.50, suggesting a potential upside of 89.37%. Agenus has a consensus target price of $14.50, suggesting a potential upside of 231.05%. Given Agenus' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Agenus is more favorable than XOMA Royalty.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
XOMA Royalty
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.33
Agenus
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50

XOMA Royalty has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Agenus. XOMA Royalty is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Agenus, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
XOMA Royalty$28.49M15.57-$13.82M-$1.55-23.68
Agenus$103.46M1.35-$227.21M-$7.15-0.61

In the previous week, XOMA Royalty had 5 more articles in the media than Agenus. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for XOMA Royalty and 0 mentions for Agenus. XOMA Royalty's average media sentiment score of 0.61 beat Agenus' score of 0.00 indicating that XOMA Royalty is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
XOMA Royalty Positive
Agenus Neutral

XOMA Royalty has a net margin of -27.57% compared to Agenus' net margin of -167.52%. XOMA Royalty's return on equity of 2.63% beat Agenus' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
XOMA Royalty-27.57% 2.63% 0.97%
Agenus -167.52%N/A -81.04%

95.9% of XOMA Royalty shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 61.5% of Agenus shares are held by institutional investors. 7.2% of XOMA Royalty shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.5% of Agenus shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

XOMA Royalty beats Agenus on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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AGEN vs. The Competition

MetricAgenusMED IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$139.55M$3.15B$5.79B$10.46B
Dividend YieldN/A2.36%5.61%4.57%
P/E Ratio-0.6121.0580.5726.86
Price / Sales1.35445.77536.23125.79
Price / CashN/A44.8326.0131.15
Price / Book-0.349.6215.776.42
Net Income-$227.21M-$53.02M$3.30B$271.73M
7 Day Performance-1.57%1.43%3.93%2.82%
1 Month Performance-3.10%3.42%5.32%6.60%
1 Year Performance-25.00%11.20%80.88%28.60%

Agenus Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
AGEN
Agenus
3.6712 of 5 stars
$4.38
-3.7%
$14.50
+231.1%
-25.0%$139.55M$103.46M-0.61440
XOMA
XOMA Royalty
4.1548 of 5 stars
$37.86
+1.2%
$69.50
+83.6%
+30.2%$457.73M$28.49M-24.4310
EBS
Emergent Biosolutions
4.6832 of 5 stars
$7.98
-2.0%
$13.50
+69.2%
+25.8%$425.74M$812.50M3.262,420
LXRX
Lexicon Pharmaceuticals
2.2988 of 5 stars
$1.12
-2.6%
$3.23
+187.9%
-28.3%$407.01M$58.43M-3.39140
VNDA
Vanda Pharmaceuticals
4.1326 of 5 stars
$4.38
-2.9%
$16.50
+276.7%
-2.6%$258.81M$203.47M-3.88290Positive News
CBIO
Crescent Biopharma
4.0853 of 5 stars
$12.22
-2.2%
$25.60
+109.5%
N/A$238.90M$10K-0.3550Gap Up
CDXS
Codexis
2.848 of 5 stars
$2.44
+0.4%
$11.00
+350.8%
-21.0%$220.26M$59.35M-2.94250Positive News
IRWD
Ironwood Pharmaceuticals
4.2956 of 5 stars
$1.28
-2.3%
$4.94
+285.9%
-67.2%$207.91M$351.41M-25.59220Positive News
ACHV
Achieve Life Sciences
2.4793 of 5 stars
$3.04
-1.3%
$14.67
+382.5%
-38.4%$155.34MN/A-2.0820Positive News
Short Interest ↑
SGMO
Sangamo Therapeutics
2.909 of 5 stars
$0.50
-0.9%
$4.50
+799.5%
-43.1%$150.95M$57.80M-1.73480Positive News
FBIO
Fortress Biotech
2.6718 of 5 stars
$3.55
-8.7%
$16.50
+364.8%
+145.5%$105.63M$59.30M-3.38170Positive News
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