ENSC vs. MRNS, PMN, VRCA, SNYR, LEXX, AKTX, XLO, GDTC, BFRG, and JATT
Should you be buying Ensysce Biosciences stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ensysce Biosciences include Marinus Pharmaceuticals (MRNS), ProMIS Neurosciences (PMN), Verrica Pharmaceuticals (VRCA), Synergy CHC Corp. (Uplisting) (SNYR), Lexaria Bioscience (LEXX), Akari Therapeutics (AKTX), Xilio Therapeutics (XLO), CytoMed Therapeutics (GDTC), Bullfrog AI (BFRG), and JATT Acquisition (JATT). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.
Ensysce Biosciences vs.
Ensysce Biosciences (NASDAQ:ENSC) and Marinus Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:MRNS) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, valuation, community ranking, dividends, profitability and media sentiment.
Ensysce Biosciences has a beta of 0.54, indicating that its share price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Marinus Pharmaceuticals has a beta of 1.03, indicating that its share price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500.
5.6% of Ensysce Biosciences shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.8% of Marinus Pharmaceuticals shares are held by institutional investors. 7.9% of Ensysce Biosciences shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 5.5% of Marinus Pharmaceuticals shares are held by 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.
Ensysce Biosciences has a net margin of -179.26% compared to Marinus Pharmaceuticals' net margin of -446.48%. Ensysce Biosciences' return on equity of -292.81% beat Marinus Pharmaceuticals' return on equity.
Marinus Pharmaceuticals received 434 more outperform votes than Ensysce Biosciences when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.72% of users gave Marinus Pharmaceuticals an outperform vote while only 60.00% of users gave Ensysce Biosciences an outperform vote.
Ensysce Biosciences has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Marinus Pharmaceuticals. Marinus Pharmaceuticals is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ensysce Biosciences, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Marinus Pharmaceuticals had 4 more articles in the media than Ensysce Biosciences. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Marinus Pharmaceuticals and 0 mentions for Ensysce Biosciences. Marinus Pharmaceuticals' average media sentiment score of 0.25 beat Ensysce Biosciences' score of 0.00 indicating that Marinus Pharmaceuticals is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Marinus Pharmaceuticals has a consensus target price of $4.79, suggesting a potential upside of 771.56%. Given Marinus Pharmaceuticals' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Marinus Pharmaceuticals is more favorable than Ensysce Biosciences.
Summary
Marinus Pharmaceuticals beats Ensysce Biosciences on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:ENSC) was last updated on 2/15/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
