Evogene (EVGN) Competitors

Enlightify (NYSE:ENFY) and Evogene (NASDAQ:EVGN) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, risk, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability and community ranking.

Which has better valuation and earnings, ENFY or EVGN?

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

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Enlightify	$87.36M	0.18	-$28.41M	-$1.98	-0.55
Evogene	$8.51M	0.87	-$23.88M	-$3.11	-0.45

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in ENFY or EVGN?

0.1% of Enlightify shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 10.4% of Evogene shares are held by institutional investors. 38.2% of Enlightify shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 7.4% of Evogene shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor ENFY or EVGN?

Evogene received 221 more outperform votes than Enlightify when rated by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Enlightify	N/A	N/A
Evogene	Outperform Votes 221 54.03%	Underperform Votes 188 45.97%

Does the media prefer ENFY or EVGN?

In the previous week, Evogene had 1 more articles in the media than Enlightify. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Evogene and 0 mentions for Enlightify. Enlightify's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Evogene'saverage media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Enlightify	Neutral
Evogene	Neutral

Do analysts rate ENFY or EVGN?

Evogene has a consensus price target of $12.00, suggesting a potential upside of 765.80%. Given Evogene's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Evogene is more favorable than Enlightify.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Enlightify	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Evogene	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has more volatility & risk, ENFY or EVGN?

Enlightify has a beta of 0.6, suggesting that its stock price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Evogene has a beta of 1.28, suggesting that its stock price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is ENFY or EVGN more profitable?

Enlightify has a net margin of -31.34% compared to Evogene's net margin of -314.43%. Enlightify's return on equity of -26.06% beat Evogene's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Enlightify	-31.34%	-26.06%	-16.39%
Evogene	-314.43%	-109.05%	-52.55%

Summary

Evogene beats Enlightify on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.