PSNL vs. ENZ, XGN, DMTK, BDSX, SERA, AFMD, JATT, TPST, LFVN, and FORA
Should you be buying Personalis stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Personalis include Enzo Biochem (ENZ), Exagen (XGN), DermTech (DMTK), Biodesix (BDSX), Sera Prognostics (SERA), Affimed (AFMD), JATT Acquisition (JATT), Tempest Therapeutics (TPST), LifeVantage (LFVN), and Forian (FORA). These companies are all part of the "medical" sector.
Personalis (NASDAQ:PSNL) and Enzo Biochem (NYSE:ENZ) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, community ranking, risk, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, profitability, valuation and earnings.
Personalis presently has a consensus target price of $5.00, suggesting a potential upside of 259.71%. Given Personalis' higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Personalis is more favorable than Enzo Biochem.
Enzo Biochem has a net margin of 99.28% compared to Personalis' net margin of -124.89%. Enzo Biochem's return on equity of -36.71% beat Personalis' return on equity.
Personalis has a beta of 1.91, suggesting that its share price is 91% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Enzo Biochem has a beta of 0.75, suggesting that its share price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Enzo Biochem received 102 more outperform votes than Personalis when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.48% of users gave Personalis an outperform vote while only 56.53% of users gave Enzo Biochem an outperform vote.
61.9% of Personalis shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 36.9% of Enzo Biochem shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.1% of Personalis shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 15.5% of Enzo Biochem shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Enzo Biochem has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Personalis.
In the previous week, Personalis had 2 more articles in the media than Enzo Biochem. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Personalis and 1 mentions for Enzo Biochem. Personalis' average media sentiment score of 0.76 beat Enzo Biochem's score of 0.00 indicating that Personalis is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Personalis beats Enzo Biochem on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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