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Agenus (AGEN) Competitors

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$3.34 +0.48 (+16.78%)
(As of 11/22/2024 ET)

AGEN vs. ALGS, DTIL, ADAP, LXRX, VSTM, ACHV, RGLS, FBIO, SABS, and CRIS

Should you be buying Agenus stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Agenus include Aligos Therapeutics (ALGS), Precision BioSciences (DTIL), Adaptimmune Therapeutics (ADAP), Lexicon Pharmaceuticals (LXRX), Verastem (VSTM), Achieve Life Sciences (ACHV), Regulus Therapeutics (RGLS), Fortress Biotech (FBIO), SAB Biotherapeutics (SABS), and Curis (CRIS). These companies are all part of the "medical" sector.

Agenus vs.

Agenus (NASDAQ:AGEN) and Aligos Therapeutics (NASDAQ:ALGS) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings and profitability.

Aligos Therapeutics has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Agenus. Aligos Therapeutics 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
Agenus$156.31M0.50-$245.76M-$11.24-0.30
Aligos Therapeutics$15.53M4.63-$87.68M-$13.32-1.50

61.5% of Agenus shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 60.4% of Aligos Therapeutics shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.6% of Agenus shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.8% of Aligos Therapeutics shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Agenus received 440 more outperform votes than Aligos Therapeutics when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.49% of users gave Agenus an outperform vote while only 65.85% of users gave Aligos Therapeutics an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
AgenusOutperform Votes
467
69.49%
Underperform Votes
205
30.51%
Aligos TherapeuticsOutperform Votes
27
65.85%
Underperform Votes
14
34.15%

Agenus has a net margin of -145.89% compared to Aligos Therapeutics' net margin of -1,283.19%. Agenus' return on equity of 0.00% beat Aligos Therapeutics' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Agenus-145.89% N/A -85.68%
Aligos Therapeutics -1,283.19%-114.34%-64.58%

Agenus presently has a consensus target price of $10.00, suggesting a potential upside of 199.40%. Aligos Therapeutics has a consensus target price of $75.00, suggesting a potential upside of 274.25%. Given Aligos Therapeutics' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Aligos Therapeutics is more favorable than Agenus.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Agenus
0 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.17
Aligos Therapeutics
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Agenus has a beta of 1.39, indicating that its share price is 39% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Aligos Therapeutics has a beta of 2.11, indicating that its share price is 111% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Agenus had 11 more articles in the media than Aligos Therapeutics. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Agenus and 1 mentions for Aligos Therapeutics. Aligos Therapeutics' average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Agenus' score of -0.23 indicating that Aligos Therapeutics is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Agenus
2 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Aligos Therapeutics
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Summary

Agenus beats Aligos Therapeutics on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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AGEN vs. The Competition

MetricAgenusBiological Products IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$78.36M$3.04B$5.38B$8.84B
Dividend YieldN/A1.91%5.13%4.09%
P/E Ratio-0.3045.50105.0417.81
Price / Sales0.50392.401,235.79158.52
Price / CashN/A169.3840.3536.29
Price / Book-0.294.597.086.50
Net Income-$245.76M-$41.63M$119.58M$226.22M
7 Day Performance22.79%2.61%2.25%4.03%
1 Month Performance-25.61%-2.47%-2.34%4.92%
1 Year Performance-75.41%28.24%33.95%29.30%

Agenus Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
AGEN
Agenus
3.8917 of 5 stars
$3.34
+16.8%
$10.00
+199.4%
-75.4%$78.36M$156.31M-0.30389Analyst Revision
Gap Down
ALGS
Aligos Therapeutics
3.8379 of 5 stars
$19.68
+8.1%
$75.00
+281.2%
+17.9%$70.63M$15.53M-1.4990High Trading Volume
DTIL
Precision BioSciences
4.043 of 5 stars
$6.50
-9.5%
$39.50
+507.7%
-42.9%$49.86M$48.73M109.02200High Trading Volume
ADAP
Adaptimmune Therapeutics
2.122 of 5 stars
$0.63
-4.5%
$3.16
+399.5%
+47.3%$162.00M$60.28M-2.88449
LXRX
Lexicon Pharmaceuticals
1.9776 of 5 stars
$0.78
-3.7%
$6.00
+669.1%
-21.5%$192.09M$1.20M0.00285Analyst Forecast
Gap Down
VSTM
Verastem
2.7519 of 5 stars
$3.93
+3.7%
$12.50
+218.1%
-37.8%$174.92M$2.60M-1.2350Analyst Downgrade
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
ACHV
Achieve Life Sciences
1.3346 of 5 stars
$4.33
+0.5%
$14.80
+242.2%
-16.9%$148.74MN/A-3.8320
RGLS
Regulus Therapeutics
2.4611 of 5 stars
$1.40
flat
$10.80
+671.4%
+13.1%$91.70MN/A-1.3130News Coverage
FBIO
Fortress Biotech
3.0759 of 5 stars
$1.58
flat
$13.67
+767.7%
-26.8%$43.47M$84.51M-0.52186Analyst Revision
SABS
SAB Biotherapeutics
3.3228 of 5 stars
$3.07
+0.3%
$12.40
+303.9%
+235.5%$28.34M$2.24M0.00140Gap Up
CRIS
Curis
2.0786 of 5 stars
$4.10
+10.8%
$23.00
+461.0%
-51.9%$24.52M$10.02M-0.5149High Trading Volume

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This page (NASDAQ:AGEN) was last updated on 11/23/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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