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AGEN vs. XOMA, VNDA, VSTM, SGMO, LXRX, ACHV, RGLS, FBIO, SABS, and CRIS

Should you be buying Agenus stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Agenus include XOMA (XOMA), Vanda Pharmaceuticals (VNDA), Verastem (VSTM), Sangamo Therapeutics (SGMO), Lexicon Pharmaceuticals (LXRX), Achieve Life Sciences (ACHV), Regulus Therapeutics (RGLS), Fortress Biotech (FBIO), SAB Biotherapeutics (SABS), and Curis (CRIS). These companies are all part of the "biotechnology" industry.

Agenus vs.

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

Agenus currently has a consensus target price of $10.00, indicating a potential upside of 173.22%. XOMA has a consensus target price of $81.50, indicating a potential upside of 212.86%. Given XOMA's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe XOMA 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
XOMA
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

XOMA has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Agenus. XOMA 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$156.31M0.55-$245.76M-$11.24-0.33
XOMA$4.76M64.47-$40.83M-$3.48-7.49

In the previous week, Agenus had 1 more articles in the media than XOMA. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Agenus and 3 mentions for XOMA. Agenus' average media sentiment score of 0.52 beat XOMA's score of 0.34 indicating that Agenus is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Agenus
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
XOMA
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Agenus has a net margin of -145.89% compared to XOMA's net margin of -151.34%. Agenus' return on equity of 0.00% beat XOMA's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Agenus-145.89% N/A -85.68%
XOMA -151.34%-24.95%-9.64%

Agenus has a beta of 1.27, meaning that its stock price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, XOMA has a beta of 0.92, meaning that its stock price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500.

61.5% of Agenus shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.9% of XOMA shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.6% of Agenus shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 7.2% of XOMA shares are owned by company 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.

Agenus received 29 more outperform votes than XOMA when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.19% of users gave Agenus an outperform vote while only 65.96% of users gave XOMA an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
AgenusOutperform Votes
467
69.19%
Underperform Votes
208
30.81%
XOMAOutperform Votes
438
65.96%
Underperform Votes
226
34.04%

Summary

Agenus and XOMA tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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AGEN vs. The Competition

MetricAgenusBiological Products IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$85.86M$3.01B$5.39B$9.24B
Dividend YieldN/A1.89%5.37%3.99%
P/E Ratio-0.3345.9289.1117.52
Price / Sales0.55275.981,221.8479.25
Price / CashN/A189.5243.6036.96
Price / Book-0.474.045.014.72
Net Income-$245.76M-$40.99M$117.81M$224.61M
7 Day Performance15.46%2.03%2.03%1.55%
1 Month Performance29.33%1.50%4.03%5.12%
1 Year Performance-68.90%-1.33%26.78%21.25%

Agenus Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
AGEN
Agenus
3.734 of 5 stars
$3.66
-4.4%
$10.00
+173.2%
-66.9%$85.86M$156.31M-0.33440Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
High Trading Volume
XOMA
XOMA
4.178 of 5 stars
$26.76
-1.9%
$81.50
+204.6%
+35.6%$315.23M$4.76M-7.6910
VNDA
Vanda Pharmaceuticals
4.0577 of 5 stars
$4.36
-1.8%
$15.50
+255.5%
+23.2%$254.23M$192.64M-15.57290Analyst Forecast
VSTM
Verastem
2.7783 of 5 stars
$5.33
+0.9%
$13.38
+150.9%
-51.7%$237.24M$2.60M-1.6750
SGMO
Sangamo Therapeutics
2.7906 of 5 stars
$1.09
-0.9%
$5.50
+404.6%
+161.5%$227.43M$176.23M-1.45480
LXRX
Lexicon Pharmaceuticals
1.8438 of 5 stars
$0.69
-3.3%
$6.00
+769.6%
-39.4%$169.91M$1.20M-0.92140News Coverage
ACHV
Achieve Life Sciences
1.701 of 5 stars
$3.09
+0.7%
$14.80
+379.0%
-36.9%$106.27MN/A-2.7320News Coverage
RGLS
Regulus Therapeutics
2.1131 of 5 stars
$1.24
-3.1%
$10.80
+771.0%
+3.3%$81.22MN/A-1.1630
FBIO
Fortress Biotech
2.7697 of 5 stars
$1.87
-2.1%
$13.67
+630.8%
-2.1%$51.62M$62.50M-0.61170
SABS
SAB Biotherapeutics
3.2177 of 5 stars
$3.53
-0.8%
$12.40
+251.3%
-38.8%$32.58M$2.24M0.00140
CRIS
Curis
2.3129 of 5 stars
$3.29
+3.5%
$23.00
+599.1%
-70.5%$27.87M$10.02M-0.4260

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This page (NASDAQ:AGEN) was last updated on 1/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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