SpringWorks Therapeutics (NASDAQ:SWTX – Get Free Report) and enGene (NASDAQ:ENGN – Get Free Report) are both medical companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations and valuation.
Insider & Institutional Ownership
64.2% of enGene shares are owned by institutional investors. 7.6% of SpringWorks Therapeutics shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 13.7% of enGene shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Risk and Volatility
SpringWorks Therapeutics has a beta of 0.82, indicating that its stock price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, enGene has a beta of -0.65, indicating that its stock price is 165% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Profitability
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| SpringWorks Therapeutics | -203.09% | -48.21% | -42.19% |
| enGene | N/A | -66.38% | -56.00% |
Analyst Recommendations
This is a summary of recent recommendations for SpringWorks Therapeutics and enGene, as reported by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| SpringWorks Therapeutics | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3.00 |
| enGene | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 3.09 |
SpringWorks Therapeutics currently has a consensus price target of $70.00, suggesting a potential upside of 62.79%. enGene has a consensus price target of $29.78, suggesting a potential upside of 291.30%. Given enGene’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe enGene is more favorable than SpringWorks Therapeutics.
Valuation & Earnings
This table compares SpringWorks Therapeutics and enGene”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| SpringWorks Therapeutics | $135.49 million | 23.61 | -$325.10 million | ($3.88) | -11.08 |
| enGene | N/A | N/A | -$99.92 million | ($0.58) | -13.12 |
enGene has lower revenue, but higher earnings than SpringWorks Therapeutics. enGene is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than SpringWorks Therapeutics, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
enGene beats SpringWorks Therapeutics on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
About SpringWorks Therapeutics
SpringWorks Therapeutics, Inc., a commercial-stage biopharmaceutical company, engages in the development and commercialization of medicines for underserved patient populations suffering from rare diseases and cancer. Its lead product candidate is OGSIVEO (nirogacestat), an oral small molecule gamma secretase inhibitor that is in Phase III DeFi trial for the treatment of desmoid tumors; and Nirogacestat, is also in Phase 2 clinical development as a monotherapy for the treatment of ovarian granulosa cell tumors (GCT), a subtype of ovarian cancer. The company is also involved in the development of mirdametinib, an oral small molecule MEK inhibitor that is in Phase 2b clinical trials for the treatment of neurofibromatosis type 1-associated plexiform neurofibromas (NF1-PN); mirdametinib + lifirafenib, a combination therapy that is in Phase 1b clinical trial in patients with advanced or refractory solid tumors; and mirdametinib in monotherapy and combination approaches to treat other genetically defined solid tumors, including Phase 1/2 clinical trial for the treatment of pediatric and young adult patients with low-grade gliomas. In addition, it develops Brimarafenib (BGB-3245), an oral selective small molecule inhibitor of monomeric and dimeric forms of activating BRAF mutations. The company has collaborations with BeiGene, Ltd. and GlaxoSmithKline LLC; and license agreements with Pfizer Inc. for nirogacestat and mirdametinib. It also has a license agreement with Katholieke Universiteit Leuven and the Flanders Institute for Biotechnology for a portfolio of novel small molecule inhibitors of the TEA Domain; and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute for a portfolio of novel small molecule inhibitors of Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor. The company was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut.
About enGene
enGene Holdings Inc., through its subsidiary enGene, Inc., operates as a clinical-stage biotechnology company that develops genetic medicines through the delivery of therapeutics to mucosal tissues and other organs. Its lead product candidate is EG-70 (detalimogene voraplasmid), which is a non-viral immunotherapy to treat non-muscle invasive bladder cancer patients with carcinoma-in-situ (Cis), who are unresponsive to treatment with Bacillus Calmette-Guérin. The company was founded in 2023 and is based in Saint-Laurent, Canada.
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