Contrasting enGene (ENGN) & Its Peers

enGene (NASDAQ:ENGN) is one of 445 public companies in the “Biotechnology” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its competitors? We will compare enGene to similar companies based on the strength of its analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, earnings, valuation, profitability and risk.

Profitability

This table compares enGene and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
enGene	N/A	-63.25%	-5.65%
enGene Competitors	-11,569.27%	-124.49%	-24.30%

Insider & Institutional Ownership

64.2% of enGene shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 31.2% of shares of all “Biotechnology” companies are held by institutional investors. 13.7% of enGene shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 22.4% of shares of all “Biotechnology” companies are held 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.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and price targets for enGene and its competitors, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
enGene	0	0	6	0	3.00
enGene Competitors	751	2451	5754	67	2.57

enGene presently has a consensus price target of $34.40, suggesting a potential upside of 464.86%. As a group, “Biotechnology” companies have a potential upside of 15.94%. Given enGene’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe enGene is more favorable than its competitors.

Dividends

enGene pays an annual dividend of $1.58 per share and has a dividend yield of 26.0%. enGene pays out -97.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. As a group, “Biotechnology” companies pay a dividend yield of 3.1% and pay out 5,578.4% of their earnings in the form of a dividend. enGene is clearly a better dividend stock than its competitors, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares enGene and its competitors top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
enGene	N/A	$104.74 million	-3.74
enGene Competitors	$160.50 million	-$18.86 million	76.89

enGene’s competitors have higher revenue, but lower earnings than enGene. enGene is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its competitors, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Risk and Volatility

enGene has a beta of -0.63, suggesting that its stock price is 163% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, enGene’s competitors have a beta of 1.23, suggesting that their average stock price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

enGene beats its competitors on 10 of the 15 factors compared.

enGene Company Profile

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.