enGene (ENGN) vs. Its Competitors Critical Analysis

enGene (NASDAQ:ENGN) is one of 439 public companies in the “Biotechnology” industry, but how does it contrast to its competitors? We will compare enGene to related businesses based on the strength of its earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, risk, valuation and analyst recommendations.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

64.2% of enGene shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 30.7% of shares of all “Biotechnology” companies are held by institutional investors. 13.7% of enGene shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 22.6% of shares of all “Biotechnology” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Dividends

enGene pays an annual dividend of $1.58 per share and has a dividend yield of 29.0%. 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 3,469.2% 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.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent recommendations and price targets for enGene and its competitors, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
enGene	0	0	6	0	3.00
enGene Competitors	734	2347	5545	66	2.57

enGene presently has a consensus target price of $34.40, indicating a potential upside of 531.19%. As a group, “Biotechnology” companies have a potential upside of 15.99%. Given enGene’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe enGene is more favorable than its competitors.

Valuation and Earnings

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

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
enGene	N/A	$104.74 million	-3.34
enGene Competitors	$156.02 million	-$17.55 million	81.35

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.

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	-11,893.41%	-127.11%	-24.51%

Risk and Volatility

enGene has a beta of -0.63, meaning that its stock price is 163% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, enGene’s competitors have a beta of 1.21, meaning that their average stock price is 21% 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.