Zai Lab (NASDAQ:ZLAB – Get Free Report) and Invivyd (NASDAQ:IVVD – Get Free Report) are both medical companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends, profitability, risk and institutional ownership.
Profitability
This table compares Zai Lab and Invivyd’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Zai Lab | -39.29% | -24.32% | -15.52% |
| Invivyd | -138.90% | -53.48% | -41.56% |
Valuation & Earnings
This table compares Zai Lab and Invivyd”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Zai Lab | $460.16 million | 4.75 | -$175.54 million | ($1.62) | -11.86 |
| Invivyd | $53.43 million | 3.37 | -$52.49 million | ($0.31) | -1.97 |
Invivyd has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Zai Lab. Zai Lab is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Invivyd, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Insider & Institutional Ownership
41.6% of Zai Lab shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.4% of Invivyd shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.9% of Zai Lab shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 12.2% of Invivyd shares are owned by 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 breakdown of current ratings and recommmendations for Zai Lab and Invivyd, as provided by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Zai Lab | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2.71 |
| Invivyd | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2.33 |
Zai Lab presently has a consensus target price of $40.00, suggesting a potential upside of 108.12%. Invivyd has a consensus target price of $8.00, suggesting a potential upside of 1,208.47%. Given Invivyd’s higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Invivyd is more favorable than Zai Lab.
Volatility and Risk
Zai Lab has a beta of 0.76, indicating that its share price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Invivyd has a beta of 0.67, indicating that its share price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Zai Lab beats Invivyd on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Zai Lab
Zai Lab Limited develops and commercializes therapies to treat oncology, autoimmune disorders, infectious diseases, and neuroscience. Its commercial products include Zejula, an orally administered poly polymerase 1/2 inhibitor; Optune, a cancer therapy that uses electric fields tuned to specific frequencies to kill tumor cells; NUZYRA for acute bacterial skin and skin structure infections, and community acquired bacterial pneumonia; Qinlock to treat gastrointestinal stromal tumors, and VYVGART, a human IgG1 antibody fragment for myesthenia gravis. The company also develops Tumor Treating Fields, a portable device for delivery of electric fields; Repotrectinib, a tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI) to target ROS1 and TRK A/B/C in TKI-naïve- or -pretreated cancer patients; Tisotumab vedotin, an antibody drug conjugate; Adagrasib for treating KRAS-G12C-mutated NSCLC, colorectal cancer, and pancreatic cancer; and Bemarituzumab to treat gastric and gastroesophageal junction cancer patients. In addition, it develops Sulbactam/durlobactam, a combination of a beta-lactam antibiotic and a beta-lactamase inhibitor for the treatment of serious infections caused by Acinetobacter; KarXT for the treatment of psychiatric and neurological conditions. It has license and collaboration agreement with Tesaro, Inc. to develop, manufacture, and commercialize niraparib; NovoCure to develop and commercialize Tumor Treating Fields; Deciphera to develop and commercialize ripretinib; Paratek Bermuda Ltd. to develop, manufacture, and commercialize omadacycline; argenx, to develop and commercialize efgartigimod; BMS to develop and commercialize tisotumab vedotin and repotrectinib; Mirati to research, develop, manufacture, and commercialize adagrasib; Amgen to develop and commercialize bemarituzumab; and Innoviva to develop and commercialize Sulbactam-Durlobactam; Karuna to develop and commercialize KarXT. The company was incorporated in 2013 and is headquartered in Shanghai, China.
About Invivyd
Invivyd, Inc., a commercial-stage biopharmaceutical company, focuses on the discovery, development, and commercialization of antibody-based solutions for infectious diseases in the United States. The company developed INVYMAB, a platform that combines viral surveillance and predictive modeling with advanced antibody engineering. Its pipeline includes PEMGRADA (pemivibart) injection, a half-life extended investigational monoclonal antibody (mAb) for the prevention of COVID-19 in adults and adolescents; VYD2311, an mAb candidate which is in preclinical studies for the prevention or treatment for COVID-19; and adintrvimab, that is in phase 3 clinical trials for the prevention or treatment of COVID-19. The company also has discovery stage candidates for the prevention of seasonal influenza and COVID-19. It has a collaboration agreement with Adimab, LLC for the discovery and optimization of proprietary antibodies; and the Scripps Research Institute to perform research activities to identify vaccine candidates for the prevention, diagnosis or treatment of influenza or beta coronaviruses. The company was formerly known as Adagio Therapeutics, Inc. and changed its name to Invivyd, Inc. in September 2022. Invivyd, Inc. was incorporated in 2020 and is headquartered in Waltham, Massachusetts.
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