Reviewing enGene (NASDAQ:ENGN) & PharmaCyte Biotech (OTCMKTS:PMCBD)

PharmaCyte Biotech (OTCMKTS:PMCBD) and enGene (NASDAQ:ENGN) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, earnings and analyst recommendations.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares PharmaCyte Biotech and enGene”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
PharmaCyte Biotech	N/A	N/A	-$3.83 million	N/A	N/A
enGene	N/A	N/A	-$99.92 million	N/A	N/A

Risk & Volatility

PharmaCyte Biotech has a beta of 0.27, suggesting that its stock price is 73% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, enGene has a beta of -0.76, suggesting that its stock price is 176% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations and price targets for PharmaCyte Biotech and enGene, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
PharmaCyte Biotech	0	0	0	0	0.00
enGene	0	0	8	1	3.11

enGene has a consensus target price of $31.43, indicating a potential upside of 309.23%. Given enGene’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe enGene is more favorable than PharmaCyte Biotech.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

0.0% of PharmaCyte Biotech shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 64.2% of enGene shares are held by institutional investors. 13.7% of enGene shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares PharmaCyte Biotech and enGene’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
PharmaCyte Biotech	N/A	-49.09%	-43.39%
enGene	N/A	-66.38%	-56.00%

Summary

enGene beats PharmaCyte Biotech on 6 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

About PharmaCyte Biotech

PharmaCyte Biotech, Inc. is a clinical stage biotechnology company, which engages in the development and commercialization of treatments for cancer and diabetes. It focuses on a proprietary cellulose-based live cell encapsulation technology called Cell-in-a-Box, which will be used as a platform for the development of treatments for inoperable pancreatic cancer and other solid cancerous tumors, and diabetes. The company was founded on October 28, 1996 and is headquartered in Laguna Hills, CA.

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.