Reviewing TNF Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:TNFA) & IDEXX Laboratories (NASDAQ:IDXX)

IDEXX Laboratories (NASDAQ:IDXX) and TNF Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:TNFA) are both medical companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, risk, profitability and valuation.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and recommmendations for IDEXX Laboratories and TNF Pharmaceuticals, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
IDEXX Laboratories	0	3	6	1	2.80
TNF Pharmaceuticals	0	0	0	0	0.00

IDEXX Laboratories currently has a consensus price target of $533.75, suggesting a potential upside of 29.94%. Given IDEXX Laboratories’ stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe IDEXX Laboratories is more favorable than TNF Pharmaceuticals.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares IDEXX Laboratories and TNF Pharmaceuticals”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
IDEXX Laboratories	$3.90 billion	8.54	$887.87 million	$10.67	38.50
TNF Pharmaceuticals	N/A	N/A	-$4.00 million	N/A	N/A

IDEXX Laboratories has higher revenue and earnings than TNF Pharmaceuticals.

Risk and Volatility

IDEXX Laboratories has a beta of 1.39, suggesting that its share price is 39% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TNF Pharmaceuticals has a beta of 2.32, suggesting that its share price is 132% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares IDEXX Laboratories and TNF Pharmaceuticals’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
IDEXX Laboratories	22.78%	55.82%	26.48%
TNF Pharmaceuticals	N/A	-180.71%	-84.27%

Institutional & Insider Ownership

87.8% of IDEXX Laboratories shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 9.6% of TNF Pharmaceuticals shares are held by institutional investors. 2.1% of IDEXX Laboratories shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of TNF Pharmaceuticals shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

IDEXX Laboratories beats TNF Pharmaceuticals on 11 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

About IDEXX Laboratories

IDEXX Laboratories, Inc. develops, manufactures, and distributes products primarily for the companion animal veterinary, livestock and poultry, dairy, and water testing markets in Africa, the Asia Pacific, Canada, Europe, Latin America, and internationally. The company operates through three segments: Companion Animal Group; Water Quality Products; and Livestock, Poultry and Dairy. It also provides point-of-care veterinary diagnostic products, including instruments, consumables, and rapid assay test kits; veterinary reference laboratory diagnostic and consulting services; practice management and diagnostic imaging systems and services for veterinarians; and health monitoring, biological materials testing, and laboratory diagnostic instruments, and services for biomedical research community. In addition, the company offers diagnostic and health-monitoring products for livestock, poultry, and dairy; products that test water for various microbiological contaminants; point-of-care electrolytes and blood gas analyzers; in-clinic chemistry, blood and urine chemistry, hematology, immunoassay, urinalysis, and coagulation analyzers; and SNAP rapid assays test kits. Further, it provides Colilert, Colilert-18, and Colisure tests, which detect the presence of total coliforms and E. coli in water; Enterolert, Pseudalert, Filta-Max and Filta-Max xpress, Legiolert, and Quanti-Tray products; and veterinary software and services for independent veterinary clinics and corporate groups. Additionally, the company offers human medical point-of-care products and laboratory diagnostics services. The company markets its products through marketing, customer service, sales, and technical service groups, as well as through independent distributors and other resellers. IDEXX Laboratories, Inc. was incorporated in 1983 and is headquartered in Westbrook, Maine.

About TNF Pharmaceuticals

TNF Pharmaceuticals, Inc. operates as a clinical stage pharmaceutical company. It focuses on developing two novel therapeutic platforms that treat the causes of disease rather than addressing the symptoms. Its MYMD-1 is a drug platform based on a clinical stage small molecule that regulates the immune system to control TNF-a, which drives chronic inflammation, and other pro-inflammatory cell signaling cytokines. The MYMD-1 is being developed to delay aging, increase longevity, and treat autoimmune diseases. The company’s second drug platform, Supera-CBD, is being developed to treat chronic pain, addiction, and epilepsy. The Supera-CBD is a novel synthetic derivative of cannabidiol (CBD) and is being developed to address and improve the growing CBD market, which includes FDA approved drugs and CBD products not regulated as drugs. TNF Pharmaceuticals, Inc. was formerly known as MyMD Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and changed its name to TNF Pharmaceuticals, Inc. in July 2024. The company was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in Baltimore, Maryland.