SQZ vs. FNCH, ELOX, GMDAQ, WINT, ACORQ, SCNI, PKBO, IGNY, GNCA, and ALVO
Should you be buying SQZ Biotechnologies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of SQZ Biotechnologies include Finch Therapeutics Group (FNCH), Eloxx Pharmaceuticals (ELOX), Gamida Cell (GMDAQ), Windtree Therapeutics (WINT), Acorda Therapeutics (ACORQ), Scinai Immunotherapeutics (SCNI), Peak Bio (PKBO), Ignyte Acquisition (IGNY), Genocea Biosciences (GNCA), and Alvotech (ALVO). These companies are all part of the "biological products, except diagnostic" industry.
Finch Therapeutics Group (NASDAQ:FNCH) and SQZ Biotechnologies (NYSE:SQZ) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, risk, community ranking, dividends, media sentiment, valuation, analyst recommendations and profitability.
Finch Therapeutics Group and SQZ Biotechnologies both received 10 outperform votes by MarketBeat users. However, 66.67% of users gave SQZ Biotechnologies an outperform vote while only 52.63% of users gave Finch Therapeutics Group an outperform vote.
21.8% of Finch Therapeutics Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 38.5% of SQZ Biotechnologies shares are owned by institutional investors. 44.9% of Finch Therapeutics Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 16.0% of SQZ Biotechnologies shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Finch Therapeutics Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than SQZ Biotechnologies. Finch Therapeutics Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than SQZ Biotechnologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Finch Therapeutics Group had 2 more articles in the media than SQZ Biotechnologies. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Finch Therapeutics Group and 0 mentions for SQZ Biotechnologies. SQZ Biotechnologies' average media sentiment score of 0.96 beat Finch Therapeutics Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Finch Therapeutics Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Finch Therapeutics Group has a beta of 0.46, indicating that its share price is 54% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SQZ Biotechnologies has a beta of 2.34, indicating that its share price is 134% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Finch Therapeutics Group has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Finch Therapeutics Group's net margin of -369.96%. SQZ Biotechnologies' return on equity of -68.11% beat Finch Therapeutics Group's return on equity.
Summary
Finch Therapeutics Group beats SQZ Biotechnologies on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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