Analyzing Northwest Biotherapeutics (OTCMKTS:NWBO) & Immunovant (NASDAQ:IMVT)

Northwest Biotherapeutics (OTCMKTS:NWBO) and Immunovant (NASDAQ:IMVT) are both medical companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, dividends, risk and analyst recommendations.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Northwest Biotherapeutics and Immunovant”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Northwest Biotherapeutics	$1.38 million	342.75	-$83.78 million	($18.26)	-0.02
Immunovant	N/A	N/A	-$413.84 million	($2.84)	-9.25

Northwest Biotherapeutics has higher revenue and earnings than Immunovant. Immunovant is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Northwest Biotherapeutics, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations and price targets for Northwest Biotherapeutics and Immunovant, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Northwest Biotherapeutics	0	0	0	0	0.00
Immunovant	1	3	6	1	2.64

Immunovant has a consensus target price of $30.78, indicating a potential upside of 17.16%. Given Immunovant’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Immunovant is more favorable than Northwest Biotherapeutics.

Volatility & Risk

Northwest Biotherapeutics has a beta of -0.86, indicating that its share price is 186% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Immunovant has a beta of 0.57, indicating that its share price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Northwest Biotherapeutics and Immunovant’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Northwest Biotherapeutics	-9,580.90%	N/A	-313.92%
Immunovant	N/A	-81.55%	-73.09%

Institutional & Insider Ownership

0.0% of Northwest Biotherapeutics shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 47.1% of Immunovant shares are held by institutional investors. 2.4% of Northwest Biotherapeutics shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of Immunovant shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Immunovant beats Northwest Biotherapeutics on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Northwest Biotherapeutics

Northwest Biotherapeutics, Inc., a biotechnology company, develops personalized immune therapies for cancer in the United States and internationally. The company develops its products based on DCVax, a platform technology that uses activated dendritic cells to mobilize a patient’s own immune system to attack cancer. Its lead product, DCVax-L, which has completed Phase III clinical trials to treat Glioblastoma multiforme brain cancer. The company also develops DCVax-Direct, which is in Phase I/II clinical trials to treat inoperable solid tumors. The company was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland.

About Immunovant

Immunovant, Inc., a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, develops monoclonal antibodies for the treatment of autoimmune diseases. It develops batoclimab, a novel fully human monoclonal antibody that target the neonatal fragment crystallizable receptor for the treatment of myasthenia gravis, thyroid eye disease, chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy, and Graves diseases, as well as warm autoimmune hemolytic anemia. The company is headquartered in New York, New York. Immunovant, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Roivant Sciences Ltd.