Head-To-Head Contrast: Adlai Nortye (NASDAQ:ANL) versus C4 Therapeutics (NASDAQ:CCCC)

C4 Therapeutics (NASDAQ:CCCC) and Adlai Nortye (NASDAQ:ANL) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, institutional ownership and valuation.

Risk and Volatility

C4 Therapeutics has a beta of 2.85, meaning that its stock price is 185% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Adlai Nortye has a beta of -1.48, meaning that its stock price is 248% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares C4 Therapeutics and Adlai Nortye”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
C4 Therapeutics	$35.95 million	7.37	-$104.99 million	($1.36)	-2.00
Adlai Nortye	$5.00 million	54.61	-$51.87 million	N/A	N/A

Adlai Nortye has lower revenue, but higher earnings than C4 Therapeutics.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings for C4 Therapeutics and Adlai Nortye, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
C4 Therapeutics	1	1	5	0	2.57
Adlai Nortye	1	0	2	0	2.33

C4 Therapeutics currently has a consensus target price of $7.75, indicating a potential upside of 185.45%. Adlai Nortye has a consensus target price of $19.50, indicating a potential upside of 163.51%. Given C4 Therapeutics’ stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe C4 Therapeutics is more favorable than Adlai Nortye.

Profitability

This table compares C4 Therapeutics and Adlai Nortye’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
C4 Therapeutics	-292.08%	-53.83%	-33.85%
Adlai Nortye	N/A	N/A	N/A

Insider & Institutional Ownership

78.8% of C4 Therapeutics shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 35.2% of Adlai Nortye shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.7% of C4 Therapeutics shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

C4 Therapeutics beats Adlai Nortye on 7 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

About C4 Therapeutics

C4 Therapeutics, Inc., a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, develops novel therapeutic candidates to degrade disease-causing proteins for the treatment of cancer, neurodegenerative conditions, and other diseases. Its lead product candidate is CFT7455, an orally bioavailable MonoDAC degrader of protein that is in Phase 1/2 trial targeting IKZF1 and IKZF3 for multiple myeloma and non-Hodgkin lymphomas, including peripheral T-cell lymphoma and mantle cell lymphoma, currently under Phase 1/2 clinical trials. The company is also developing CFT1946, an orally bioavailable BiDAC degrader targeting V600X mutant BRAF to treat melanoma, non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), colorectal cancer, and other solid malignancies, currently under Phase 1/2 clinical trials; and CFT8919, an orally bioavailable, allosteric, and mutant-selective BiDAC degrader of epidermal growth factor receptor, or EGFR, with an L858R mutation in NSCLC. It has strategic collaborations with F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd and Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.; Biogen MA, Inc.; Betta Pharmaceuticals, Co., Ltd.; and Merck Sharp & Dohme, LLC, as well as Calico Life Sciences LLC. The company was incorporated in 2015 and is headquartered in Watertown, Massachusetts.

About Adlai Nortye

Adlai Nortye Ltd., a clinical-stage biotechnology company, focuses on the discovery and development of cancer therapies in the United States and Mainland China. Its lead product is AN2025, a pan-phosphoinositide 3-kinase inhibitor, which is in Phase III clinical trial for the treatment of recurrent or metastatic head and neck squamous cell carcinomas. The company is also developing AN0025, a small molecule prostaglandin E receptor 4 antagonist to modulate the tumor microenvironment that is in a Phase Ib clinical trial for the treatment of recurrent non-small cell lung cancer and urothelial cancer after anti-PD-1/PD-L1 treatments, recurrent triple-negative breast cancer, microsatellite stable colorectal cancer, and cervical cancer after standard of care treatments; and AN4005, an oral small-molecule PD-L1 inhibitor, which is in Phase I clinical trial to induce and stabilize PD-L1 dimerization and thereby disrupt the interaction between PD-1 and PD-L1. Its preclinical candidates include AN8025, a multifunctional antibody as T cell and antigen-presenting cell modulator; AN1025, an oral small molecule degrader of ß-catenin; and AN9025, an oral small molecule pan-KRAS inhibitor. The company was founded in 2004 and is based in Grand Cayman, the Cayman Islands.