Neurocrine Biosciences (NASDAQ:NBIX) vs. Lyell Immunopharma (NASDAQ:LYEL) Financial Review

Neurocrine Biosciences (NASDAQ:NBIX) and Lyell Immunopharma (NASDAQ:LYEL) are both medical companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends and earnings.

Profitability

This table compares Neurocrine Biosciences and Lyell Immunopharma’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Neurocrine Biosciences	21.55%	19.79%	13.82%
Lyell Immunopharma	-794,858.12%	-85.71%	-66.41%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent recommendations for Neurocrine Biosciences and Lyell Immunopharma, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Neurocrine Biosciences	0	3	18	2	2.96
Lyell Immunopharma	1	1	5	1	2.75

Neurocrine Biosciences presently has a consensus price target of $194.05, indicating a potential upside of 10.40%. Lyell Immunopharma has a consensus price target of $43.20, indicating a potential upside of 242.04%. Given Lyell Immunopharma’s higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Lyell Immunopharma is more favorable than Neurocrine Biosciences.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

92.6% of Neurocrine Biosciences shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 66.0% of Lyell Immunopharma shares are held by institutional investors. 4.6% of Neurocrine Biosciences shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 6.2% of Lyell Immunopharma shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Volatility & Risk

Neurocrine Biosciences has a beta of 0.39, suggesting that its share price is 61% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lyell Immunopharma has a beta of -0.06, suggesting that its share price is 106% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Neurocrine Biosciences and Lyell Immunopharma”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Neurocrine Biosciences	$2.86 billion	6.18	$478.60 million	$6.49	27.08
Lyell Immunopharma	$40,000.00	7,735.88	-$274.45 million	($13.80)	-0.92

Neurocrine Biosciences has higher revenue and earnings than Lyell Immunopharma. Lyell Immunopharma is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Neurocrine Biosciences, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Summary

Neurocrine Biosciences beats Lyell Immunopharma on 12 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Neurocrine Biosciences

Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. discovers, develops, and markets pharmaceuticals for neurological, neuroendocrine, and neuropsychiatric disorders in the United States and internationally. The company’s products include INGREZZA for tardive dyskinesia and chorea associated with Huntington’s disease; ALKINDI for adrenal insufficiency; Efmody capsules for classic congenital adrenal hyperplasia; Orilissa tablets for endometriosis; and Oriahnn capsules to treat uterine fibroids. Its product candidates in clinical development include valbenazine to treat dyskinetic cerebral palsy in pediatrics and adults; NBI-921352 to treat developmental and epileptic encephalopathy syndrome in pediatrics and adults; NBI-827104 to treat epileptic encephalopathy with continuous spike-and-wave during sleep; NBI-1076986 to treat movement disorders; crinecerfront to treat congenital adrenal hyperplasia in adults and children; EFMODY to treat congenital adrenal hyperplasia and adrenal insufficiency in adults; valbenazine for the adjunctive treatment of schizophrenia; NBI-1065845 for the treatment of inadequate response to treatment in major depressive disorder; luvadaxistat to treat cognitive impairment related to schizophrenia; NBI-1117568 for the treatment of schizophrenia; NBI-1070770 to treat major depressive disorder; NBI-1117570 for the treatment of symptoms of psychosis and cognition in neurological and neuropsychiatric conditions; and NBI-1117569, NBI-1117567, and NBI-1065890 to treat CNS indications. The company also has license and collaboration agreements with Heptares Therapeutics Limited; Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited; Idorsia Pharmaceuticals Ltd; Xenon Pharmaceuticals Inc.; Voyager Therapeutics, Inc.; BIAL Portela & Ca, S.A.; Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corporation; and AbbVie Inc. The company was incorporated in 1992 and is headquartered in San Diego, California.

About Lyell Immunopharma

Lyell Immunopharma, Inc., a clinical-stage cell therapy company, develops T cell reprogramming technologies for patients with solid tumors. The company develops therapies using an ex vivo genetic reprogramming technologies, such as c Jun overexpression and NR4A3 gene knockout, to endow resistance to T cell exhaustion; and an ex vivo epigenetic reprogramming technologies, including Epi R to generate population of T cells with durable stemness, and Stim R, a proprietary synthetic cell mimetic. It is also developing LYL797, a genetically and epigenetically reprogrammed ROR1 chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cell product candidate that is in Phase 1 clinical trial for the treatment of various solid tumors; and LYL845, a novel epigenetically reprogrammed tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes product candidate, which is in Phase 1 clinical trial targeting multiple solid tumor indications. In addition, the company's preclinical product candidates include LYL119, a ROR1 CAR T-cell product for the treatment of enhanced cytotoxicity; and second generation TIL product. Lyell Immunopharma, Inc. was incorporated in 2018 and is headquartered in South San Francisco, California.