Head to Head Survey: Sarepta Therapeutics (NASDAQ:SRPT) versus NexImmune (NASDAQ:NEXI)

Sarepta Therapeutics (NASDAQ:SRPT) and NexImmune (NASDAQ:NEXI) are both medical companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, risk and earnings.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

86.7% of Sarepta Therapeutics shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 9.9% of NexImmune shares are held by institutional investors. 7.7% of Sarepta Therapeutics shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 14.9% of NexImmune 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.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Sarepta Therapeutics and NexImmune”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Sarepta Therapeutics	$1.64 billion	6.68	-$535.98 million	$1.25	91.72
NexImmune	N/A	N/A	-$32.34 million	($18.54)	-0.02

NexImmune has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Sarepta Therapeutics. NexImmune is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Sarepta Therapeutics, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Risk and Volatility

Sarepta Therapeutics has a beta of 0.81, meaning that its stock price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NexImmune has a beta of 1.66, meaning that its stock price is 66% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Sarepta Therapeutics and NexImmune’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Sarepta Therapeutics	7.43%	11.00%	3.35%
NexImmune	N/A	-534.32%	-213.72%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent recommendations and price targets for Sarepta Therapeutics and NexImmune, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Sarepta Therapeutics	1	1	20	1	2.91
NexImmune	0	0	0	0	0.00

Sarepta Therapeutics presently has a consensus price target of $176.73, suggesting a potential upside of 54.15%. Given Sarepta Therapeutics’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Sarepta Therapeutics is more favorable than NexImmune.

Summary

Sarepta Therapeutics beats NexImmune on 11 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Sarepta Therapeutics

Sarepta Therapeutics, Inc., a commercial-stage biopharmaceutical company, focuses on the discovery and development of RNA-targeted therapeutics, gene therapies, and other genetic therapeutic modalities for the treatment of rare diseases. It offers EXONDYS 51 injection to treat duchenne muscular dystrophy (duchenne) in patients with confirmed mutation of the dystrophin gene that is amenable to exon 51 skipping; VYONDYS 53 for the treatment of duchenne in patients with confirmed mutation of the dystrophin gene that is amenable to exon 53 skipping; AMONDYS 45 for the treatment of duchenne in patients with confirmed mutation of the dystrophin gene; and ELEVIDYS, an adeno-associated virus based gene therapy for the treatment of ambulatory pediatric patients aged 4 through 5 years with duchenne with a confirmed mutation in the duchenne gene. The company is also developing SRP-5051, a peptide conjugated PMO that binds exon 51 of dystrophin pre-mRNA; and SRP-9003, a limb-girdle muscular dystrophies gene therapy program. It has collaboration and license agreements with F. Hoffman-La Roche Ltd; Nationwide Children's Hospital; Genevant Sciences; University of Florida; Dyno Therapeutics; Hansa Biopharma; Duke University; Genethon; and StrideBio. The company was incorporated in 1980 and is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

About NexImmune

NexImmune, Inc., a clinical-stage biotechnology company, engages in developing therapies with curative potential for patients with cancer and other life-threatening immune-mediated diseases in the United States. It develops approaches to T cell immunotherapies based on its proprietary Artificial Immune Modulation, a nanoparticle technology platform. The company’s product candidates include NEXI-001, an allogeneic cell therapy, which is in Phase I/II clinical trials for the treatment of patients with acute myeloid leukemia; NEXI-002, an autologous cell therapy that is in Phase I/II clinical trials for the treatment of patients with relapsed and/or refractory in multiple myeloma; and NEXI-003, a product candidate targeted against HPV related cancers, which is in Phase I/II clinical trials. It provides NEXI-004 which is in preclinical stage for EBV related diseases; and NEXI005 designs for patient with specific targets for solid tumors. NexImmune, Inc. was incorporated in 2011 and is headquartered in Gaithersburg, Maryland.