BioNTech (NASDAQ:BNTX – Get Free Report) and uniQure (NASDAQ:QURE – Get Free Report) are both medical companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership and dividends.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a breakdown of recent ratings and recommmendations for BioNTech and uniQure, as reported by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| BioNTech | 1 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 2.67 |
| uniQure | 1 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 2.69 |
BioNTech currently has a consensus price target of $140.03, suggesting a potential upside of 20.74%. uniQure has a consensus price target of $60.82, suggesting a potential upside of 142.50%. Given uniQure’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe uniQure is more favorable than BioNTech.
Valuation & Earnings
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| BioNTech | $2.98 billion | 8.77 | -$719.92 million | ($2.63) | -44.10 |
| uniQure | $15.75 million | 99.19 | -$239.56 million | ($4.39) | -5.71 |
uniQure has lower revenue, but higher earnings than BioNTech. BioNTech is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than uniQure, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Profitability
This table compares BioNTech and uniQure’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| BioNTech | -17.91% | -3.03% | -2.63% |
| uniQure | -1,492.90% | -373.73% | -35.69% |
Risk & Volatility
BioNTech has a beta of 1.4, suggesting that its stock price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, uniQure has a beta of 0.68, suggesting that its stock price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Institutional & Insider Ownership
15.5% of BioNTech shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.8% of uniQure shares are owned by institutional investors. 19.2% of BioNTech shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.8% of uniQure shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
BioNTech beats uniQure on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
About BioNTech
BioNTech SE, a biotechnology company, develops and commercializes immunotherapies for cancer and other infectious diseases. The company is developing FixVac product candidates, including BNT111, which is in Phase II clinical trial for advance melanoma; BNT112 that is in Phase I/IIa clinical trial for prostate cancer; BNT113, which is in Phase II clinical trial to treat HPV 16+ head and neck cancers; BNT114 to treat triple negative breast cancer; BNT115, which is in Phase I clinical trial in ovarian cancer; and BNT116, which is in Phase I clinical trial for non-small cell lung cancer. It develops BNT122, which is in Phase II clinical trial for first-line melanoma and in Phase I clinical trial to treat multiple solid tumors; BNT131 that is in Phase I clinical trial for multiple solid tumors; BNT141 and BNT142 that are in Phase I clinical trial to treat multiple solid tumors; BNT151, BNT152, and BNT153 to treat solid tumors; BNT211 to treat multiple solid tumors, and BNT221 for pancreatic and other cancers; BNT311 which are in Phase II clinical trial to treat metastatic non-small cell lung cancer and Phase I/II clinical trial to treat multiple solid tumors; and BNT312, which is in Phase 2 clinical trial to treat multiple solid tumors, as well as ONC-392, which is in Phase III clinical trial to treat ovarian cancer and Phase I/II clinical trial to treat multiple solid tumors. It develops BNT321, an IgG1 monoclonal antibody in Phase I clinical trial for pancreatic cancer; BNT411, a small molecule immunomodulator product candidate in Phase I clinical trial for solid tumors; BNT322, which is in Phase I/Ib clinical trial for multiple solid tumors; and prophylactic vaccine for shingles, malaria, tuberculosis, HSV-2, and other infectious diseases. It has collaborations with Genentech, Inc.; Sanofi S.A.; Genmab A/S; Pfizer Inc.; Shanghai Fosun Pharmaceutical (Group) Co., Ltd; and Ryvu Therapeutics S.A. BioNTech SE was incorporated in 2008 and is based in Mainz, Germany.
About uniQure
uniQure N.V. develops treatments for patients suffering from rare and other devastating diseases. It offers HEMGENIX that has completed Phase III HOPE-B pivotal trial for the treatment of hemophilia B. The company also develops AMT-130, a gene therapy that is in Phase I/II clinical study for the treatment of Huntington's disease. In addition, it is developing AMT-162, which is in preclinical trial for the treatment of superoxide dismutase 1- amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; AMT-260 that is in preclinical trial to treat temporal lobe epilepsy; AMT-191, which is in preclinical trial for the treatment of fabry disease; AMT-161 that is in preclinical trial to treat amyotrophic lateral sclerosis caused by mutations; AMT-240, which is in preclinical trial to for the treatment of autosomal dominant Alzheimer's disease; and AMT-210 that is in preclinical trial to treat Parkinson's disease. The company was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
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