Reviewing Corvus Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:CRVS) and Adagene (NASDAQ:ADAG)

Corvus Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:CRVS) and Adagene (NASDAQ:ADAG) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, earnings, risk and institutional ownership.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent recommendations and price targets for Corvus Pharmaceuticals and Adagene, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Corvus Pharmaceuticals	0	0	4	1	3.20
Adagene	0	1	1	0	2.50

Corvus Pharmaceuticals presently has a consensus target price of $12.38, suggesting a potential upside of 153.59%. Adagene has a consensus target price of $8.00, suggesting a potential upside of 354.55%. Given Adagene’s higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Adagene is more favorable than Corvus Pharmaceuticals.

Profitability

This table compares Corvus Pharmaceuticals and Adagene’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Corvus Pharmaceuticals	N/A	-70.71%	-45.90%
Adagene	N/A	N/A	N/A

Insider and Institutional Ownership

46.6% of Corvus Pharmaceuticals shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 9.5% of Adagene shares are owned by institutional investors. 31.3% of Corvus Pharmaceuticals shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 21.2% of Adagene shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Corvus Pharmaceuticals and Adagene”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Corvus Pharmaceuticals	N/A	N/A	-$27.03 million	($0.93)	-5.25
Adagene	$18.11 million	4.30	-$18.95 million	N/A	N/A

Adagene has higher revenue and earnings than Corvus Pharmaceuticals.

Volatility and Risk

Corvus Pharmaceuticals has a beta of 1.07, suggesting that its stock price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Adagene has a beta of 0.52, suggesting that its stock price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Corvus Pharmaceuticals beats Adagene on 6 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Corvus Pharmaceuticals

Corvus Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company, focuses on the development and commercialization of immune modulator product candidates to treat solid cancers, T cell lymphomas, autoimmune, allergic, and infectious diseases. Its lead product candidate is soquelitinib (CPI-818), a selective covalent inhibitor of interleukin 2 inducible T cell kinase (ITK), which is in a multi-center Phase 1/1b clinical trial for the treatment of peripheral T cell lymphoma, solid tumors, and atopic dermatitis. The company is also developing ciforadenant (CPI-444), an oral small molecule antagonist of the A2A receptor that is in Phase 2 clinical trial for the treatment of metastatic renal cell cancer; and mupadolimab (CPI-006), a humanized monoclonal antibody, which is in Phase 1b clinical trial for the treatment of non-small cell lung cancer and head and neck cancer. In addition, it is developing CPI-182, an antibody designed to block inflammation and myeloid suppression that is in investigational new drug application-enabling studies, as well as CPI-935, an adenosine A2B receptor antagonist to prevent fibrosis. Corvus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. has a license afreemnt with Monash University to research, develop, and commercialize certain antibodies directed to CXCR2 for the treatment of human diseases; and Vernalis (R&D) Limited to develop, manufacture, and commercialize products containing certain adenosine receptor antagonists, including ciforadenant, as well as strategic collaboration with Angel Pharmaceuticals Co. Ltd. for the development and commercialization of mupadolimab. Corvus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. was incorporated in 2014 and is based in Burlingame, California.

About Adagene

Adagene Inc., a clinical stage biotechnology company, engages in the research, development, and production of monoclonal antibody drugs for cancers. The company's product candidates include ADG106, a human ligand-blocking agonistic anti- CD137 IgG4 monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) that is in Phase 1b/2 clinical trials for the treatment advanced solid tumors and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma; ADG126, a masked fully-human anti-CTLA-4 mAb that is in Phase 1 clinical trial for the treatment advanced/metastatic solid tumors; and ADG116, a human ligand-blocking anti-CTLA-4 mAb, which is in Phase 1b/2 clinical development for the treatment of advanced/metastatic solid tumors. It also offers ADG104, an anti-PD-L1 mAb that is in Phase 2 clinical development; ADG125, a novel anti-CSF-1R mAb, which is in Phase I clinical trial; ADG206, a masked, Fc engineered anti-CD137 agonistic POWERbody; ADG153, a masked anti-CD47 IgG1 SAFEbody, which is in preclinical for the treatment hematologic and solid tumors; ADG138, novel HER2xCD3 POWERbody, which is in preclinical for the treatment HER2-expressing solid tumors; and ADG152, a v POWERbody, which is in preclinical stage for the treatment off-tumor toxicities, as well as develops anti-CD28 bispecific POWERbody TCEs. The company was incorporated in 2011 and is headquartered in Suzhou, China.