Head-To-Head Survey: ADMA Biologics (NASDAQ:ADMA) versus Iovance Biotherapeutics (NASDAQ:IOVA)

Iovance Biotherapeutics (NASDAQ:IOVA) and ADMA Biologics (NASDAQ:ADMA) are both healthcare companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings and analyst recommendations.

Profitability

This table compares Iovance Biotherapeutics and ADMA Biologics’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Iovance Biotherapeutics	-89.11%	-40.51%	-31.65%
ADMA Biologics	32.98%	40.17%	26.97%

Institutional and Insider Ownership

77.0% of Iovance Biotherapeutics shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.7% of ADMA Biologics shares are held by institutional investors. 7.8% of Iovance Biotherapeutics shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.9% of ADMA Biologics shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Iovance Biotherapeutics and ADMA Biologics”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Iovance Biotherapeutics	$263.50 million	17.22	-$390.98 million	($0.73)	-13.73
ADMA Biologics	$510.17 million	3.93	$146.93 million	$0.70	12.79

ADMA Biologics has higher revenue and earnings than Iovance Biotherapeutics. Iovance Biotherapeutics is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ADMA Biologics, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Risk & Volatility

Iovance Biotherapeutics has a beta of 0.83, meaning that its share price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ADMA Biologics has a beta of 0.78, meaning that its share price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings for Iovance Biotherapeutics and ADMA Biologics, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Iovance Biotherapeutics	2	2	7	0	2.45
ADMA Biologics	0	3	3	0	2.50

Iovance Biotherapeutics currently has a consensus target price of $9.11, indicating a potential downside of 9.07%. ADMA Biologics has a consensus target price of $18.67, indicating a potential upside of 108.57%. Given ADMA Biologics’ stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe ADMA Biologics is more favorable than Iovance Biotherapeutics.

Summary

ADMA Biologics beats Iovance Biotherapeutics on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Iovance Biotherapeutics

Iovance Biotherapeutics, Inc., a commercial-stage biotechnology company, develops and commercializes cell therapies using autologous tumor infiltrating lymphocyte for the treatment of metastatic melanoma and other solid tumor cancers in the United States. The company offers Amtagvi, a tumor-derived autologous T cell immunotherapy used to treat adult patients with unresectable or metastatic melanoma; and Proleukin, an interleukin-2 product for the treatment of patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma. It also develops lifileucel in combination with pembrolizumab to treat frontline advanced melanoma patients; LN-145 for the treatment of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and solid tumor cancers; IOV-4001, which is in Phase 1/2 IOV-GM1-201 clinical trial, for the treatment of NSCLC; and lifileucel for gynecological cancers. The company has collaborations and licensing agreements with WuXi Advanced Therapies, Inc.; National Institutes of Health; the National Cancer Institute; H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center; The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center; Cellectis S.A.; Novartis Pharma AG; and Boehringer Ingelheim Biopharmaceuticals GmbH. The company was formerly known as Lion Biotechnologies, Inc. and changed its name to Iovance Biotherapeutics, Inc. in June 2017. Iovance Biotherapeutics, Inc. was incorporated in 2007 and is headquartered in San Carlos, California.

About ADMA Biologics

ADMA Biologics, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company, engages in developing, manufacturing, and marketing specialty plasma-derived biologics for the treatment of immune deficiencies and infectious diseases in the United States and internationally. The company offers BIVIGAM, an intravenous immune globulin (IVIG) product indicated for the treatment of primary humoral immunodeficiency (PI); ASCENIV, an IVIG product for the treatment of PI; and Nabi-HB for the treatment of acute exposure to blood containing Hepatitis B surface antigen and other listed exposures to Hepatitis B. It develops a pipeline of plasma-derived therapeutics, including products related to the methods of treatment and prevention of S. pneumonia infection for an immunoglobulin. In addition, it operates source plasma collection facilities. The company sells its products through independent distributors, drug wholesalers, specialty pharmacies, and other alternate site providers. ADMA Biologics, Inc. was incorporated in 2004 and is headquartered in Ramsey, New Jersey.