Reviewing Intensity Therapeutics (INTS) and Its Competitors

Intensity Therapeutics (NASDAQ:INTS) is one of 610 publicly-traded companies in the “MED – BIOMED/GENE” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its peers? We will compare Intensity Therapeutics to related businesses based on the strength of its institutional ownership, profitability, dividends, earnings, valuation, risk and analyst recommendations.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

3.7% of Intensity Therapeutics shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 51.3% of shares of all “MED – BIOMED/GENE” companies are owned by institutional investors. 7.1% of Intensity Therapeutics shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 12.7% of shares of all “MED – BIOMED/GENE” companies are owned 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.

Profitability

This table compares Intensity Therapeutics and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Intensity Therapeutics	N/A	-136.82%	-105.82%
Intensity Therapeutics Competitors	-823.69%	-683.57%	-28.01%

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Intensity Therapeutics and its peers gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Intensity Therapeutics	N/A	-$11.61 million	-0.47
Intensity Therapeutics Competitors	$847.67 million	$64.76 million	-29.79

Intensity Therapeutics’ peers have higher revenue and earnings than Intensity Therapeutics. Intensity Therapeutics is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its peers, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings and recommmendations for Intensity Therapeutics and its peers, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Intensity Therapeutics	1	0	2	1	2.75
Intensity Therapeutics Competitors	8365	13122	40187	1375	2.55

Intensity Therapeutics presently has a consensus target price of $37.50, indicating a potential upside of 686.16%. As a group, “MED – BIOMED/GENE” companies have a potential upside of 66.64%. Given Intensity Therapeutics’ stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Intensity Therapeutics is more favorable than its peers.

Risk and Volatility

Intensity Therapeutics has a beta of 2.94, indicating that its stock price is 194% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Intensity Therapeutics’ peers have a beta of 1.07, indicating that their average stock price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Intensity Therapeutics beats its peers on 7 of the 13 factors compared.

Intensity Therapeutics Company Profile

Intensity Therapeutics, Inc., a clinical-stage biotechnology company, engages in the discovery, development, and commercialization of cancer drugs to treat solid tumors. The company's lead product candidate is INT230-6, which is in Phase 2 clinical trial for the treatment of refractory solid tumors; and pancreatic, colon, bile duct, squamous cell carcinoma, sarcoma, breast, and liver cancers. It has a collaboration agreement with Merck Sharpe & Dohme Corp. to evaluate the combination of INT230-6 and Keytruda in patients with advanced pancreatic, colon, squamous cell, and bile duct malignancies; Bristol-Myers Squibb Company to evaluate the combination of INT230-6 with Yervoy in patients with advanced liver, breast, and sarcoma cancers; and Ottawa Hospital Research Institute and the Ontario Institute of Cancer Research to study INT230-6 in a randomized controlled neoadjuvant phase II study in women with early-stage breast cancer. The company was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in Westport, Connecticut.