Financial Review: N2OFF (NASDAQ:NITO) and Evogene (NASDAQ:EVGN)

Evogene (NASDAQ:EVGN) and N2OFF (NASDAQ:NITO) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, dividends, risk, profitability and institutional ownership.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent recommendations and price targets for Evogene and N2OFF, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Evogene	0	0	1	0	3.00
N2OFF	0	0	0	0	0.00

Evogene presently has a consensus price target of $12.00, indicating a potential upside of 727.59%. Given Evogene’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Evogene is more favorable than N2OFF.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

10.4% of Evogene shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 61.2% of N2OFF shares are owned by institutional investors. 7.4% of Evogene shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.2% of N2OFF shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Risk & Volatility

Evogene has a beta of 1.36, suggesting that its stock price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, N2OFF has a beta of 0.84, suggesting that its stock price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Evogene and N2OFF”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Evogene	$7.48 million	1.04	-$23.88 million	($4.47)	-0.32
N2OFF	$175,308.00	12.48	-$6.52 million	N/A	N/A

N2OFF has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Evogene.

Profitability

This table compares Evogene and N2OFF’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Evogene	-314.43%	-109.05%	-52.55%
N2OFF	-3,165.66%	-96.06%	-83.65%

Summary

Evogene beats N2OFF on 7 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Evogene

Evogene Ltd., together with its subsidiaries, operates as a computational biology company. It focuses on product discovery and development in life-science based industries, including human health and agriculture, through the use of its Computational Predictive Biology (CPB) platform. The company operates through three segments: Agriculture, Human Health, and Industrial Applications. The Agriculture segment develops seed traits, ag-chemical products, and ag-biological products to enhance plant performance. Its products focus on various crops, such as corn, soybean, wheat, rice, and cotton. The Human Health segment discovers and develops human microbiome-based therapeutics for the treatment of immuno-oncology, GI related disorders, and antimicrobial resistance organisms. The Industrial Applications segment develops enhanced castor bean seeds to serve as a feedstock source for other industrial uses. The company also provides medical cannabis products. It operates in the United States, Israel, Brazil, and internationally. The company has strategic collaborations and licensing agreements with agricultural companies, such as BASF SE, Corteva, and Bayer. Evogene Ltd. was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Rehovot, Israel.

About N2OFF

N2OFF, Inc., an agri-food tech company, engages in the development and sale of eco-friendly green solutions for the food industry to enhance food safety and shelf life of fresh produce. Its products are based on proprietary blend of food acids combined with various oxidizing agent-based sanitizers and low concentrated fungicides for cleaning, sanitizing, and controlling pathogens on fresh produce that are safer for human consumption and extend their shelf life by reducing their decay. The company’s products include SavePROTECT or PeroStar, a processing aid for post-harvest application that is added to fruit and vegetable wash water; and SF3HS and SF3H, a post-harvest cleaning and sanitizing solution to control plant and foodborne pathogens. It also offers SpuDefender for controlling post-harvest potato sprouts; and FreshProtect to control spoilage-creating microorganisms on post-harvest citrus fruit. The company was formerly known as Save Foods, Inc. and changed its name to N2OFF, Inc. in March 2024. N2OFF, Inc. was incorporated in 2009 and is headquartered in Hod HaSharon, Israel.