Anavex Life Sciences (NASDAQ:AVXL) and Quantum Genomics Société Anonyme (OTCMKTS:QNNTF) Critical Contrast

Quantum Genomics Société Anonyme (OTCMKTS:QNNTF) and Anavex Life Sciences (NASDAQ:AVXL) are both medical companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation and dividends.

Risk and Volatility

Quantum Genomics Société Anonyme has a beta of 0.22, meaning that its stock price is 78% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Anavex Life Sciences has a beta of 0.61, meaning that its stock price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Quantum Genomics Société Anonyme and Anavex Life Sciences”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Quantum Genomics Société Anonyme	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Anavex Life Sciences	N/A	N/A	-$47.51 million	($0.50)	-11.28

Institutional and Insider Ownership

31.5% of Anavex Life Sciences shares are owned by institutional investors. 11.0% of Anavex Life Sciences shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares Quantum Genomics Société Anonyme and Anavex Life Sciences’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Quantum Genomics Société Anonyme	N/A	N/A	N/A
Anavex Life Sciences	N/A	-30.64%	-28.23%

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings and price targets for Quantum Genomics Société Anonyme and Anavex Life Sciences, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Quantum Genomics Société Anonyme	0	0	0	0	N/A
Anavex Life Sciences	0	0	1	1	3.50

Anavex Life Sciences has a consensus target price of $40.00, suggesting a potential upside of 609.22%. Given Anavex Life Sciences’ higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Anavex Life Sciences is more favorable than Quantum Genomics Société Anonyme.

Summary

Anavex Life Sciences beats Quantum Genomics Société Anonyme on 6 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Quantum Genomics Société Anonyme

Quantum Genomics Société Anonyme, a biopharmaceutical company, engages in the development of drugs to treat cardiovascular diseases. The company develops its drugs based on brain inhibition mechanism of Aminopeptidase A: BAPAI, a triple-action therapeutic platform primarily to treat high blood pressure and heart failure. It is developing firibastat, a treatment for high blood pressure, and in combination with others anti-hypertensive drugs. The company also is involved in the development of drugs for the treatment of high blood pressure as monotherapy and the prevention, as well as treatment of heart failure. Quantum Genomics Société Anonyme was incorporated in 2005 and is based in Paris, France.

About Anavex Life Sciences

Anavex Life Sciences Corp., a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company, engages in the development of therapeutics for the treatment of central nervous system diseases. Its lead product candidate is ANAVEX 2-73 for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease, as well as other central nervous system diseases, including rare diseases, such as Rett syndrome, a rare severe neurological monogenic disorder; and infantile spasms, Fragile X syndrome, and Angelman syndrome. The company's drug candidate also comprises ANAVEX 3-71, which is in clinical trial for the treatment of schizophrenia, frontotemporal dementia, and Alzheimer's disease. Its preclinical drug candidates include ANAVEX 1-41 for the treatment of depression, stroke, and neurogenerative disease; ANAVEX 1066 for the potential treatment of neuropathic and visceral pain; and ANAVEX 1037 to treat prostate and pancreatic cancer. The company was incorporated in 2004 and is headquartered in New York, New York.