Head to Head Review: Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) vs. Anixa Biosciences (NASDAQ:ANIX)

Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) and Anixa Biosciences (NASDAQ:ANIX) are both medical companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability, risk, dividends, institutional ownership and valuation.

Risk & Volatility

Johnson & Johnson has a beta of 0.52, suggesting that its share price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Anixa Biosciences has a beta of 0.86, suggesting that its share price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Johnson & Johnson and Anixa Biosciences”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Johnson & Johnson	$87.70 billion	4.39	$35.15 billion	$6.91	23.13
Anixa Biosciences	$210,000.00	536.32	-$9.81 million	($0.39)	-8.97

Johnson & Johnson has higher revenue and earnings than Anixa Biosciences. Anixa Biosciences is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Johnson & Johnson, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

69.6% of Johnson & Johnson shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 29.1% of Anixa Biosciences shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Johnson & Johnson shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 22.6% of Anixa Biosciences shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings for Johnson & Johnson and Anixa Biosciences, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Johnson & Johnson	0	6	7	0	2.54
Anixa Biosciences	0	0	1	1	3.50

Johnson & Johnson presently has a consensus target price of $175.93, indicating a potential upside of 10.05%. Anixa Biosciences has a consensus target price of $7.00, indicating a potential upside of 100.00%. Given Anixa Biosciences’ stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Anixa Biosciences is more favorable than Johnson & Johnson.

Profitability

This table compares Johnson & Johnson and Anixa Biosciences’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Johnson & Johnson	19.14%	35.46%	14.32%
Anixa Biosciences	N/A	-54.79%	-50.37%

Summary

Johnson & Johnson beats Anixa Biosciences on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Johnson & Johnson

Johnson & Johnson, together with its subsidiaries, researches, develops, manufactures, and sells various products in the healthcare field worldwide. The company's Innovative Medicine segment offers products for various therapeutic areas, such as immunology, including rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis, inflammatory bowel disease, and psoriasis; infectious diseases comprising HIV/AIDS; neuroscience, consisting of mood disorders, neurodegenerative disorders, and schizophrenia; oncology, such as prostate cancer, hematologic malignancies, lung cancer, and bladder cancer; cardiovascular and metabolism, including thrombosis, diabetes, and macular degeneration; and pulmonary hypertension comprising pulmonary arterial hypertension through retailers, wholesalers, distributors, hospitals, and healthcare professionals for prescription use. Its MedTech segment provides Interventional Solutions, including electrophysiology products to treat heart rhythm disorders; the heart recovery portfolio, which includes technologies to treat severe coronary artery disease requiring high-risk PCI or AMI cardiogenic shock; and neurovascular care that treats hemorrhagic and ischemic stroke. this segment also offers an orthopaedics portfolio that includes products and enabling technologies that support hips, knees, trauma, spine, sports, and other; surgery portfolios comprising advanced and general surgery technologies, as well as solutions for breast aesthetics, ear, nose, and throat procedures; contact lenses under the ACUVUE Brand; and TECNIS intraocular lenses for cataract surgery. It distributes its products to wholesalers, hospitals, and retailers, as well as physicians, nurses, hospitals, eye care professionals, and clinics. Johnson & Johnson was founded in 1886 and is based in New Brunswick, New Jersey.

About Anixa Biosciences

Anixa Biosciences, Inc., a biotechnology company, develops therapies and vaccines focusing on critical unmet needs in oncology and infectious diseases. The company's therapeutics programs include the development of a chimeric endocrine receptor T-cell therapy, a novel form of chimeric antigen receptor T-cell (CAR-T) technology focusing on the treatment of ovarian cancer. Its vaccine programs comprise the development of a vaccine against triple negative breast cancer; and a preventative vaccine against ovarian cancer. The company is also developing immuno-therapy drugs against cancer. The company was formerly known as ITUS Corporation and changed its name to Anixa Biosciences, Inc. in October 2018. Anixa Biosciences, Inc. was incorporated in 1982 and is based in San Jose, California.