3 Undervalued Biotechnology Stocks for Friday, July 17

By Michael Rose
July 17, 2026
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Based on key financial metrics such as the price-to-sales ratio, shareholder yield and the price-earnings ratio, the following 3 stocks made the list for top value stocks in the Biotechnology industry. Those looking for value stocks to add to their portfolio may want to use this list as a starting point for further investment research.

Why Focus on Undervalued Biotechnology Stocks?

Value investors seek to buy stocks at a discount to their intrinsic value. Long-term returns show that such strategies are advantageous. Value stocks, as a group, tend to outperform growth stocks over extended periods of time. Typically, value investors perform financial analysis of numerous metrics, don’t follow the herd and are long-term investors.

AAII’s A+ Investor Value Grade is derived from a stock’s Value Score. The Value Score is the percentile rank of the average of the percentile ranks of the price-to-sales ratio, price-earnings ratio, enterprise-value-to-EBITDA (EV/EBITDA) ratio, shareholder yield, price-to-book-value ratio and price-to-free-cash-flow ratio. The score is variable, meaning it can consider all six ratios or, should any of the six ratios not be valid, the remaining ratios that are valid. To be assigned a Value Score, stocks must have a valid (non-null) ratio and corresponding ranking for at least two of the six valuation ratios.

What Goes Into AAII’s Value Grade?

Stock evaluation requires access to huge amounts of data as well as the knowledge and time to sift through it all, make sense of financial ratios, read income statements and analyze recent stock movement. AAII created A+ Investor, a robust data suite that condenses data research in an actionable and customizable way suitable for investors of all knowledge levels, to help investors with that task.

AAII’s proprietary stock grades come with A+ Investor. These offer intuitive A–F grades for more than just value. It is possible for a stock to appear cheap based on one valuation metric but appear expensive on another. It is also possible for one valuation ratio to be associated with outperforming stocks during certain periods of time but not others. Some stocks may even have null values for certain metrics like the price-earnings ratio or the price-to-book ratio but not others. An example of this would be a company with losses instead of profits or a negative book value because of heavy borrowing. Negative earnings or book value result in non-meaningful ratios that are left blank or null.

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3 Undervalued Biotechnology Stocks

Of course, there are countless value stocks that are worth mentioning, but this is a concise list of the top 3 undervalued stocks in the Biotechnology industry for Monday, July 20, 2026. Let’s take a closer look at their individual scores to see how they measure up against each other and the Biotechnology industry median.

Company Ticker Price/Sales Price/Earnings EV/EBITDA Shareholder Yield Price/Book Value Price/Free Cash Flow Value Grade
Agenus Inc. AGEN 1.26 2.6 8.1 (55.1%) na na B
Keros Therapeutics, Inc. KROS 9.64 na 1.6 51.6% 0.74 na A
Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc. VNDA 1.47 na na (1.6%) 1.16 na B

The Value Grade is assigned based on how each stock’s composite valuation compares to all other stocks.

The process for assigning grades starts with each variable for a given stock. The percentile rankings for all valid ratios that a stock has are calculated. So, for instance, a stock could have a price-to-book ranking in the 43rd percentile, a price-earnings ranking in the 67th percentile, a price-to-sales ranking in the 23rd percentile, etc. Then, those rankings are averaged for each stock. (A minimum of two valid variables are required, though all six will be used if available.)

Once the average of the individual variables is calculated, that average is ranked against all stocks. Put another way, each stock’s composite valuation is compared to all other stocks. These ranks are then sorted into quintiles from the cheapest 20% (a grade of A) to the most expensive 20% (a grade of F).

As always, we recommend that you conduct proper due diligence and research before investing in any security. We also suggest that investors utilize numerous grades, not just value, when it comes to deciding whether a company is a good fit for their allocation needs.

Agenus Inc.’s Value Grade

Value Grade:

Metric Score AGEN Industry Median
Price/Sales 36 1.26 9.16
Price/Earnings 2 2.6 19.5
EV/EBITDA 25 8.1 3.4
Shareholder Yield 89 (55.1%) (16.9%)
Price/Book Value na na 2.75
Price/Free Cash Flow na na 28.1

Agenus Inc., a clinical-stage biotechnology company, discovers and develops immunotherapies for cancer and infectious diseases in the United States and internationally. It offers Retrocyte Display, an antibody expression platform for the identification of fully human and humanized monoclonal antibodies; and display technologies. It develops QS-21 Stimulon adjuvant, a saponin-based vaccine adjuvant. The company also develops Balstilimab, a programmed death receptor-1 (PD-1) blocking antibody; AGEN1181, a human Fc-enhanced cytotoxic T-lymphocyte antigen 4 (CTLA-4) blocking antibody that is in Phase 2 trials in metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC), pancreatic cancer, and melanoma; AGEN2373, a CD137 monospecific antibody that is in Phase 1b clinical trial; AGEN1423, a CD73/TGFß TRAP antibody; AGEN1571, an ILT2 monospecific antibody that is in clinical development; and BMS-986442, a TIGIT bispecific antibodies. In addition, it develops INCAGN1876, a GITR agonist; INCAGN2390, a TIM-3 monoclonal antibodies; INCAGN2385, a LAG-3 monospecific antibody; MK-4830, a monospecific antibody targeting ILT4 that is in Phase 2 clinical trial; and AGEN1884. The company operates under the Agenus, MiNK, Prophage, Retrocyte Display, and STIMULON trademarks. It has collaborations with Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, Betta Pharmaceuticals Co., Ltd., UroGen Pharma Ltd., Gilead Sciences, Inc., Incyte Corporation, and Merck Sharp & Dohme. The company was formerly known as Antigenics Inc. and changed its name to Agenus Inc. in January 2011. Agenus Inc. was founded in 1994 and is headquartered in Lexington, Massachusetts.

Stocks with a Value Score from 81 to 100 are considered deep value, those with a score between 61 and 80 are value and so on.

Agenus Inc. has a Value Score of 69, which is considered to be undervalued.

When you look at Agenus Inc.’s price-to-sales ratio at 1.26 compared to the industry median at 9.16, this company has a lower price relative to revenue compared to its peers. This could make Agenus Inc.’s stock more attractive for value investors.

Agenus Inc.’s price-earnings ratio is 2.60 compared to the industry median at 19.45. This means it has a lower share price relative to earnings compared to its peers. This could make Agenus Inc. more attractive for value investors.

Now, let’s assess Agenus Inc.’s EV/EBITDA ratio, also known as enterprise multiple. At 8.1, when compared to the industry median of 3.4, the company may be considered overvalued in relation to its peers. Value investors could use the enterprise multiple to identify stocks that are considered overvalued or undervalued relative to their industry.

Shareholder yield is the sum of a stock’s dividend yield (paid over previous 12 months minus special dividends) and the percentage of net share buybacks over the previous 12 months. Agenus Inc.’s shareholder yield is lower than its industry median ratio of (16.85%). Value investors may look for an attractive shareholder yield because it can be a powerful tool for identifying if the company has a good management team.

Keros Therapeutics, Inc.’s Value Grade

Value Grade:

Metric Score KROS Industry Median
Price/Sales 88 9.64 9.16
Price/Earnings na na 19.5
EV/EBITDA 4 1.6 3.4
Shareholder Yield 0 51.6% (16.9%)
Price/Book Value 14 0.74 2.75
Price/Free Cash Flow na na 28.1

Keros Therapeutics, Inc., a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, develops and commercializes novel therapeutics to treat patients with disorders linked to dysfunctional signaling of the transforming growth factor-beta family of proteins in the United States. It develops rinvatercept, which acts as a ligand trap and inhibits the biological effects of myostatin and activin A in Phase 1 clinical trials for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy and Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis; and elritercept to target TGF-ß signaling pathways to address diseases that arise from ineffective hematopoiesis in Phase 3 clinical trials for Myelodysplastic Syndromes and Phase 2 clinical trials for Myelofibrosis. The company has collaboration and license agreements with Hansoh (Shanghai) Healthtech Co., Ltd. to develop, manufacture, and commercialize elritercept and licensed products containing elritercept; and Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. to develop, manufacture, and commercialize elritercept and certain derivative compounds. Keros Therapeutics, Inc. was incorporated in 2015 and is headquartered in Lexington, Massachusetts.

Stocks with a Value Score from 81 to 100 are considered deep value, those with a score between 61 and 80 are value and so on.

Keros Therapeutics, Inc. has a Value Score of 89, which is considered to be undervalued.

Keros Therapeutics, Inc.’s price-to-book ratio is higher than its peers. This could make Keros Therapeutics, Inc. less attractive for value investors when compared to the industry median at 2.75.

You can read more about Keros Therapeutics, Inc.’s key financial metrics like shareholder yield, price-to-free-cash-flow and EV/EBITDA ratio, or learn more about its Momentum and Growth Grades, by subscribing to A+ Investor.

Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc.’s Value Grade

Value Grade:

Metric Score VNDA Industry Median
Price/Sales 40 1.47 9.16
Price/Earnings na na 19.5
EV/EBITDA na na 3.4
Shareholder Yield 59 (1.6%) (16.9%)
Price/Book Value 28 1.16 2.75
Price/Free Cash Flow na na 28.1

Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc., a biopharmaceutical company, focuses on the development and commercialization of therapies to address high unmet medical needs worldwide. The company’s commercial portfolio includes Fanapt for the acute treatment of manic or mixed episodes associated with bipolar I disorder and the treatment of schizophrenia; HETLIOZ to treat non-24-hour sleep-wake disorders and nighttime sleep disturbances; PONVORY to treat relapsing forms of multiple sclerosis; and NEREUSTM for preventing vomiting induced by motion. It also develops Fanapt (iloperidone), a long acting injectable (LAI) formulation for the treatment of schizophrenia and hypertension; BysantiTM (milsaperidone), for the acute treatment of manic or mixed episodes associated with bipolar I disorder, and for the treatment of schizophrenia and major depressive disorder; HETLIOZ (tasimelteon) to treat jet lag disorder, insomnia, pediatric insomnia, delayed sleep phase disorder, and pediatric Non-24; PONVORY (ponesimod) to treat psoriasis and ulcerative colitis; and NEREUSTM (tradipitant) for prevention of vomiting induced by GLP-1 receptor agonists, as well as treatment of gastroparesis and atopic dermatitis. In addition, the company’s products include Imsidolimab, an IL-36R antagonist to treat generalized pustular psoriasis; VTR-297, for the treatment of hematologic malignancies and onychomycosis, and several oncology indications; and VQW-765, small molecule alpha-7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor partial agonist for the treatment of social/performance anxiety and psychiatric disorders. Further, it develops cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator activators and inhibitors; and antisense oligonucleotide molecules. The company was incorporated in 2002 and is headquartered in Washington, the District of Columbia.

Stocks with a Value Score from 81 to 100 are considered deep value, those with a score between 61 and 80 are value and so on.

Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc. has a Value Score of 61, which is considered to be undervalued.

Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc.’s price-to-book ratio is higher than its peers. This could make Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc. less attractive for value investors when compared to the industry median at 2.75.

You can read more about Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc.’s key financial metrics like shareholder yield, price-to-free-cash-flow and EV/EBITDA ratio, or learn more about its Momentum and Growth Grades, by subscribing to A+ Investor.

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Other Biotechnology Stock Grades

Value is just one of the five Stock Grades included in our A+ Investor service. AAII members can see the top-graded stocks—those with grades of A or B for value, growth, momentum, earnings estimate revisions and quality—on the A+ Stock Grades Screener.

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Choosing Which of the 3 Best Biotechnology Stocks Is Right for You

Choosing which value stocks to invest in will ultimately depend on your individual goals and allocation; however, comparing similar value stocks in the same industry can help you analyze which might be better investments for you in the long run. So, let’s take a look at the Value Grade for all of our stocks.

  • Agenus Inc. stock has a Value Grade of B.
  • Keros Therapeutics, Inc. stock has a Value Grade of A.
  • Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc. stock has a Value Grade of B.

Now that you have a bit more background about each of the 3 undervalued stocks in the Biotechnology industry as well as their overall grades, it’s time for you to conduct additional research to see if these could fit your portfolio needs based on your goals and risk tolerance. AAII can help you figure out both and identify which investments align with what works best for you.

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Additional Resources About Biotechnology Stocks

Want to learn more about Biotechnology stocks to see if they could be the right investment for you? Check out some additional resources and articles to help you on your financial journey.

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