2 Growth Stocks That Could Deliver 1,000% Returns | The Motley Fool (2026)
π Mereo BioPharma Group (MREO) shares have declined approximately 65% since April 2019 due to market impatience with clinical-stage biotechs.
π The company's primary growth catalyst is its anti-TIGIT therapy, etigilimab, which is currently in a combined phase 1/2 basket study evaluating combination treatment with Bristol Myers Squibb's Opdivo.
π Mereo is expected to release top-line data from the etigilimab trial in approximately 18 months, pending multiple interim progress updates that could act as share price catalysts.
π° Mereo's cash runway extends into 2024, reducing the immediate need for the company to raise capital from public markets over the next year and a half.
π€ Management has expressed a desire to partner with larger biopharmaceutical companies, potentially leading to a high-dollar licensing agreement or buyout for etigilimab within two years.
β οΈ Investors face downside risk as early-stage cancer therapies frequently fail in clinical trials, which could heavily weigh on Mereo's share price if etigilimab does not succeed.
π©Ί Senseonics Holdings (SENS) offers an implantable continuous glucose monitoring device franchise called Eversense that targets a market growing at over 10% annually.
β³ The company is awaiting a potential FDA regulatory approval for its 180-day version of the Eversense CGM system, which was submitted over a year ago.
π If approved, Senseonics projects top-line revenue growth exceeding 70% compound annual growth rate over the next five years due to the longer-lasting device.
π The proposed 180-day Eversense device aims to improve competitive positioning against market leaders DexCom and Abbott Laboratories in the U.S. market.
βοΈ Senseonics faces competition from well-capitalized medical-device giants, creating a risk that FDA approval may not result in a parabolic rise in sales.
π― Both Mereo and Senseonics are highlighted as low-priced healthcare stocks with potential to generate 1,000% or more returns within the next two to three years for aggressive investors.