Critical Contrast: MaxCyte (MXCT) and Its Rivals

MaxCyte (NASDAQ:MXCT – Get Rating) is one of 39 public companies in the “Commercial physical research” industry, but how does it compare to its peers? We will compare MaxCyte to related companies based on the strength of its profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, institutional ownership and risk.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and price targets for MaxCyte and its peers, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
MaxCyte	0	0	5	0	3.00
MaxCyte Competitors	105	765	1304	30	2.57

As a group, “Commercial physical research” companies have a potential upside of 52.93%. Given MaxCyte’s peers higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe MaxCyte has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Profitability

This table compares MaxCyte and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
MaxCyte	-41.15%	-7.39%	-6.78%
MaxCyte Competitors	-260.35%	-8.17%	-2.92%

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares MaxCyte and its peers gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
MaxCyte	$33.89 million	-$19.08 million	-26.47
MaxCyte Competitors	$2.80 billion	$101.15 million	13.03

MaxCyte’s peers have higher revenue and earnings than MaxCyte. MaxCyte is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its peers, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

65.9% of MaxCyte shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 59.5% of shares of all “Commercial physical research” companies are owned by institutional investors. 5.4% of MaxCyte shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 11.4% of shares of all “Commercial physical research” companies are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

MaxCyte peers beat MaxCyte on 7 of the 12 factors compared.

MaxCyte Company Profile (Get Rating)

MaxCyte, Inc., a global life sciences company, engages in the discovery, development, and commercialization of next-generation cell therapies. Its products include ExPERT ATx, a static electroporation instrument for small to medium scale transfection; ExPERT STx, a flow electroporation for protein production and drug development, as well as expression of therapeutic targets for cell-based assays; ExPERT GTx, a flow electroporation for large scale transfection in therapeutic applications; and ExPERT VLx for very large volume cell-engineering. The company also provides disposable processing assemblies (PAs) to process and electroporate cells; and accessories supporting PAs, such as electroporation buffer solution and software protocols. The company was incorporated in 1998 and is headquartered in Gaithersburg, Maryland.