AnaptysBio (NASDAQ:ANAB – Get Free Report) and Imunon (NASDAQ:IMNN – Get Free Report) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, risk and valuation.
Insider & Institutional Ownership
4.3% of Imunon shares are held by institutional investors. 35.5% of AnaptysBio shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.8% of Imunon shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Risk & Volatility
AnaptysBio has a beta of -0.23, indicating that its share price is 123% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Imunon has a beta of 2.06, indicating that its share price is 106% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Analyst Recommendations
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| AnaptysBio | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2.20 |
| Imunon | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.00 |
AnaptysBio presently has a consensus target price of $29.00, suggesting a potential upside of 93.20%. Imunon has a consensus target price of $12.00, suggesting a potential upside of 1,163.16%. Given Imunon’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Imunon is more favorable than AnaptysBio.
Profitability
This table compares AnaptysBio and Imunon’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| AnaptysBio | -988.11% | -81.89% | -27.29% |
| Imunon | N/A | -75.93% | -51.47% |
Earnings and Valuation
This table compares AnaptysBio and Imunon’s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| AnaptysBio | $10.29 million | 38.77 | -$128.72 million | ($5.42) | -2.77 |
| Imunon | $500,000.00 | 17.80 | -$35.90 million | ($3.77) | -0.25 |
Imunon has lower revenue, but higher earnings than AnaptysBio. AnaptysBio is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Imunon, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Imunon beats AnaptysBio on 9 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
About AnaptysBio
AnaptysBio, Inc., a clinical-stage biotechnology company, focuses in delivering immunology therapeutics. Its products include Imsidolimab, an antibody that inhibits the interleukin-36 receptor, which is in the Phase 3 trial for the treatment of generalized pustular psoriasis; Rosnilimab, an anti-PD-1 agonist antibody program designed to suppress T-cell driven inflammatory diseases by augmenting signaling through PD-1 or targeted depletion of PD-1+ T cells; and ANB032, an anti-BTLA modulator antibody applicable to human inflammatory diseases associated with lymphoid and myeloid immune cell dysregulation. The company also focuses on developing various antibody programs that are advanced to preclinical and clinical milestones under its collaborations. It has a collaboration and license agreement with GlaxoSmithKline, Inc. and Bristol-Myers Squibb; and license agreements with United Kingdom Research and Innovation, as well as Millipore Corporation. The company was formerly known as Anaptys Biosciences, Inc. and changed its name to AnaptysBio, Inc. in July 2006. AnaptysBio, Inc. was incorporated in 2005 and is based in San Diego, California.
About Imunon
Imunon, Inc., a clinical stage biotechnology company, engages in the development of immunotherapies and vaccines to treat cancer and infectious diseases. The Company's lead clinical programs comprise IMNN-001, a DNA-based immunotherapy for the localized treatment of ovarian cancer that is in Phase II clinical development; and ThermoDox for the treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma. It also has two platform technologies, such as TheraPlas® platform for the development of immunotherapies and other anti-cancer nucleic acid-based therapies; and PLACCINE platform for the development of nucleic acid vaccines for infectious diseases and cancer. The company was formerly known as Celsion Corporation and changed its name to Imunon, Inc. in September 2022. Imunon, Inc. was founded in 1982 and is based in Lawrenceville, New Jersey.
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