Financial Comparison: Peak Bio (PKBO) and Its Peers

Insider & Institutional Ownership

50.4% of shares of all “Biological products, except diagnostic” companies are held by institutional investors. 19.9% of Peak Bio shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 15.7% of shares of all “Biological products, except diagnostic” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Peak Bio and its competitors top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Peak Bio	$370,000.00	-$12.83 million	-0.33
Peak Bio Competitors	$575.02 million	-$35.20 million	-23,454.56

Peak Bio’s competitors have higher revenue, but lower earnings than Peak Bio. Peak Bio is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its competitors, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Volatility & Risk

Peak Bio has a beta of 1.75, suggesting that its share price is 75% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Peak Bio’s competitors have a beta of 1.13, suggesting that their average share price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Peak Bio and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Peak Bio	N/A	N/A	-253.92%
Peak Bio Competitors	-4,960.16%	-159.91%	-42.95%

Summary

Peak Bio beats its competitors on 6 of the 9 factors compared.

About Peak Bio

Peak Bio, Inc., a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, focuses on developing therapeutics for the treatment of patients with inflammatory, cancer, and rare and specialty diseases. The company's lead product candidate is PHP-303, which is in phase 2 clinical study for the treatment of alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency and acute respiratory distress syndrome. It also develops Trop2 PH1, an antibody-drug-conjugate for solid tumors. The company was founded in 2020 and is based in Pleasanton, California.