Head-To-Head Contrast: Atara Biotherapeutics (NASDAQ:ATRA) and Creative Medical Technology (NASDAQ:CELZ)

Creative Medical Technology (NASDAQ:CELZ) and Atara Biotherapeutics (NASDAQ:ATRA) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation and risk.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and price targets for Creative Medical Technology and Atara Biotherapeutics, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Creative Medical Technology	0	0	0	0	0.00
Atara Biotherapeutics	1	2	3	1	2.57

Atara Biotherapeutics has a consensus target price of $17.75, indicating a potential upside of 189.09%. Given Atara Biotherapeutics’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Atara Biotherapeutics is more favorable than Creative Medical Technology.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

1.4% of Creative Medical Technology shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.9% of Atara Biotherapeutics shares are held by institutional investors. 2.8% of Creative Medical Technology shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.7% of Atara Biotherapeutics shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

This table compares Creative Medical Technology and Atara Biotherapeutics’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Creative Medical Technology	N/A	-63.05%	-60.42%
Atara Biotherapeutics	-132.58%	N/A	-90.16%

Volatility and Risk

Creative Medical Technology has a beta of 2, indicating that its share price is 100% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Atara Biotherapeutics has a beta of 0.32, indicating that its share price is 68% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Creative Medical Technology and Atara Biotherapeutics”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Creative Medical Technology	$11,000.00	308.28	-$5.29 million	($3.71)	-0.52
Atara Biotherapeutics	$128.94 million	0.28	-$276.13 million	($12.97)	-0.47

Creative Medical Technology has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Atara Biotherapeutics. Creative Medical Technology is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Atara Biotherapeutics, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Summary

Atara Biotherapeutics beats Creative Medical Technology on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Creative Medical Technology

Creative Medical Technology Holdings, Inc., a commercial stage biotechnology company, focuses on novel biological therapeutics in the fields of immunotherapy, endocrinology, urology, neurology, and orthopedics in the United States. The company offers CaverStem to treat erectile dysfunction; FemCelz for the treatment of loss of genital sensitivity and dryness; and StemSpine, a regenerative stem cell procedure to treat degenerative disc disease. It also develops ImmCelz, an immunotherapy platform for multiple diseases; OvaStem for treatment of female infertility; CELZ-201 to treat Type 1 diabetes; AlloStemSpine for the treatment of chronic lower back pain; and Alova to treat infertility as a result of premature ovarian failure. In addition, the company develops products and services for various indications, including preventing the rejection of transplanted organs, kidney failure, liver failure, heart attack, and Parkinson's disease. Creative Medical Technology Holdings, Inc. is based in Phoenix, Arizona.

About Atara Biotherapeutics

Atara Biotherapeutics, Inc. engages in the development of transformative therapies for patients with solid tumors, hematologic cancers, and autoimmune diseases in the United States and the United Kingdom. Its lead product includes Tab-cel (tabelecleucel), a T-cell immunotherapy program that is in Phase 3 clinical trials for the treatment of epstein-barr virus (EBV) driven post-transplant lymphoproliferative disease, as well as nasopharyngeal carcinoma. Its CAR T immunotherapy pipeline products include ATA3219, currently in Phase 1 trials, as well as ATA3431, under preclinical trials for the treatment of B-cell malignancies and autoimmune diseases; and ATA188 that is in Phase 2 clinical trials to treat multiple sclerosis. The company has research collaboration agreements with Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, and Council of the Queensland Institute of Medical Research. Atara Biotherapeutics, Inc. was incorporated in 2012 and is headquartered in Thousand Oaks, California.