Sunshine Biopharma (NASDAQ:SBFM – Get Free Report) and ArriVent BioPharma (NASDAQ:AVBP – Get Free Report) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership and risk.
Volatility and Risk
Sunshine Biopharma has a beta of 1.52, indicating that its stock price is 52% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ArriVent BioPharma has a beta of 0.93, indicating that its stock price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Profitability
This table compares Sunshine Biopharma and ArriVent BioPharma’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Sunshine Biopharma | -16.06% | -24.96% | -19.46% |
| ArriVent BioPharma | N/A | -59.58% | -55.66% |
Earnings & Valuation
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Sunshine Biopharma | $34.87 million | 0.20 | -$5.13 million | ($1.02) | -1.42 |
| ArriVent BioPharma | N/A | N/A | -$80.49 million | ($4.24) | -5.89 |
Sunshine Biopharma has higher revenue and earnings than ArriVent BioPharma. ArriVent BioPharma is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Sunshine Biopharma, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Institutional & Insider Ownership
42.0% of Sunshine Biopharma shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 9.5% of ArriVent BioPharma shares are held by institutional investors. 0.0% of Sunshine Biopharma shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 18.6% of ArriVent BioPharma shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Analyst Ratings
This is a summary of recent ratings and price targets for Sunshine Biopharma and ArriVent BioPharma, as provided by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Sunshine Biopharma | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.00 |
| ArriVent BioPharma | 2 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 2.70 |
Sunshine Biopharma presently has a consensus target price of $7.00, suggesting a potential upside of 382.76%. ArriVent BioPharma has a consensus target price of $39.38, suggesting a potential upside of 57.63%. Given Sunshine Biopharma’s higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Sunshine Biopharma is more favorable than ArriVent BioPharma.
Summary
Sunshine Biopharma beats ArriVent BioPharma on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Sunshine Biopharma
Sunshine Biopharma, Inc., a pharmaceutical company, focuses on the research and development of life-saving medicines in various therapeutic areas, including oncology and antivirals in the United States and Canada. It operates in two segments, Prescription Generic Pharmaceuticals and Nonprescription Over-The-Counter Products. The company is developing SBFM-PL4, a protease inhibitor for the treatment of SARS coronavirus infections; Adva-27a, a small chemotherapy molecule to treat pancreatic cancer; and K1.1 mRNA, a lipid nano-particle for liver cancer. It also offers Essential 9, an amino acids capsules; Calcium-Vitamin D supplement under the Essential Calcium-Vitamin D brand name; and L-Citrulline and Taurine products. In addition, the company provides various generic prescription drugs for osteoporosis, cardiovascular, antipsychotic, antibacterial, hypertension, anti-inflammatory, allergy, antibiotic, central nervous system, diabetes, urology, antifungal, antimalarial, oncology, gastroenterology, and anticonvulsant indications. Sunshine Biopharma, Inc. is headquartered in New York, New York.
About ArriVent BioPharma
ArriVent BioPharma, Inc. operates as a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company that engages in the identification, development, and commercialization of medicines for the unmet medical needs of patients with cancers in the United States. It also engages in the development and commercialization of targeted cancer therapies for non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and other solid tumors. In addition, the company develops Furmonertinib, a third-generation tyrosine kinase inhibitor that is in multiple clinical trials across a range of epidermal growth factor receptor mutations (EFGRm) in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), including a phase 3 clinical trial for treatment of patients with metastatic EFGRm NSCLC; phase 1b clinical trial for treatment of patients with NSCLC with other EGFR mutations and NSCLC with HER2 Exon 20 insertion mutations; and ARR-002. It has strategic collaborations with Aarvik Therapeutics Inc. to discover and develop antibody drug conjugates (ADCs) with improved activity and safety over single target bivalent ADCs; and Shanghai Allist Pharmaceuticals Co., Ltd. to develop and commercialize Furmonertinib. The company was incorporated in 2021 and is based in Newtown Square, Pennsylvania.
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