Comparing PhaseBio Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:PHAS) and ImmunoPrecise Antibodies (NASDAQ:IPA)

PhaseBio Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:PHAS) and ImmunoPrecise Antibodies (NASDAQ:IPA) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, earnings, profitability and institutional ownership.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings for PhaseBio Pharmaceuticals and ImmunoPrecise Antibodies, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
PhaseBio Pharmaceuticals	0	0	0	0	N/A
ImmunoPrecise Antibodies	0	0	2	0	3.00

ImmunoPrecise Antibodies has a consensus price target of $7.00, suggesting a potential upside of 360.53%.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

49.0% of PhaseBio Pharmaceuticals shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 6.7% of ImmunoPrecise Antibodies shares are owned by institutional investors. 9.9% of PhaseBio Pharmaceuticals shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 6.8% of ImmunoPrecise Antibodies shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Risk and Volatility

PhaseBio Pharmaceuticals has a beta of 2.57, indicating that its stock price is 157% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ImmunoPrecise Antibodies has a beta of 0.12, indicating that its stock price is 88% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares PhaseBio Pharmaceuticals and ImmunoPrecise Antibodies’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
PhaseBio Pharmaceuticals	-12,572.13%	N/A	-174.38%
ImmunoPrecise Antibodies	-60.23%	-26.54%	-18.36%

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares PhaseBio Pharmaceuticals and ImmunoPrecise Antibodies’ revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
PhaseBio Pharmaceuticals	$818,000.00	0.00	-$131.07 million	($2.13)	N/A
ImmunoPrecise Antibodies	$15.61 million	2.56	-$19.98 million	($0.41)	-3.71

ImmunoPrecise Antibodies has higher revenue and earnings than PhaseBio Pharmaceuticals. ImmunoPrecise Antibodies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than PhaseBio Pharmaceuticals, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Summary

ImmunoPrecise Antibodies beats PhaseBio Pharmaceuticals on 6 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

About PhaseBio Pharmaceuticals

PhaseBio Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, which engages in the development and commercialization of novel therapies for cardiovascular diseases. The firm’s pipeline includes: bentracimab (PB2452), a novel reversal agent for the antiplatelet therapy ticagrelor, pemziviptadil (PB1046), a once-weekly vasoactive intestinal peptide receptor agonist for the treatment of pulmonary arterial hypertension, and PB6440, an oral agent for the treatment of resistant hypertension. The company was founded by Ashutosh Chilkoti and Clay Bernardin Thorp in January 2002 and is headquartered in Malvern, PA.

About ImmunoPrecise Antibodies

ImmunoPrecise Antibodies Ltd., together with its subsidiaries, operates as a biotherapeutic research and technology company in Canada and internationally. It provides NonaVac DNA for complex protein classes, including GPCRs and ion channels; and Rapid Prime, a positive monoclonal antibodies for generating anti-idiotypic antibodies, and producing monoclonal antibodies against conformational epitopes. The company also offers syngeneic cell line for immunization and screening; and peptide production for subsequent antibody discovery campaign. In addition, it provides B cell select platform which allows for the interrogation of animal antibody repertoire; screening of the immune repertoire of rabbits and chickens and select the desired antibody directly from the B cells; single step hybridoma, a semi-solid media to grow mouse and rat hybridomas; and DeepDisplay, a combination of transgenic animal platform and custom IPA phage display antibody selection. The company also offers phage display, a custom immune libraries from multiple species; and CAR development, an adaptable antibody which allows the inclusion of functional data early in the screening funnel. Further, it provides silico developability, a profiling toolset for antibody lead candidates; and vitro analytical tools for the study of various critical quality attributes. Additionally, the company offers LucinaTech, an antibody humanization to identify essential framework and CDR residues; antibody affinity maturation for therapeutic and diagnostic application; and antibody chimerization for cloning and production of variable antibody domain. It also provides Eurofins preclinical services; hybrid service model, a service model designed to reduce time and risk with custom technologies and applications; and breadth and depth to accelerate assay development, screening cascades, drug candidate validation, and new biotherapeutic concepts. The company was incorporated in 1983 and is headquartered in Victoria, Canada.