Head to Head Comparison: Portage Biotech (ATON) versus Its Competitors

Portage Biotech (NASDAQ:ATON) is one of 456 public companies in the “Pharmaceutical Preparations” industry, but how does it contrast to its rivals? We will compare Portage Biotech to related companies based on the strength of its institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends and risk.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

13.4% of Portage Biotech shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 39.1% of shares of all “Pharmaceutical Preparations” companies are held by institutional investors. 13.8% of shares of all “Pharmaceutical Preparations” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

This table compares Portage Biotech and its rivals’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Portage Biotech	N/A	N/A	N/A
Portage Biotech Competitors	-2,662.14%	-363.93%	-42.95%

Risk & Volatility

Portage Biotech has a beta of 0.33, suggesting that its stock price is 67% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Portage Biotech’s rivals have a beta of 5.47, suggesting that their average stock price is 447% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Portage Biotech and its rivals gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Portage Biotech	N/A	-$6.77 million	-0.06
Portage Biotech Competitors	$433.49 million	-$67.98 million	-10.65

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

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings and target prices for Portage Biotech and its rivals, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Portage Biotech	1	0	0	0	1.00
Portage Biotech Competitors	4894	9963	15988	376	2.38

As a group, “Pharmaceutical Preparations” companies have a potential upside of 63.91%. Given Portage Biotech’s rivals stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Portage Biotech has less favorable growth aspects than its rivals.

Summary

Portage Biotech rivals beat Portage Biotech on 8 of the 13 factors compared.

About Portage Biotech

Portage Biotech Inc., together with its subsidiaries, researches and develops pharmaceutical and biotechnology products. The company’s product includes IMM60, an iNKT cell activator; IMM65, a PLGA-nanoparticle combined with a NY-ESO-1 peptide vaccine; INT230-6 that is in Phase I/II clinical trials for the treatment of solid tumors; STING, a small molecule that binds to the stimulator of interferon genes in cancer; CellPorter, a cell permeable peptide platform technology derived from human proteins; PPL-003, an ophthalmic solution; and SBI-101, a blood-conditioning technology to restore balance to the immune system after acute vital organ injury, such as acute kidney injury. It also focuses on nanolipogel technology for use in immune-oncology; and antibodies against a novel T-cell for use as a monotherapy and combination therapy for solid and haematological malignancies. In addition, the company develops antibodies implicated in the inflammatory tumor and tumor-infiltrating immune cell microenvironments; and FOXO4-P53 modulator and C-RAF inhibitor. Portage Biotech Inc. is based in Tortola, British Virgin Islands.