Reviewing iBio (IBIO) & Its Competitors

iBio (NASDAQ:IBIO) is one of 452 public companies in the “Pharmaceutical Preparations” industry, but how does it compare to its peers? We will compare iBio to related businesses based on the strength of its institutional ownership, earnings, profitability, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations and dividends.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current recommendations for iBio and its peers, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
iBio	1	0	0	1	2.50
iBio Competitors	4801	9967	16004	371	2.38

As a group, “Pharmaceutical Preparations” companies have a potential upside of 119.80%. Given iBio’s peers higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe iBio has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares iBio and its peers top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
iBio	$400,000.00	-$18.38 million	-0.66
iBio Competitors	$439.17 million	-$68.88 million	-9.91

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

Volatility and Risk

iBio has a beta of 0.92, indicating that its stock price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, iBio’s peers have a beta of 10.21, indicating that their average stock price is 921% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

7.9% of iBio shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 39.4% of shares of all “Pharmaceutical Preparations” companies are owned by institutional investors. 2.8% of iBio shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 13.8% of shares of all “Pharmaceutical Preparations” companies are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares iBio and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
iBio	N/A	-126.93%	-83.06%
iBio Competitors	-2,625.49%	-359.57%	-43.35%

Summary

iBio peers beat iBio on 7 of the 13 factors compared.

iBio Company Profile

iBio, Inc., a biotechnology company, provides contract development and manufacturing services to collaborators and third-party customers in the United States. The company operates in two segments: Biopharmaceuticals and Bioprocessing. Its lead therapeutic candidate is IBIO-100 that is being advanced for investigational new drug development for the treatment of systemic scleroderma and idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. The company is also developing vaccine candidates comprising IBIO-200 and IBIO-201, which are in preclinical development for the prevention of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; and IBIO-400 for the treatment of classical swine fever. In addition, it is developing recombinant proteins for third parties on a catalog and custom basis; and offers a range of process development, manufacturing, filling and finishing, and bio analytic services. iBio, Inc. has a license agreement with Planet Biotechnology, Inc. to develop therapeutics for infectious diseases; collaboration agreement with The Texas A&M University System for the development of coronavirus disease 2019 vaccine candidates; license agreement with the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna; and collaboration agreement with CC-Pharming Ltd. The company is headquartered in Bryan, Texas.