Protagonist Therapeutics (NASDAQ:PTGX – Get Free Report) and NovAccess Global (OTCMKTS:XSNX – 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 dividends, earnings, valuation, risk, profitability, institutional ownership and analyst recommendations.
Volatility & Risk
Protagonist Therapeutics has a beta of 2.01, indicating that its share price is 101% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NovAccess Global has a beta of 1.51, indicating that its share price is 51% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Earnings & Valuation
This table compares Protagonist Therapeutics and NovAccess Global’s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
Protagonist Therapeutics | $60.00 million | 23.95 | -$78.96 million | ($1.49) | -16.55 |
NovAccess Global | N/A | N/A | -$4.72 million | ($0.10) | -0.05 |
Profitability
This table compares Protagonist Therapeutics and NovAccess Global’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
Protagonist Therapeutics | N/A | -27.49% | -25.30% |
NovAccess Global | N/A | N/A | -877.60% |
Analyst Recommendations
This is a breakdown of recent recommendations and price targets for Protagonist Therapeutics and NovAccess Global, as provided by MarketBeat.
Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
Protagonist Therapeutics | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3.00 |
NovAccess Global | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A |
Protagonist Therapeutics presently has a consensus price target of $36.00, suggesting a potential upside of 45.99%. Given Protagonist Therapeutics’ higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Protagonist Therapeutics is more favorable than NovAccess Global.
Insider & Institutional Ownership
98.6% of Protagonist Therapeutics shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.0% of Protagonist Therapeutics shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of NovAccess Global shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Protagonist Therapeutics beats NovAccess Global on 7 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Protagonist Therapeutics
Protagonist Therapeutics, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company, develops peptide-based drugs for hematology and blood disorders, and inflammatory and immunomodulatory diseases. It is developing Rusfertide (PTG-300), an injectable hepcidin mimetic that completed phase 2 clinical trials for the treatment of polycythemia vera and other blood disorders; and JNJ-2113, an orally delivered investigational drug to block biological pathways that completed phase 2b clinical trials for the treatment of moderate-to-severe plaque psoriasis; and PN-943, an orally delivered, gut-restricted alpha 4 beta 7 specific integrin antagonist completed a phase 2 clinical trials in patients with moderate to severe ulcerative colitis. The company has a license and collaboration agreement with Takeda to commercialize rusfertide; and JNJ Innovative Medicines to co-develop Interleukin-23 receptor antagonist compound JNJ-2113. Protagonist Therapeutics, Inc. was incorporated in 2006 and is headquartered in Newark, California.
About NovAccess Global
NovAccess Global Inc., a biopharmaceutical company, develops novel immunotherapies to treat brain tumor patients in the United States. It specializes in cutting-edge research related to utilizing a patient's immune system to attack the cancer. The company was incorporated in 1997 and is headquartered in Chagrin Falls, Ohio.
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