Arcellx (NASDAQ:ACLX – Get Free Report) and Acumen Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:ABOS – Get Free Report) are both medical companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, earnings, risk and analyst recommendations.
Analyst Ratings
This is a summary of recent recommendations and price targets for Arcellx and Acumen Pharmaceuticals, as provided by MarketBeat.com.
Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
Arcellx | 0 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 3.07 |
Acumen Pharmaceuticals | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3.00 |
Arcellx currently has a consensus target price of $78.00, suggesting a potential upside of 41.33%. Acumen Pharmaceuticals has a consensus target price of $12.00, suggesting a potential upside of 395.87%. Given Acumen Pharmaceuticals’ higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Acumen Pharmaceuticals is more favorable than Arcellx.
Institutional & Insider Ownership
Risk and Volatility
Arcellx has a beta of 0.23, meaning that its share price is 77% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Acumen Pharmaceuticals has a beta of 0.15, meaning that its share price is 85% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Valuation and Earnings
This table compares Arcellx and Acumen Pharmaceuticals’ top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
Arcellx | $131.66 million | 22.43 | -$70.69 million | ($1.03) | -53.58 |
Acumen Pharmaceuticals | N/A | N/A | -$52.37 million | ($1.06) | -2.28 |
Acumen Pharmaceuticals has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Arcellx. Arcellx is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Acumen Pharmaceuticals, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Profitability
This table compares Arcellx and Acumen Pharmaceuticals’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
Arcellx | -38.39% | -13.11% | -7.11% |
Acumen Pharmaceuticals | N/A | -22.88% | -20.82% |
Summary
Arcellx beats Acumen Pharmaceuticals on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Arcellx
Arcellx, Inc., together with its subsidiary, engages in the development of various immunotherapies for patients with cancer and other incurable diseases in the United States. The company's lead ddCAR product candidate is anitocabtagene autoleucel, which is in phase 2 clinical trial for the treatment of patients with relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma (rrMM). It also develops ACLX-001, a product candidate in Phase 1 clinical trials targeting BCMA to treat rrMM; and ACLX-002, which is in Phase 1 clinical trials that targets CD123 for treating relapsed or refractory acute myeloid leukemia (AML) and myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS). In addition, the company's preclinical product includes ACLX-003 for the treatment of AML and MDS. Further, it focuses on the development of product candidates for solid tumor programs. It has a strategic alliance with Kite Pharma, Inc. to co-develop and co-commercialize anitocabtagene autoleucel. The company was formerly known as Encarta Therapeutics, Inc. and changed its name to Arcellx, Inc. in January 2016. Arcellx, Inc. was incorporated in 2014 and is headquartered in Redwood City, California.
About Acumen Pharmaceuticals
Acumen Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, discovers and develops therapies for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease. The company focuses on advancing a targeted immunotherapy drug candidate ACU193, a humanized monoclonal antibody that is in Phase I clinical-stage to target soluble amyloid-beta oligomers. Acumen Pharmaceuticals, Inc. was incorporated in 1996 and is headquartered in Charlottesville, Virginia.
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