Skye Bioscience (NASDAQ:SKYE) vs. Pacira BioSciences (NASDAQ:PCRX) Head-To-Head Review

Skye Bioscience (NASDAQ:SKYE) and Pacira BioSciences (NASDAQ:PCRX) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, profitability and valuation.

Volatility & Risk

Skye Bioscience has a beta of 1.74, suggesting that its share price is 74% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pacira BioSciences has a beta of 0.82, suggesting that its share price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Skye Bioscience and Pacira BioSciences’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Skye Bioscience	N/A	-45.78%	-37.44%
Pacira BioSciences	-13.07%	13.42%	7.19%

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Skye Bioscience and Pacira BioSciences”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Skye Bioscience	N/A	N/A	-$37.65 million	N/A	N/A
Pacira BioSciences	$694.96 million	1.11	$41.96 million	($2.03)	-8.20

Pacira BioSciences has higher revenue and earnings than Skye Bioscience.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and recommmendations for Skye Bioscience and Pacira BioSciences, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Skye Bioscience	0	0	6	0	3.00
Pacira BioSciences	2	4	4	0	2.20

Skye Bioscience presently has a consensus target price of $18.67, suggesting a potential upside of 309.36%. Pacira BioSciences has a consensus target price of $23.50, suggesting a potential upside of 41.23%. Given Skye Bioscience’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Skye Bioscience is more favorable than Pacira BioSciences.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

21.1% of Skye Bioscience shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.7% of Pacira BioSciences shares are held by institutional investors. 3.0% of Skye Bioscience shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 6.4% of Pacira BioSciences shares 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.

Summary

Pacira BioSciences beats Skye Bioscience on 6 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Skye Bioscience

Skye Bioscience, Inc., a clinical stage pharmaceutical company, discovers, develops, and commercializes cannabinoid-based molecules for the treatment of infectious diseases. The company's lead product candidate is SBI-100 used in the treatment of glaucoma and ocular hypertension. It is also developing SBI-200 to treat and manage various eye diseases, including uveitis, dry eye syndrome, macular degeneration and diabetic retinopathy. It has license agreement with university of Mississippi. The company was formerly known as Emerald Bioscience, Inc. and changed its name to Skye Bioscience, Inc. in January 2021. The company is headquartered in San Diego, California.

About Pacira BioSciences

Pacira BioSciences, Inc. engages in the development, manufacture, marketing, distribution, and sale of non-opioid pain management and regenerative health solutions to healthcare practitioners in the United States. The company offers EXPAREL, a bupivacaine liposome injectable suspension; ZILRETTA, a triamcinolone acetonide extended-release injectable suspension; and iovera system, a non-opioid handheld cryoanalgesia device used to produce controlled doses of cold temperature to targeted nerves. It has a development and commercialization, and supply agreement with Aratana Therapeutics, Inc. for NOCITA, a bupivacaine liposome injectable suspension product. The company was formerly known as Pacira Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and changed its name to Pacira BioSciences, Inc. in April 2019. Pacira BioSciences, Inc. was incorporated in 2006 and is headquartered in Tampa, Florida.