Reviewing Peak Bio (PKBO) and Its Peers

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Peak Bio	N/A	N/A	-253.92%
Peak Bio Competitors	-4,957.16%	-160.29%	-43.10%

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Peak Bio and its peers gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Peak Bio	$370,000.00	-$12.83 million	-0.33
Peak Bio Competitors	$549.20 million	-$36.47 million	-15.66

Peak Bio’s peers have higher revenue, but lower earnings than Peak Bio. Peak Bio 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.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

50.3% of shares of all “Biological products, except diagnostic” companies are held by institutional investors. 19.9% of Peak Bio shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 15.7% of shares of all “Biological products, except diagnostic” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Volatility and Risk

Peak Bio has a beta of 1.56, indicating that its share price is 56% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Peak Bio’s peers have a beta of 1.13, indicating that their average share price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Peak Bio beats its peers on 6 of the 9 factors compared.

About Peak Bio

Peak Bio, Inc., a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, focuses on developing therapeutics for the treatment of patients with inflammatory, cancer, and rare and specialty diseases. The company's lead product candidate is PHP-303, which is in phase 2 clinical study for the treatment of alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency and acute respiratory distress syndrome. It also develops Trop2 PH1, an antibody-drug-conjugate for solid tumors. The company was founded in 2020 and is based in Pleasanton, California.