Analyzing 180 Life Sciences (NASDAQ:ATNF) and Immunic (NASDAQ:IMUX)

180 Life Sciences (NASDAQ:ATNF) and Immunic (NASDAQ:IMUX) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, dividends and valuation.

Profitability

This table compares 180 Life Sciences and Immunic’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
180 Life Sciences	N/A	-558.93%	-54.10%
Immunic	N/A	-169.55%	-118.96%

Volatility and Risk

180 Life Sciences has a beta of 0.2, meaning that its share price is 80% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Immunic has a beta of 1.89, meaning that its share price is 89% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

4.1% of 180 Life Sciences shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 51.8% of Immunic shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of 180 Life Sciences shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.0% of Immunic shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares 180 Life Sciences and Immunic”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
180 Life Sciences	N/A	N/A	-$19.93 million	N/A	N/A
Immunic	N/A	N/A	-$93.61 million	($1.23)	-1.01

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings for 180 Life Sciences and Immunic, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
180 Life Sciences	0	0	0	0	0.00
Immunic	0	0	7	2	3.22

Immunic has a consensus target price of $12.67, indicating a potential upside of 921.51%. Given Immunic’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Immunic is more favorable than 180 Life Sciences.

Summary

Immunic beats 180 Life Sciences on 8 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

About 180 Life Sciences

180 Life Sciences Corp., a clinical stage biotechnology company, focuses on developing therapeutics for unmet medical needs in chronic pain, inflammation, fibrosis, and other inflammatory diseases. The company product development platforms includes fibrosis and anti-tumor necrosis factor (anti-TNF) platform, which has completed Phase IIb clinical trials that focuses on fibrosis and anti-TNF; Synthetic Cannabidiol (CBD) Analogs platform, which are synthetic pharmaceutical grade molecules close or distant analogs of non-psychoactive cannabinoids, such as CBD for the treatment of inflammatory diseases and pain; and a7nAChR platform, an immune suppressive, which is under preclinical trails that focuses on alpha 7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor. 180 Life Sciences Corp. is headquartered in Palo Alto, California.

About Immunic

Immunic, Inc., a biotechnology company, develops a pipeline of selective oral immunology therapies for the treatment of chronic inflammatory and autoimmune diseases in the United States and Germany. Its lead development program is IMU-838, which is in Phase 3 clinical trial, for treatment of multiple sclerosis, including relapsing and progressive multiple sclerosis; and moderate-to-severe ulcerative colitis. The company is also developing IMU-856, which is entering Phase 2 clinical trial, for the restoration of the intestinal barrier function in patients suffering from gastrointestinal diseases, such as celiac disease, inflammatory bowel disease, short bowel syndrome, irritable bowel syndrome with diarrhea, and other intestinal barrier function diseases; and IMU-381, which is in preclinical trial, for the treatment of gastrointestinal diseases. Immunic, Inc. was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in New York, New York.