Compass Therapeutics (NASDAQ:CMPX – Get Free Report) and MiNK Therapeutics (NASDAQ:INKT – Get Free Report) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability, earnings, risk and analyst recommendations.
Profitability
This table compares Compass Therapeutics and MiNK Therapeutics’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Compass Therapeutics | N/A | -30.89% | -29.36% |
| MiNK Therapeutics | N/A | N/A | -233.85% |
Analyst Ratings
This is a summary of recent recommendations for Compass Therapeutics and MiNK Therapeutics, as reported by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Compass Therapeutics | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3.00 |
| MiNK Therapeutics | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.00 |
Institutional & Insider Ownership
68.4% of Compass Therapeutics shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 2.9% of MiNK Therapeutics shares are owned by institutional investors. 30.0% of Compass Therapeutics shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 17.8% of MiNK Therapeutics shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Earnings & Valuation
This table compares Compass Therapeutics and MiNK Therapeutics”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Compass Therapeutics | $850,000.00 | 284.89 | -$42.49 million | ($0.36) | -4.89 |
| MiNK Therapeutics | N/A | N/A | -$22.46 million | ($0.60) | -1.21 |
MiNK Therapeutics has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Compass Therapeutics. Compass Therapeutics is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than MiNK Therapeutics, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Volatility and Risk
Compass Therapeutics has a beta of 0.9, meaning that its share price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MiNK Therapeutics has a beta of 0.06, meaning that its share price is 94% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Compass Therapeutics beats MiNK Therapeutics on 7 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Compass Therapeutics
Compass Therapeutics, Inc., a clinical-stage oncology-focused biopharmaceutical company, engages in developing antibody-based therapeutics to treat various human diseases in the United States. The company's lead product candidates include CTX-009, a bispecific antibody that blocks Delta-like ligand 4 a ligand of Notch-1, and vascular endothelial growth factor A signaling pathways, which are critical to angiogenesis and tumor vascularization; and CTX-471, an IgG4 monoclonal antibody that is an agonist of CD137, a key co-stimulatory receptor on immune cells. It also develops CTX-8371, a bispecific inhibitor that targets PD-1 and PD-L1 checkpoint inhibitor antibodies. The company was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.
About MiNK Therapeutics
MiNK Therapeutics, Inc., a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company, engages in the discovery, development, and commercialization of allogeneic, off-the-shelf, invariant natural killer T (iNKT) cell therapies to treat cancer and other immune-mediated diseases. Its product candidate is AGENT-797, an off-the-shelf, allogeneic for iNKT cell therapy and treatment of various myeloma diseases and solid tumours, which is in Phase 1 clinical trials. The company was formerly known as AgenTus Therapeutics, Inc. The company was incorporated in 2017 and is based in New York, New York. MiNK Therapeutics, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Agenus Inc.
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