Crinetics Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:CRNX – Get Rating) and Capricor Therapeutics (NASDAQ:CAPR – Get Rating) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, risk, earnings, valuation and institutional ownership.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and target prices for Crinetics Pharmaceuticals and Capricor Therapeutics, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

Crinetics Pharmaceuticals presently has a consensus target price of $41.00, suggesting a potential upside of 94.04%. Capricor Therapeutics has a consensus target price of $15.00, suggesting a potential upside of 156.41%. Given Capricor Therapeutics' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Capricor Therapeutics is more favorable than Crinetics Pharmaceuticals.

Earnings and Valuation

Capricor Therapeutics has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Crinetics Pharmaceuticals. Crinetics Pharmaceuticals is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Capricor Therapeutics, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Risk and Volatility

Crinetics Pharmaceuticals has a beta of 1.2, meaning that its stock price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Capricor Therapeutics has a beta of 4.84, meaning that its stock price is 384% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

94.4% of Crinetics Pharmaceuticals shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 10.4% of Capricor Therapeutics shares are held by institutional investors. 5.9% of Crinetics Pharmaceuticals shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 9.0% of Capricor Therapeutics shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares Crinetics Pharmaceuticals and Capricor Therapeutics' net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

About Crinetics Pharmaceuticals

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Crinetics Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a clinical stage pharmaceutical company, focuses on the discovery, development, and commercialization of therapeutics for rare endocrine diseases and endocrine-related tumors. Its lead product candidate is Paltusotine, an oral selective nonpeptide somatostatin receptor type 2 agonist that has completed phase III clinical trial for the treatment of acromegaly, as well as completed phase II clinical trial to treat carcinoid syndrome and nonfunctional neuroendocrine tumors (NETs). The company is also developing CRN04777, an oral selective nonpeptide somatostatin type 5 receptor agonist, which is in phase I clinical trial for the treatment of congenital hyperinsulinism; and CRN04894, an oral adrenocorticotrophic hormone antagonist that is in phase I clinical trial for the treatment of Cushing's and congenital adrenal hyperplasia diseases. Crinetics Pharmaceuticals, Inc. was incorporated in 2008 and is headquartered in San Diego, California.

About Capricor Therapeutics

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Capricor Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:CAPR) is a clinical-stage biotechnology company focused on the discovery, development and commercialization of first-in-class biological therapeutics for the treatment of rare disorders. Capricor's lead candidate, CAP-1002, is an allogeneic cell therapy that is currently in clinical development for the treatment of Duchenne muscular dystrophy. Capricor has also established itself as one of the leading companies investigating the field of extracellular vesicles and is exploring the potential of CAP-2003, a cell-free, exosome-based candidate, to treat a variety of disorders.

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