Icosavax (NASDAQ:ICVX – Get Rating) and Quantum Genomics Société Anonyme (OTCMKTS:QNNTF – Get Rating) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability, dividends, risk and earnings.
Volatility and Risk
Icosavax has a beta of 1.33, suggesting that its stock price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Quantum Genomics Société Anonyme has a beta of -0.35, suggesting that its stock price is 135% less volatile than the S&P 500.
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82.4% of Icosavax shares are held by institutional investors. 39.1% of Icosavax 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.
Earnings & Valuation
This table compares Icosavax and Quantum Genomics Société Anonyme's top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Icosavax | $7.80 million | 24.95 | -$66.97 million | ($2.93) | -1.67 |
| Quantum Genomics Société Anonyme | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Quantum Genomics Société Anonyme has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Icosavax.
Profitability
This table compares Icosavax and Quantum Genomics Société Anonyme's net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Icosavax | -1,326.23% | -36.82% | -35.11% |
| Quantum Genomics Société Anonyme | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Analyst Ratings
This is a breakdown of current ratings and target prices for Icosavax and Quantum Genomics Société Anonyme, as provided by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Icosavax | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3.00 |
| Quantum Genomics Société Anonyme | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A |
Icosavax currently has a consensus price target of $34.00, suggesting a potential upside of 596.72%. Given Icosavax's higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Icosavax is more favorable than Quantum Genomics Société Anonyme.
Summary
Icosavax beats Quantum Genomics Société Anonyme on 6 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Icosavax
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Icosavax, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company, develops vaccines against infectious diseases. The company, with the help of its virus-like particle (VLP) platform technology, focuses primarily on life-threatening respiratory diseases. Its products in pipeline include IVX-121, a vaccine candidate with RSV target and is under Phase 1/1b clinical trial; IVX-A12, a respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) monovalent antigen candidate with RSV/human metapneumovirus (hMPV) bivalent target indication; IVX-241, a vaccine candidate with hMPV target; and IVX-411, an original receptor binding domain (RBD) sequence antigen with SARS-CoV-2 target indication and is under Phase 1/2 clinical trial. The company was incorporated in 2017 and is headquartered in Seattle, Washington.
About Quantum Genomics Société Anonyme
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Quantum Genomics Société Anonyme, a biopharmaceutical company, develops drugs to treat cardiovascular diseases. It develops drugs based on brain aminopeptidase A inhibition (BAPAI) platform primarily to treat high blood pressure and heart failure. The company develops firibastat, a monotherapy drug that is in pivotal Phase III study for the treatment of hypertension, as well as in clinical trial for the treatment of heart failure. It is also developing QGC011 to treat hypertension with combination therapy; and QGC006 and QGC606 drug for the treatment of hypertension and heart failure. The company was incorporated in 2005 and is based in Paris, France.
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