AIkido Pharma (NASDAQ:AIKI – Get Rating) and Data Knights Acquisition (NASDAQ:DKDCA – Get Rating) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, risk, dividends and earnings.
Profitability
This table compares AIkido Pharma and Data Knights Acquisition's net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
Get AIkido Pharma alerts:| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| AIkido Pharma | N/A | -10.81% | -10.12% |
| Data Knights Acquisition | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Analyst Ratings
This is a breakdown of current ratings for AIkido Pharma and Data Knights Acquisition, as provided by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| AIkido Pharma | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.00 |
| Data Knights Acquisition | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A |
Institutional and Insider Ownership
14.0% of AIkido Pharma shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.3% of Data Knights Acquisition shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of AIkido Pharma shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Risk and Volatility
AIkido Pharma has a beta of 1.33, meaning that its share price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Data Knights Acquisition has a beta of -0.01, meaning that its share price is 101% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Valuation & Earnings
This table compares AIkido Pharma and Data Knights Acquisition's top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| AIkido Pharma | $10,000.00 | 3,473.51 | -$7.17 million | ($2.71) | -2.44 |
| Data Knights Acquisition | N/A | N/A | $5.14 million | N/A | N/A |
Data Knights Acquisition has lower revenue, but higher earnings than AIkido Pharma.
Summary
AIkido Pharma beats Data Knights Acquisition on 5 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.
About AIkido Pharma
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AIkido Pharma Inc., a biotechnology company, focuses on developing small-molecule anti-cancer therapeutics. The company's pipeline of therapeutics includes therapies for prostate cancer, pancreatic cancer, acute myeloid leukemia (AML), and acute lymphoblastic leukemia. It is developing DHA-dFdC, a pancreatic drug candidate; and KPC34, a small molecule treatment for acute myeloid leukemia and acute lymphoblastic leukemia. The company is also developing an antiviral platform that inhibits replication of viruses, including influenza virus, Ebolavirus and Marburg virus, SARS-CoV, MERS-CoV, and SARS-CoV-2. It has license agreements with the University of Texas, University of Maryland Baltimore, Silo Pharma Inc., and Wake Forest University Health Sciences. The company was formerly known as Spherix Incorporated and changed its name to AIkido Pharma Inc. in March 2021. AIkido Pharma Inc. was founded in 1967 and is headquartered in New York, New York.
About Data Knights Acquisition
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Data Knights Acquisition Corp. does not have significant operations. It intends to effect a merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization, or similar business combination with one or more businesses in the data centers and internet technology sectors. The company was incorporated in 2021 and is based in Chessington, the United Kingdom.
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