OmniAb (NASDAQ:OABI – Get Rating) and SomaLogic (NASDAQ:SLGC – Get Rating) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends and risk.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a summary of recent ratings and price targets for OmniAb and SomaLogic, as provided by MarketBeat.
Get OmniAb alerts:| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| OmniAb | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3.00 |
| SomaLogic | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3.00 |
OmniAb currently has a consensus price target of $10.25, indicating a potential upside of 187.92%. SomaLogic has a consensus price target of $11.00, indicating a potential upside of 366.10%. Given SomaLogic's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe SomaLogic is more favorable than OmniAb.
Risk & Volatility
OmniAb has a beta of -1.18, indicating that its stock price is 218% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SomaLogic has a beta of 1.53, indicating that its stock price is 53% more volatile than the S&P 500.Valuation & Earnings
This table compares OmniAb and SomaLogic's gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| OmniAb | N/A | N/A | -$520,000.00 | N/A | N/A |
| SomaLogic | $81.63 million | 5.30 | -$87.55 million | ($0.46) | -5.13 |
OmniAb has higher earnings, but lower revenue than SomaLogic.
Profitability
This table compares OmniAb and SomaLogic's net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| OmniAb | N/A | N/A | -3.50% |
| SomaLogic | -81.72% | -18.23% | -15.92% |
Insider & Institutional Ownership
42.3% of OmniAb shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 66.8% of SomaLogic shares are owned by institutional investors. 12.9% of SomaLogic shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
About OmniAb
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OmniAb, Inc., a biotechnology company, provides therapeutic antibody discovery technologies in the United States. The company's discovery platform provides industry partners access to the diverse antibody repertoires and screening technologies to enable discovery of next-generation therapeutics. Its OmniAb platform is the biological intelligence of proprietary transgenic animals, including OmniRat, OmniChicken, and OmniMouse that have been genetically modified to generate antibodies with human sequences to facilitate development of human therapeutic candidates. The company's OmniFlic (transgenic rat) and OmniClic (transgenic chicken) address industry needs for bispecific antibody applications though a common light chain approach, and OmniTaur that features unique structural attributes of cow antibodies for complex targets. The company was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in Emeryville, California.
About SomaLogic
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SomaLogic, Inc. operates as a protein biomarker discovery and clinical diagnostics company in the United States. It develops slow off-rate modified aptamers (SOMAmers), which are modified nucleic acid-based protein binding reagents that are specific for their cognate protein; and offers proprietary SomaScan services, which provide multiplex protein detection and quantification of protein levels in complex biological samples. The company's SOMAmers/SomaScan technology enables researchers to analyze various types of biological samples for protein biomarker signatures, which can be utilized in drug discovery and development. Its SomaScan's biomarker discoveries help in diagnostic applications in various areas of diseases, including cardiovascular and metabolic disease, nonalcoholic steatohepatitis, wellness, and others. The company also provides SomaSignal research use only and laboratory-developed tests. It serves research and clinical customers with a focus on pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, and academic research institutions, as well as facilitates drug development, analysis of clinical trials, and new human biology insights by assessing protein-protein and protein-gene networks. The company was incorporated in 1999 and is headquartered in Boulder, Colorado.
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