Vir Biotechnology (NASDAQ:VIR – Get Rating) and Brookline Capital Acquisition (NASDAQ:BCAC – Get Rating) are both medical companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, dividends and institutional ownership.
Valuation & Earnings
This table compares Vir Biotechnology and Brookline Capital Acquisition's gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
Get Vir Biotechnology alerts:| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Vir Biotechnology | $1.10 billion | 3.29 | $528.58 million | $8.49 | 3.19 |
| Brookline Capital Acquisition | N/A | N/A | -$480,000.00 | N/A | N/A |
Vir Biotechnology has higher revenue and earnings than Brookline Capital Acquisition.
Risk & Volatility
Vir Biotechnology has a beta of 0.19, suggesting that its stock price is 81% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Brookline Capital Acquisition has a beta of -0.03, suggesting that its stock price is 103% less volatile than the S&P 500.Analyst Ratings
This is a summary of current ratings for Vir Biotechnology and Brookline Capital Acquisition, as provided by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Vir Biotechnology | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2.60 |
| Brookline Capital Acquisition | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A |
Vir Biotechnology currently has a consensus price target of $54.17, suggesting a potential upside of 100.10%. Given Vir Biotechnology's higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Vir Biotechnology is more favorable than Brookline Capital Acquisition.
Institutional and Insider Ownership
75.0% of Vir Biotechnology shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 51.8% of Brookline Capital Acquisition shares are held by institutional investors. 22.4% of Vir Biotechnology shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 19.2% of Brookline Capital Acquisition shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Profitability
This table compares Vir Biotechnology and Brookline Capital Acquisition's net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Vir Biotechnology | N/A | 60.66% | 45.00% |
| Brookline Capital Acquisition | N/A | -416.32% | -4.75% |
Summary
Vir Biotechnology beats Brookline Capital Acquisition on 9 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Vir Biotechnology
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Vir Biotechnology, Inc., a commercial-stage immunology company, develops therapeutic products to treat and prevent serious infectious diseases. It develops Sotrovimab (VIR-7832), a SARS-CoV-2-neutralizing mAbs to treat and prevent COVID-19 infection under the Xevudy brand; VIR-2218 and VIR-3434 for the treatment of hepatitis B virus; VIR-2482 for the prevention of influenza A virus; and VIR-1111 for the prevention of human immunodeficiency virus. The company has grant agreements with Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and National Institutes of Health; an option and license agreement with Brii Biosciences Limited and Brii Biosciences Offshore Limited; a collaboration and license agreement with Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc.; license agreements with The Rockefeller University and MedImmune, Inc.; collaboration with WuXi Biologics and Glaxo Wellcome UK Ltd.; and a collaborative research agreement with GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals SA. It also has a manufacturing agreement with Samsung Biologics Co.,Ltd. for the manufacture of SARS-COV-2 antibodies; and clinical collaboration with Gilead Sciences, Inc. for chronic hepatitis B virus. Vir Biotechnology, Inc. was incorporated in 2016 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.
About Brookline Capital Acquisition
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Brookline Capital Acquisition Corp. does not have significant operations. The company focuses on effecting a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, recapitalization, reorganization, or other similar business combination with one or more businesses or entities. It intends to acquire companies in the life sciences sector. The company was incorporated in 2020 and is based in New York, New York.
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