Structure Therapeutics (NASDAQ:GPCR) vs. Citius Oncology (NASDAQ:CTOR) Head to Head Comparison

Structure Therapeutics (NASDAQ:GPCR) and Citius Oncology (NASDAQ:CTOR) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, dividends and profitability.

Volatility & Risk

Structure Therapeutics has a beta of -1.65, suggesting that its stock price is 265% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Citius Oncology has a beta of 2.92, suggesting that its stock price is 192% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Structure Therapeutics and Citius Oncology’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Structure Therapeutics	N/A	-21.31%	-20.34%
Citius Oncology	N/A	-51.93%	-22.17%

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Structure Therapeutics and Citius Oncology”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Structure Therapeutics	N/A	N/A	-$122.53 million	($1.05)	-25.98
Citius Oncology	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent recommendations for Structure Therapeutics and Citius Oncology, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Structure Therapeutics	1	0	7	1	2.89
Citius Oncology	1	0	2	0	2.33

Structure Therapeutics currently has a consensus price target of $68.67, indicating a potential upside of 151.71%. Citius Oncology has a consensus price target of $6.00, indicating a potential upside of 217.46%. Given Citius Oncology’s higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Citius Oncology is more favorable than Structure Therapeutics.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

91.8% of Structure Therapeutics shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.5% of Citius Oncology shares are held by institutional investors. 5.6% of Structure Therapeutics shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 4.6% of Citius Oncology shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Structure Therapeutics beats Citius Oncology on 7 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Structure Therapeutics

Structure Therapeutics Inc., a clinical stage global biopharmaceutical company, develops and delivers novel oral therapeutics to treat a range of chronic diseases with unmet medical needs. The company’s lead product candidate is GSBR-1290, an oral and biased small molecule agonist of glucagon-like-peptide-1 receptor, a validated G-protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) drug target for type-2 diabetes mellitus and obesity. It is also developing oral small molecule therapeutics targeting other GPCRs for the treatment of pulmonary and cardiovascular diseases, including ANPA-0073, a biased agonist for apelin receptor, a GPCR that has been implicated in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF); and LTSE-2578, an investigational oral small molecule lysophosphatidic acid 1 receptor antagonist for the treatment of IPF and PPF. The company was formerly known as ShouTi Inc. Structure Therapeutics Inc. was incorporated in 2016 and is headquartered in South San Francisco, California.

About Citius Oncology

Citius Oncology, Inc. is a pharmaceutical company, which engages in developing and commercializing targeted oncology therapies. Its lead product candidate is LYMPHIR, an engineered IL-2 diphtheria toxin fusion protein, for the treatment of patients with persistent or recurrent CTCL, a rare form of non-Hodgkin lymphoma. The company was founded on March 1, 2021 and is headquartered in Cranford, NJ.