Head to Head Survey: ALT5 Sigma (AIFC) vs. Its Rivals

ALT5 Sigma (NASDAQ:AIFC) is one of 343 publicly-traded companies in the “Financial Services” industry, but how does it contrast to its competitors? We will compare ALT5 Sigma to related companies based on the strength of its dividends, valuation, risk, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership and analyst recommendations.

Profitability

This table compares ALT5 Sigma and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
ALT5 Sigma	-4,021.65%	-51.87%	-48.30%
ALT5 Sigma Competitors	-407.52%	-22.02%	-5.73%

Volatility & Risk

ALT5 Sigma has a beta of 1.85, indicating that its stock price is 85% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ALT5 Sigma’s competitors have a beta of 2.27, indicating that their average stock price is 127% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares ALT5 Sigma and its competitors revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
ALT5 Sigma	$24.84 million	-$344.51 million	1.23
ALT5 Sigma Competitors	$6.32 billion	$1.08 billion	9.91

ALT5 Sigma’s competitors have higher revenue and earnings than ALT5 Sigma. ALT5 Sigma is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its competitors, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

6.3% of ALT5 Sigma shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 43.2% of shares of all “Financial Services” companies are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of ALT5 Sigma shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 22.1% of shares of all “Financial Services” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and target prices for ALT5 Sigma and its competitors, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
ALT5 Sigma	1	0	0	0	1.00
ALT5 Sigma Competitors	1901	6736	11423	414	2.51

As a group, “Financial Services” companies have a potential upside of 2.11%. Given ALT5 Sigma’s competitors stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe ALT5 Sigma has less favorable growth aspects than its competitors.

Summary

ALT5 Sigma competitors beat ALT5 Sigma on 13 of the 13 factors compared.

About ALT5 Sigma

ALT5 Sigma Corp. is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, which engages in identifying, acquiring, licensing, developing, partnering, and commercializing novel, non-opioid, and non-addictive therapies to address the large unmet medical need for the treatment of pain and addiction. It operates under the Biotechnology and Recycling segments. The Biotechnology segment focuses on finding treatments for conditions that cause severe pain and bringing to market drugs with non-addictive pain-relieving properties. The Recycling segment is involved in a turnkey appliance recycling program. The company was founded by Edward R. Cameron in 1976 and is headquartered in Las Vegas, NV.