Critical Review: NewAmsterdam Pharma (NASDAQ:NAMS) and Kaya (OTCMKTS:KAYS)

Kaya (OTCMKTS:KAYS) and NewAmsterdam Pharma (NASDAQ:NAMS) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and valuation.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current recommendations and price targets for Kaya and NewAmsterdam Pharma, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Kaya	0	0	0	0	0.00
NewAmsterdam Pharma	0	0	6	0	3.00

NewAmsterdam Pharma has a consensus price target of $43.33, suggesting a potential upside of 99.14%. Given NewAmsterdam Pharma’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe NewAmsterdam Pharma is more favorable than Kaya.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Kaya and NewAmsterdam Pharma”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Kaya	$200,000.00	3.88	$1.61 million	($0.08)	-0.44
NewAmsterdam Pharma	$45.56 million	52.45	-$176.94 million	($2.60)	-8.37

Kaya has higher earnings, but lower revenue than NewAmsterdam Pharma. NewAmsterdam Pharma is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Kaya, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

89.9% of NewAmsterdam Pharma shares are owned by institutional investors. 23.5% of Kaya shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 19.5% of NewAmsterdam Pharma shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Volatility and Risk

Kaya has a beta of 0.56, suggesting that its share price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NewAmsterdam Pharma has a beta of -0.04, suggesting that its share price is 104% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Kaya and NewAmsterdam Pharma’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Kaya	N/A	-9.79%	-1,143.19%
NewAmsterdam Pharma	N/A	N/A	N/A

Summary

NewAmsterdam Pharma beats Kaya on 8 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Kaya

Kaya Holdings, Inc., a vertically integrated legal cannabis enterprise, engages in the operation of psychedelic treatment clinics and medical cannabis dispensaries primarily in the United States. It offers a range of cannabis products, including flower, oils, vape cartridges and cannabis infused confections, baked goods, and beverages. The company also operates retail outlets under the Kaya Shack brand name, as well as offers strain specific cannabis cigarettes under the Kaya Buddies name, and strains of cannabis under the Kaya Farms name. In addition, it is involved in the development of a psychedelic treatment center under The Sacred Mushroom name, that provides its guests access to psilocybin treatments, located in Portland, Oregon. The company was formerly known as Alternative Fuels America, Inc. and changed its name to Kaya Holdings, Inc. in April 2015. Kaya Holdings, Inc. is headquartered in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

About NewAmsterdam Pharma

NewAmsterdam Pharma Company N.V., a late-stage biopharmaceutical company, develops therapies to enhance patient care in populations with metabolic disease. It is developing obicetrapib, an oral low-dose cholesteryl ester transfer protein (CETP) inhibitor, that is in various clinical trials as a monotherapy and a combination therapy with ezetimibe for lowering LDL-C for cardiovascular diseases. The company also develops Obicetrapib which is in Phase 2a clinical trial for Alzheimer’s disease. NewAmsterdam Pharma Company N.V. is headquartered in Naarden, the Netherlands.