Hillstream Biopharma (CNTN) versus Its Competitors Financial Comparison

Hillstream Biopharma (NASDAQ:CNTN) is one of 226 publicly-traded companies in the “Pharmaceutical Preparations” industry, but how does it contrast to its peers? We will compare Hillstream Biopharma to related companies based on the strength of its profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation, earnings and risk.

Volatility and Risk

Hillstream Biopharma has a beta of 1.57, indicating that its stock price is 57% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hillstream Biopharma’s peers have a beta of 12.16, indicating that their average stock price is 1,116% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

1.2% of Hillstream Biopharma shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 32.5% of shares of all “Pharmaceutical Preparations” companies are held by institutional investors. 6.7% of Hillstream Biopharma shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 14.7% of shares of all “Pharmaceutical Preparations” companies are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent recommendations and price targets for Hillstream Biopharma and its peers, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Hillstream Biopharma	1	0	0	0	1.00
Hillstream Biopharma Competitors	2228	2461	4375	69	2.25

As a group, “Pharmaceutical Preparations” companies have a potential upside of 120.78%. Given Hillstream Biopharma’s peers stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Hillstream Biopharma has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Profitability

This table compares Hillstream Biopharma and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Hillstream Biopharma	N/A	-35.59%	-27.05%
Hillstream Biopharma Competitors	-4,803.12%	-250.26%	-48.16%

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Hillstream Biopharma and its peers top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Hillstream Biopharma	N/A	-$35.92 million	-0.81
Hillstream Biopharma Competitors	$333.00 million	-$26.93 million	-4.50

Hillstream Biopharma’s peers have higher revenue and earnings than Hillstream Biopharma. Hillstream Biopharma is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its peers, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Summary

Hillstream Biopharma peers beat Hillstream Biopharma on 9 of the 13 factors compared.

About Hillstream Biopharma

Hillstream BioPharma, Inc., a pre-clinical biotechnology company, develops novel therapeutic candidates targeting ferroptosis, an anti-cancer mechanism resulting in iron mediated cell death (IMCD) for the treatment resistant cancers. The company’s product candidate is HSB-1216, an IMCD inducer targeting solid tumors. It also develops HSB-888, a dual Quatramer loaded IMCD inducer coupled with its anthracycline analogue for solid tumors; HSB-510, a targeted bifunctional inhibitory compound in Quatramer with single digit nanomolar; IC50 against PI3K-delta and HDAC6, which is also known to downregulate; c-myc, a cancer drug target; and HSB-114, an immunotherapeutic agent, which uses its Quatramer technology to deliver tumor necrosis factor-alpha gene into cancer cells. The company was incorporated in 2019 and is based in Bridgewater, New Jersey.