Comparing Absci (ABSI) and Its Peers

Absci (NASDAQ:ABSI – Get Rating) is one of 40 public companies in the “Commercial physical research” industry, but how does it compare to its competitors? We will compare Absci to similar companies based on the strength of its analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, risk, profitability and dividends.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Absci	-2,633.14%	-36.19%	-22.99%
Absci Competitors	-260.35%	-8.17%	-2.92%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and recommmendations for Absci and its competitors, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Absci	1	3	3	0	2.29
Absci Competitors	106	779	1308	30	2.57

Absci presently has a consensus price target of $20.40, suggesting a potential upside of 507.14%. As a group, “Commercial physical research” companies have a potential upside of 44.02%. Given Absci’s higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Absci is more favorable than its competitors.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

40.0% of Absci shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 59.5% of shares of all “Commercial physical research” companies are owned by institutional investors. 11.4% of shares of all “Commercial physical research” companies are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Absci and its competitors top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Absci	$4.78 million	-$100.96 million	-1.00
Absci Competitors	$2.80 billion	$97.54 million	13.87

Absci’s competitors have higher revenue and earnings than Absci. Absci 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.

Summary

Absci competitors beat Absci on 11 of the 12 factors compared.

About Absci (Get Rating)

Absci Corporation, a drug and target discovery company, provides biologic drug candidates and production cell lines using integrated drug creation platform for partners in the United States. Its integrated drug creation platform enables the creation of biologics by unifying the drug discovery and cell line development processes into one process. Absci Corporation was founded in 2011 and is headquartered in Vancouver, Washington.

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