Financial Survey: ASLAN Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:ASLN) & Synaptogenix (NASDAQ:SNPX)

Synaptogenix (NASDAQ:SNPX – Get Rating) and ASLAN Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:ASLN – Get Rating) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations and risk.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent recommendations for Synaptogenix and ASLAN Pharmaceuticals, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Synaptogenix	0	1	0	0	2.00
ASLAN Pharmaceuticals	0	0	2	0	3.00

ASLAN Pharmaceuticals has a consensus price target of $16.00, indicating a potential upside of 255.56%. Given ASLAN Pharmaceuticals’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe ASLAN Pharmaceuticals is more favorable than Synaptogenix.

Volatility and Risk

Synaptogenix has a beta of 1.26, indicating that its share price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ASLAN Pharmaceuticals has a beta of 1.83, indicating that its share price is 83% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Synaptogenix and ASLAN Pharmaceuticals’ gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Synaptogenix	N/A	N/A	-$5.57 million	($2.06)	-0.41
ASLAN Pharmaceuticals	N/A	N/A	-$51.38 million	($4.08)	-1.10

ASLAN Pharmaceuticals is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Synaptogenix, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Profitability

This table compares Synaptogenix and ASLAN Pharmaceuticals’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Synaptogenix	N/A	-18.58%	-17.43%
ASLAN Pharmaceuticals	N/A	-315.43%	-83.80%

Insider and Institutional Ownership

7.0% of Synaptogenix shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 31.6% of ASLAN Pharmaceuticals shares are held by institutional investors. 8.0% of Synaptogenix shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 4.7% of ASLAN Pharmaceuticals shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Synaptogenix beats ASLAN Pharmaceuticals on 6 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Synaptogenix

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Synaptogenix, Inc. operates as a biopharmaceutical company with product candidates in pre-clinical and clinical development. It focuses on developing a product platform based upon a drug candidate called Bryostatin-1 for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease. The company is also evaluating therapeutic applications of bryostatin for other neurodegenerative or cognitive diseases and dysfunctions, such as fragile X syndrome, multiple sclerosis, and Niemann-pick type C disease. Synaptogenix, Inc. has licensing agreements with Stanford University; Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai; and The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University. The company was incorporated in 2012 and is headquartered in New York, New York.

About ASLAN Pharmaceuticals

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ASLAN Pharmaceuticals Limited, a clinical-stage immunology focused biopharmaceutical company, engages in developing various treatments to transform the lives of patients. The company's clinical portfolio comprises ASLAN004, a monoclonal therapy that is being developed in atopic dermatitis and other immunology indications; and ASLAN003, a small-molecule inhibitor of dihydroorotate dehydrogenase for the treatment of autoimmune conditions. It has a joint venture with JAGUAHR Therapeutics Pte. Ltd. and Bukwang Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. to develop immuno-oncology therapeutics for markets targeting the AhR pathway. Its partners include Almirall, Array BioPharma, and CSL Limited. The company was founded in 2010 and is headquartered in Singapore.