Critical Contrast: ABVC BioPharma (ABVC) & Its Peers

ABVC BioPharma (NASDAQ:ABVC) is one of 970 public companies in the “Pharmaceutical preparations” industry, but how does it contrast to its competitors? We will compare ABVC BioPharma to related businesses based on the strength of its valuation, risk, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends and profitability.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
ABVC BioPharma	-1,607.06%	-477.58%	-121.75%
ABVC BioPharma Competitors	-2,315.73%	-325.78%	-32.96%

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares ABVC BioPharma and its competitors gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
ABVC BioPharma	$970,000.00	-$16.42 million	-0.28
ABVC BioPharma Competitors	$2.01 billion	$213.01 million	-5.37

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

Risk and Volatility

ABVC BioPharma has a beta of 0.32, meaning that its share price is 68% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ABVC BioPharma’s competitors have a beta of 0.95, meaning that their average share price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

24.7% of ABVC BioPharma shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 40.3% of shares of all “Pharmaceutical preparations” companies are owned by institutional investors. 39.0% of ABVC BioPharma shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 15.1% of shares of all “Pharmaceutical preparations” companies are owned by 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.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and recommmendations for ABVC BioPharma and its competitors, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
ABVC BioPharma	0	1	0	0	2.00
ABVC BioPharma Competitors	5021	16445	41406	773	2.60

As a group, “Pharmaceutical preparations” companies have a potential upside of 75.22%. Given ABVC BioPharma’s competitors stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe ABVC BioPharma has less favorable growth aspects than its competitors.

Summary

ABVC BioPharma competitors beat ABVC BioPharma on 10 of the 12 factors compared.

About ABVC BioPharma

ABVC BioPharma, Inc., a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company, develops drugs and medical devices to fulfill unmet medical needs in the United States. The company is developing ABV-1501, which is in Phase II clinical trials a combination therapy for triple negative breast cancer; ABV-1504 has completed Phase II clinical trials for major depressive disorders; ABV-1505, which is in Phase II clinical trials for adult attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; ABV-1703, which is in Phase II clinical trials for the treatment of metastatic pancreatic cancer; ABV-1702, which is in Phase II clinical trials to treat myelodysplastic syndromes; ABV-1601 that is in Phase I/II clinical trials for treating depression in cancer patients; ABV-1701 Vitargus that is in Phase II clinical trials for the treatment of retinal detachment or vitreous hemorrhage; and ABV-1519, which is in Phase I/II clinical trials for the treatment of non-small cell lung cancer. ABVC BioPharma, Inc. has a co-development agreement with Rgene Corporation; and collaboration agreements with BioHopeKing Corporation and BioFirst Corporation. The company is based in Fremont, California. ABVC BioPharma, Inc. is a subsidiary of YuanGene Corporation.