Trevi Therapeutics (NASDAQ:TRVI – Get Free Report) and Pliant Therapeutics (NASDAQ:PLRX – Get Free Report) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, risk and profitability.
Analyst Ratings
This is a summary of current ratings and price targets for Trevi Therapeutics and Pliant Therapeutics, as reported by MarketBeat.
Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
Trevi Therapeutics | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3.00 |
Pliant Therapeutics | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 3.00 |
Trevi Therapeutics currently has a consensus target price of $8.50, suggesting a potential upside of 198.25%. Pliant Therapeutics has a consensus target price of $49.00, suggesting a potential upside of 291.37%. Given Pliant Therapeutics’ higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Pliant Therapeutics is more favorable than Trevi Therapeutics.
Risk & Volatility
Valuation & Earnings
This table compares Trevi Therapeutics and Pliant Therapeutics’ revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
Trevi Therapeutics | N/A | N/A | -$29.07 million | ($0.29) | -9.83 |
Pliant Therapeutics | $1.58 million | 477.34 | -$161.34 million | ($2.79) | -4.49 |
Trevi Therapeutics has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Pliant Therapeutics. Trevi Therapeutics is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Pliant Therapeutics, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Profitability
This table compares Trevi Therapeutics and Pliant Therapeutics’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
Trevi Therapeutics | N/A | -31.51% | -28.89% |
Pliant Therapeutics | N/A | -31.15% | -29.00% |
Institutional and Insider Ownership
95.8% of Trevi Therapeutics shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.3% of Pliant Therapeutics shares are owned by institutional investors. 27.5% of Trevi Therapeutics shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 5.6% of Pliant Therapeutics shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Pliant Therapeutics beats Trevi Therapeutics on 7 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Trevi Therapeutics
Trevi Therapeutics, Inc., a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, focuses on the development and commercialization of therapy Haduvio for the treatment of chronic cough in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) and refractory chronic cough (RCC) conditions targeting the central and peripheral nervous systems. The company is developing Haduvio, an oral extended-release formulation of nalbuphine, which is in phase 2b Cough Reduction in IPF with nalbuphine ER (CORAL) clinical trial for treatment of chronic cough in patients with IPF; phase 2a Refractory Chronic Cough Improvement Via NAL ER (RIVER) clinical trial for reducing chronic cough in RCC patients; phase 2 clinical trial in patients with pruritus; phase 2b/3 clinical trial in patients with prurigo nodularis. It has a license agreement with Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. to develop and commercialize products incorporating nalbuphine hydrochloride in any formulation. The company was incorporated in 2011 and is headquartered in New Haven, Connecticut.
About Pliant Therapeutics
Pliant Therapeutics, Inc., a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company, discovers, develops, and commercializes novel therapies for the treatment of fibrosis and related diseases in the United States. The company's lead candidate is bexotegrast, an oral, small-molecule, dual selective inhibitor of avß6 and avß1 integrins, which is in phase 2b trials for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and in phase 2a trial for primary sclerosing cholangitis. It also develops PLN-1474, an oral, small-molecule selective inhibitor of avß1 for the treatment of liver fibrosis associated with nonalcoholic steatohepatitis; PLN-101095, a dual inhibitor of integrins avß8 and avß1 for the treatment of solid tumors; and PLN-101325 for treatment of muscular dystrophies. Pliant Therapeutics, Inc. was incorporated in 2015 and is based in South San Francisco, California.
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