Gossamer Bio (NASDAQ:GOSS) and Global Blood Therapeutics (NASDAQ:GBT) are both medical companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, earnings, risk, valuation and profitability.
Institutional and Insider Ownership
72.0% of Gossamer Bio shares are held by institutional investors. 23.3% of Gossamer Bio shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.3% of Global Blood Therapeutics shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Volatility & Risk
Gossamer Bio has a beta of 1.34, indicating that its share price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Global Blood Therapeutics has a beta of 1.39, indicating that its share price is 39% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Analyst Ratings
This is a breakdown of current recommendations for Gossamer Bio and Global Blood Therapeutics, as reported by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score |
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Gossamer Bio | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3.00 |
Global Blood Therapeutics | 0 | 5 | 14 | 0 | 2.74 |
Gossamer Bio presently has a consensus target price of $23.00, indicating a potential upside of 170.91%. Global Blood Therapeutics has a consensus target price of $90.3158, indicating a potential upside of 121.31%. Given Gossamer Bio's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Gossamer Bio is more favorable than Global Blood Therapeutics.
Profitability
This table compares Gossamer Bio and Global Blood Therapeutics' net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets |
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Gossamer Bio | N/A | -64.34% | -46.52% |
Global Blood Therapeutics | -332.94% | -56.43% | -39.32% |
Earnings & Valuation
This table compares Gossamer Bio and Global Blood Therapeutics' top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio |
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Gossamer Bio | N/A | N/A | $-180,310,000.00 | ($3.29) | -2.58 |
Global Blood Therapeutics | $2.11 million | 1,202.19 | $-266,770,000.00 | ($4.71) | -8.66 |
Gossamer Bio has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Global Blood Therapeutics. Global Blood Therapeutics is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Gossamer Bio, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Gossamer Bio beats Global Blood Therapeutics on 8 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.