Financial Survey: Tenaya Therapeutics (NASDAQ:TNYA) and Big Cypress Acquisition (OTCMKTS:BCYP)

Tenaya Therapeutics (NASDAQ:TNYA) and Big Cypress Acquisition (OTCMKTS:BCYP) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, dividends, valuation and earnings.

Profitability

This table compares Tenaya Therapeutics and Big Cypress Acquisition’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Tenaya Therapeutics	N/A	-86.17%	-71.14%
Big Cypress Acquisition	N/A	N/A	N/A

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Tenaya Therapeutics and Big Cypress Acquisition”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Tenaya Therapeutics	N/A	N/A	-$124.08 million	($1.44)	-1.16
Big Cypress Acquisition	N/A	N/A	-$10,000.00	N/A	N/A

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings for Tenaya Therapeutics and Big Cypress Acquisition, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Tenaya Therapeutics	0	0	6	0	3.00
Big Cypress Acquisition	0	0	0	0	0.00

Tenaya Therapeutics presently has a consensus target price of $17.33, suggesting a potential upside of 937.92%. Given Tenaya Therapeutics’ stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Tenaya Therapeutics is more favorable than Big Cypress Acquisition.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

90.5% of Tenaya Therapeutics shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 60.2% of Big Cypress Acquisition shares are held by institutional investors. 32.8% of Tenaya Therapeutics shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Tenaya Therapeutics beats Big Cypress Acquisition on 5 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Tenaya Therapeutics

Tenaya Therapeutics, Inc., a biotechnology company, discovers, develops, and delivers therapies for heart disease in the United States. It develops its products through gene editing, cellular regeneration, and gene addition. The company is developing TN-201, a gene therapy for myosin binding protein C3-associated hypertrophic cardiomyopathy which is in phase 1 clinical trial; TN-301, a small molecule for heart failure with preserved ejection fraction which is in phase 1 clinical trial; and TN-401, a gene therapy for plakophilin 2-associated arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy which is in preclinical stage. It also develops an adeno-associated virus-based gene therapy designed to deliver the dworf gene for patient with dilated cardiomyopathy; and reprogramming program for heart failure due to prior myocardial infarction. Tenaya Therapeutics, Inc. was incorporated in 2016 and is headquartered in South San Francisco, California.

About Big Cypress Acquisition

Big Cypress Acquisition Corp. does not have significant operations. The company intends to acquire assets and businesses through a merger, capital stock exchange, stock purchase, reorganization, or similar business combination. It primarily focuses in the life science sector. The company was incorporated in 2020 and is based in Miami Beach, Florida.