Krystal Biotech (NASDAQ:KRYS – Get Free Report) and Avalon GloboCare (NASDAQ:ALBT – Get Free Report) are both medical companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership and valuation.
Volatility and Risk
Krystal Biotech has a beta of 0.8, meaning that its share price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Avalon GloboCare has a beta of 0.27, meaning that its share price is 73% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Valuation & Earnings
This table compares Krystal Biotech and Avalon GloboCare”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Krystal Biotech | $241.52 million | 18.97 | $10.93 million | $1.77 | 89.99 |
| Avalon GloboCare | $1.31 million | 2.75 | -$16.71 million | ($19.96) | -0.16 |
Profitability
This table compares Krystal Biotech and Avalon GloboCare’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Krystal Biotech | 21.68% | 7.54% | 6.97% |
| Avalon GloboCare | -1,125.59% | N/A | -73.69% |
Analyst Ratings
This is a breakdown of recent recommendations for Krystal Biotech and Avalon GloboCare, as reported by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Krystal Biotech | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 3.00 |
| Avalon GloboCare | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
Krystal Biotech currently has a consensus target price of $206.67, indicating a potential upside of 29.74%. Given Krystal Biotech’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Krystal Biotech is more favorable than Avalon GloboCare.
Insider & Institutional Ownership
86.3% of Krystal Biotech shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 1.4% of Avalon GloboCare shares are held by institutional investors. 14.1% of Krystal Biotech shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 37.3% of Avalon GloboCare shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Krystal Biotech beats Avalon GloboCare on 14 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Krystal Biotech
Krystal Biotech, Inc., a commercial-stage biotechnology company, discovers, develops, and commercializes genetic medicines for patients with rare diseases in the United States. It commercializes VYJUVEK (beremagene geperpavec-svdt, or B-VEC) for the treatment of dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa (DEB). The company also develops KB105, which is in Phase 1/2 clinical trials for treating patients with deficient autosomal recessive congenital ichthyosis; KB104 for treating netherton syndrome; KB407 that is in Phase 1 clinical trials for treating cystic fibrosis; KB707 that is in Phase 1 clinical trials for the treatment of anti-PD-1 relapsed/refractory; KB408, which is in Phase 1 clinical trials for treating Alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency; and KB301 that is in Phase 2 clinical trials for treating aesthetic skin conditions, as well as in open label study with ophthalmic B-VEC for treating for ocular complications of deb. Krystal Biotech, Inc. was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
About Avalon GloboCare
Avalon GloboCare Corp., together with its subsidiaries, owns and operates commercial real estate properties in the United States and China. The company develops and delivers transformative cellular therapeutics, precision diagnostics, and clinical laboratory services. Its leading candidates are AVA-001, an anti-CD19 CAR-T, which has completed first-in-human clinical trial for relapsed/refractory (R/R) B-cell lymphoblastic leukemia; and AVA-011 that has completed pre-clinical laboratory studies and undergoing IND-enabling process development stage to generate cGMP-grade AVA-011 CAR-T cells. It is also developing mRNA-based Flash-CAR cell therapy platform. In addition, the company develops Avalon clinical-grade tissue-specific exosome (ACTEX); AVA-Trap, a therapeutic program provides an effective therapeutic option to combat COVID-19 and other life-threatening conditions involving cytokine storms; offers therapeutic and diagnostic targets utilizing QTY-code protein design technology with Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), including using the QTY code protein design technology for development of a hemofiltration device to treat Cytokine Storm; and provides co-development of next generation, transposon-based, multi-target CAR-T, CAR-NK, and other immune effector cell therapeutic modalities with Arbele Limited. Avalon GloboCare Corp. has strategic partnership with HydroPeptide, LLC to engage in co-development and commercialization of a series of clinical-grade, exosome-based cosmeceutical, and orthopedic products; and corporate research agreement with the University of Pittsburgh of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education. The company was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in Freehold, New Jersey.
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