Unicycive Therapeutics (NASDAQ:UNCY – Get Free Report) and Imunon (NASDAQ:IMNN – Get Free Report) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, risk and dividends.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a breakdown of recent ratings for Unicycive Therapeutics and Imunon, as reported by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Unicycive Therapeutics | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3.20 |
| Imunon | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3.33 |
Unicycive Therapeutics currently has a consensus target price of $5.50, suggesting a potential upside of 937.34%. Imunon has a consensus target price of $20.50, suggesting a potential upside of 2,176.26%. Given Imunon’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Imunon is more favorable than Unicycive Therapeutics.
Valuation & Earnings
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Unicycive Therapeutics | $680,000.00 | 80.93 | -$30.54 million | ($0.97) | -0.55 |
| Imunon | $500,000.00 | 26.12 | -$19.51 million | ($1.89) | -0.48 |
Imunon has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Unicycive Therapeutics. Unicycive Therapeutics is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Imunon, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Profitability
This table compares Unicycive Therapeutics and Imunon’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Unicycive Therapeutics | N/A | N/A | -29.88% |
| Imunon | N/A | -230.05% | -128.98% |
Insider and Institutional Ownership
40.4% of Unicycive Therapeutics shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 4.5% of Imunon shares are held by institutional investors. 24.1% of Unicycive Therapeutics shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.0% of Imunon shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Risk & Volatility
Unicycive Therapeutics has a beta of 2.3, suggesting that its share price is 130% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Imunon has a beta of 2.04, suggesting that its share price is 104% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Unicycive Therapeutics beats Imunon on 9 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Unicycive Therapeutics
Unicycive Therapeutics, Inc., a biotechnology company, engages in developing novel therapies for kidney diseases in the United States. It is developing Renazorb for treatment of hyperphosphatemia in patients with chronic kidney disease on dialysis; and UNI 494, which is in Phase 1 clinical trials for treatment of acute kidney injury. The company was incorporated in 2016 and is based in Los Altos, California.
About Imunon
Imunon, Inc., a clinical-stage biotechnology company, engages in the development of immunotherapies and vaccines to treat cancer and infectious diseases. The company’s lead clinical program IMNN-001, a DNA-based immunotherapy for the localized treatment of ovarian cancer that is in Phase II clinical development. Its preclinical stage products include IMNN-101, a COVID-19 booster vaccine; IMNN-102 for the treatment of Lassa virus; and IMNN-201, a Trp2 tumor associated antigen cancer vaccine in melanoma. In addition, the company develops non-viral DNA technology across four modalities, such as TheraPlas for the coding of proteins and cytokines in the treatment of solid tumors; PlaCCine for the coding of viral antigens that can elicit a strong immunological response; FixPlas for the application of Imunon’s DNA technology to produce universal cancer vaccines; and IndiPlas, which is in the discovery phase for the development of personalized cancer vaccines or neoepitope cancer vaccines. Imunon, Inc. was formerly known as Celsion Corporation and changed its name to Imunon, Inc. in September 2022. The company was founded in 1982 and is headquartered in Lawrenceville, New Jersey.
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