Financial Contrast: OKYO Pharma (NASDAQ:OKYO) versus Genocea Biosciences (NASDAQ:GNCA)

OKYO Pharma (NASDAQ:OKYO) and Genocea Biosciences (NASDAQ:GNCA) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, institutional ownership and earnings.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares OKYO Pharma and Genocea Biosciences”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
OKYO Pharma	N/A	N/A	-$16.83 million	N/A	N/A
Genocea Biosciences	$1.91 million	0.00	-$33.20 million	($0.61)	N/A

OKYO Pharma has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Genocea Biosciences.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

3.0% of OKYO Pharma shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.6% of Genocea Biosciences shares are owned by institutional investors. 40.5% of OKYO Pharma shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.6% of Genocea Biosciences shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Volatility and Risk

OKYO Pharma has a beta of -0.19, suggesting that its share price is 119% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Genocea Biosciences has a beta of 1.61, suggesting that its share price is 61% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares OKYO Pharma and Genocea Biosciences’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
OKYO Pharma	N/A	N/A	N/A
Genocea Biosciences	N/A	-182.88%	-62.76%

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current recommendations and price targets for OKYO Pharma and Genocea Biosciences, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
OKYO Pharma	0	0	1	0	3.00
Genocea Biosciences	0	0	0	0	0.00

OKYO Pharma currently has a consensus target price of $7.00, suggesting a potential upside of 560.38%. Given OKYO Pharma’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe OKYO Pharma is more favorable than Genocea Biosciences.

Summary

OKYO Pharma beats Genocea Biosciences on 8 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

About OKYO Pharma

OKYO Pharma Limited, a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, engages in developing therapeutics for patients suffering from inflammatory eye diseases and ocular pain in the United Kingdom. Its lead preclinical product candidate is OK-101, which is in Phase II clinical trials for the treatment of dry eye disease. The company is also developing OK-201, a bovine adrenal medulla, lipidated-peptide preclinical analogue candidate for the treatment of neuropathic chronic pain. The company was incorporated in 2007 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

About Genocea Biosciences

Genocea Biosciences, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company, discovers and develops novel cancer immunotherapies. The company uses its proprietary discovery platform, ATLAS, which profiles each patient's CD4+ and CD8+ T cell immune responses to every target or antigen identified by next-generation sequencing of that patient's tumor. Its products include GEN-011, an adoptive T cell therapy, which is in Phase 1/2a clinical trials for the treatment of solid tumors; and GEN-009, a neoantigen vaccine candidate, which is in Phase 1/2a clinical trials that delivers adjuvanted synthetic long peptides spanning ATLAS-identified anti-tumor neoantigens. The company was incorporated in 2006 and is based in Cambridge, Massachusetts. On July 5, 2022, Genocea Biosciences, Inc. filed a voluntary petition for reorganization under Chapter 11 in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Massachusetts.