Contrasting Alpha Cognition (ACOG) and Its Peers

Alpha Cognition (NASDAQ:ACOG) is one of 300 public companies in the “Biological products, except diagnostic” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its peers? We will compare Alpha Cognition to related businesses based on the strength of its valuation, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability and earnings.

Profitability

This table compares Alpha Cognition and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Alpha Cognition	N/A	N/A	-344.17%
Alpha Cognition Competitors	-2,185.76%	-161.46%	-40.62%

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings and recommmendations for Alpha Cognition and its peers, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Alpha Cognition	0	0	1	0	3.00
Alpha Cognition Competitors	1926	5386	13952	296	2.59

Alpha Cognition currently has a consensus price target of $20.00, indicating a potential upside of 312.37%. As a group, “Biological products, except diagnostic” companies have a potential upside of 116.76%. Given Alpha Cognition’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Alpha Cognition is more favorable than its peers.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Alpha Cognition and its peers gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Alpha Cognition	N/A	-$13.77 million	-1.89
Alpha Cognition Competitors	$574.62 million	-$70.96 million	0.12

Alpha Cognition’s peers have higher revenue, but lower earnings than Alpha Cognition. Alpha Cognition is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its peers, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Volatility and Risk

Alpha Cognition has a beta of 2.5, indicating that its stock price is 150% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Alpha Cognition’s peers have a beta of -3.86, indicating that their average stock price is 486% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

50.4% of shares of all “Biological products, except diagnostic” companies are held by institutional investors. 31.5% of Alpha Cognition shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 15.7% of shares of all “Biological products, except diagnostic” companies are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Alpha Cognition beats its peers on 8 of the 13 factors compared.

Alpha Cognition Company Profile

Alpha Cognition, Inc. is a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company that develops treatments for underserved neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s Dementia and Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis. The company was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.