Financial Analysis: PharmaCyte Biotech (OTCMKTS:PMCBD) vs. INmune Bio (NASDAQ:INMB)

INmune Bio (NASDAQ:INMB) and PharmaCyte Biotech (OTCMKTS:PMCBD) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership and profitability.

Profitability

This table compares INmune Bio and PharmaCyte Biotech’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
INmune Bio	-26,333.59%	-103.41%	-67.99%
PharmaCyte Biotech	N/A	-49.09%	-43.39%

Volatility and Risk

INmune Bio has a beta of 1.93, meaning that its stock price is 93% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PharmaCyte Biotech has a beta of 0.27, meaning that its stock price is 73% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

12.7% of INmune Bio shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.0% of PharmaCyte Biotech shares are owned by institutional investors. 35.2% of INmune Bio shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares INmune Bio and PharmaCyte Biotech’s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
INmune Bio	$85,000.00	1,617.47	-$30.01 million	($1.92)	-3.62
PharmaCyte Biotech	N/A	N/A	-$3.83 million	N/A	N/A

PharmaCyte Biotech has lower revenue, but higher earnings than INmune Bio.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings for INmune Bio and PharmaCyte Biotech, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
INmune Bio	0	0	1	0	3.00
PharmaCyte Biotech	0	0	0	0	N/A

INmune Bio presently has a consensus target price of $22.00, indicating a potential upside of 216.55%. Given INmune Bio’s higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe INmune Bio is more favorable than PharmaCyte Biotech.

Summary

INmune Bio beats PharmaCyte Biotech on 6 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

About INmune Bio

INmune Bio, Inc., a clinical-stage immunology company, focuses on developing drugs to reprogram the patients innate immune system to treat disease in the United States. It intends to develop and commercialize product candidates to treat hematologic malignancies, solid tumors, and chronic inflammation. The company's development programs include INKmune, which is in Phase 1 for the treatment of patients with high-risk myelodysplastic syndrome; and INB03, a mucinous polyglucan on the surface of some epithelial cancer cells that appears to predict resistant to immunotherapy, including women with MUC4 expressing HER2+ breast cancer and other MUC4 resistant cancers. It also provides XPro1595 for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease and treatment resistant depression. It has license agreements with Xencor, Inc.; Immune Ventures, LLC; and University of Pittsburg. INmune Bio, Inc. was incorporated in 2015 and is headquartered in Boca Raton, Florida.

About PharmaCyte Biotech

PharmaCyte Biotech, Inc. is a clinical stage biotechnology company, which engages in the development and commercialization of treatments for cancer and diabetes. It focuses on a proprietary cellulose-based live cell encapsulation technology called Cell-in-a-Box, which will be used as a platform for the development of treatments for inoperable pancreatic cancer and other solid cancerous tumors, and diabetes. The company was founded on October 28, 1996 and is headquartered in Laguna Hills, CA.