Head-To-Head Survey: PaxMedica (NASDAQ:PXMD) and ProMetic Life Sciences (OTCMKTS:PFSCF)

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares PaxMedica and ProMetic Life Sciences”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
PaxMedica	N/A	N/A	-$18.29 million	($6.09)	0.00
ProMetic Life Sciences	$36.55 million	3.49	-$150.73 million	N/A	N/A

PaxMedica has higher earnings, but lower revenue than ProMetic Life Sciences.

Profitability

This table compares PaxMedica and ProMetic Life Sciences’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
PaxMedica	N/A	-3,167.89%	-560.35%
ProMetic Life Sciences	-894.02%	-3,350.55%	-67.76%

Institutional & Insider Ownership

4.9% of PaxMedica shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.1% of ProMetic Life Sciences shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of PaxMedica shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Volatility & Risk

PaxMedica has a beta of -0.99, indicating that its stock price is 199% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ProMetic Life Sciences has a beta of 2.46, indicating that its stock price is 146% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

PaxMedica beats ProMetic Life Sciences on 5 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.

About PaxMedica

PaxMedica, Inc., a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company, focuses on the development of anti-purinergic drug therapies for the treatment of disorders with intractable neurologic symptoms. Its lead product candidate is PAX-101 that is in Phase 3 clinical trials, an intravenous formulation of suramin for the treatment of autism spectrum disorder, myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome, long COVID-19 syndrome, fragile X syndrome, human African trypanosomiasis (HAT), and fragile X-associated tremor/ataxia syndrome. The company is developing PAX-102, an intranasal formulation of suramin for neurologic indications, as well as other new chemical entities that are targeted and selective antagonists of purine receptor subtypes; and PAX-HAT-301 for the treatment of HAT. It has a research collaboration agreement with PolarMar Health for Phase II clinical trial in austism spectrum disorder for emodin, which retains the rights for PolarMar to develop and commercialize any non-prescription supplement form of the product, and for PaxMedica, Inc. to retain exclusive rights to develop and commercialize a highly purified form of emodin. The company was formerly known as Purinix Pharmaceuticals LLC and changed its name to PaxMedica, Inc. in April 2020. PaxMedica, Inc. was incorporated in 2018 and is based in Tarrytown, New York.

About ProMetic Life Sciences

Prometic Life Sciences Inc. operates as a biopharmaceutical company with two drug discovery platforms that focuses on unmet medical needs in the field of fibrosis and orphan diseases. Its product pipeline includes PBI-4050, an orally active lead drug candidate for fibrosis; plasminogen, a biopharmaceutical for the treatment of congenital plasminogen deficiency; and intravenous immunoglobulin, a preparation of antibodies purified from plasma donations from healthy individuals. The company was founded in 1992 and is based in Laval, Canada.