Reviewing Surrozen (NASDAQ:SRZN) and Acumen Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:ABOS)

Surrozen (NASDAQ:SRZN) and Acumen Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:ABOS) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk and institutional ownership.

Profitability

This table compares Surrozen and Acumen Pharmaceuticals’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Surrozen	N/A	-120.51%	-54.68%
Acumen Pharmaceuticals	N/A	-32.99%	-27.99%

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current recommendations for Surrozen and Acumen Pharmaceuticals, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Surrozen	0	0	2	0	3.00
Acumen Pharmaceuticals	0	0	2	1	3.33

Surrozen currently has a consensus target price of $38.50, indicating a potential upside of 209.24%. Acumen Pharmaceuticals has a consensus target price of $9.33, indicating a potential upside of 677.78%. Given Acumen Pharmaceuticals’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Acumen Pharmaceuticals is more favorable than Surrozen.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

66.6% of Surrozen shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 71.0% of Acumen Pharmaceuticals shares are owned by institutional investors. 43.5% of Surrozen shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 7.1% of Acumen Pharmaceuticals shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Risk and Volatility

Surrozen has a beta of 0.74, indicating that its share price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Acumen Pharmaceuticals has a beta of 0.02, indicating that its share price is 98% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Surrozen and Acumen Pharmaceuticals”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Surrozen	$10.00 million	4.05	-$43.04 million	N/A	N/A
Acumen Pharmaceuticals	N/A	N/A	-$52.37 million	($1.38)	-0.87

Surrozen has higher revenue and earnings than Acumen Pharmaceuticals.

Summary

Acumen Pharmaceuticals beats Surrozen on 6 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Surrozen

Surrozen, Inc., a clinical stage biotechnology company, discovers and develops drug candidates to selectively modulate the Wnt pathway for tissue repair. The company is developing antibody-based therapeutics which targets various disease areas, including diseases of the intestine, liver, retina, cornea, lung, kidney, cochlea, skin, pancreas, and central nervous system. Its products in pipeline include SZN-043, a hepatocyte-specific R-spondin mimetic bispecific fusion protein, which is in Phase 1b clinical trial for the treatment of severe liver diseases, including alcohol-associated hepatitis. The company develops SZN-413, a Fzd4 targeted bi-specific antibody for the treatment of retinal vascular associated diseases. Surrozen, Inc. has collaboration and license agreement with Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH to research, develop, and commercialize Fzd4 bi-specific antibodies. Surrozen, Inc. is based in South San Francisco, California.

About Acumen Pharmaceuticals

Acumen Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, develops targeted therapies for the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease. The company focuses on advancing a targeted immunotherapy drug candidate sabirnetug (ACU193), a recombinant humanized immunoglobulin gamma 2 that completed Phase I clinical trial to target soluble amyloid-beta oligomers. The company has a license agreement with Lonza Sales AG to manufacture and commercialize sabirnetug; and a collaboration and license agreement with Halozyme, Inc. for the development of a subcutaneous formulation of sabirnetug. Acumen Pharmaceuticals, Inc. was incorporated in 1996 and is headquartered in Charlottesville, Virginia.