Contrasting Vor Biopharma (NASDAQ:VOR) & Inhibikase Therapeutics (NASDAQ:IKT)

Vor Biopharma (NASDAQ:VOR) and Inhibikase Therapeutics (NASDAQ:IKT) are both small-cap manufacturing companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability, valuation, risk and earnings.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

97.3% of Vor Biopharma shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 3.8% of Inhibikase Therapeutics shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of Vor Biopharma shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 7.3% of Inhibikase Therapeutics shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Volatility & Risk

Vor Biopharma has a beta of 2.07, meaning that its share price is 107% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Inhibikase Therapeutics has a beta of 0.89, meaning that its share price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings and target prices for Vor Biopharma and Inhibikase Therapeutics, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Vor Biopharma	2	3	5	1	2.45
Inhibikase Therapeutics	1	0	0	0	1.00

Vor Biopharma presently has a consensus price target of $76.50, indicating a potential upside of 217.30%. Given Vor Biopharma’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Vor Biopharma is more favorable than Inhibikase Therapeutics.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Vor Biopharma and Inhibikase Therapeutics”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Vor Biopharma	N/A	N/A	N/A	($273.20)	-0.09
Inhibikase Therapeutics	N/A	N/A	-$27.52 million	($0.91)	-1.62

Inhibikase Therapeutics is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Vor Biopharma, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Profitability

This table compares Vor Biopharma and Inhibikase Therapeutics’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Vor Biopharma	N/A	N/A	N/A
Inhibikase Therapeutics	N/A	-63.82%	-58.03%

Summary

Vor Biopharma beats Inhibikase Therapeutics on 9 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Vor Biopharma

Vor Biopharma, Inc., a clinical-stage company, develops engineered hematopoietic stem cell (eHSC) therapies for cancer patients. It is developing VOR33, an eHSC product candidate that is in phase 1/2 to treat acute myeloid leukemia (AML) and other hematological malignancies. The company’s VOR33 eHSCs lacks CD33, a protein that is expressed by AML blood cancer cells. The company’s eHSCs targeted therapies, such as CAR-Ts, bispecific antibodies, and antibody-drug conjugates provide treatment for blood cancers. Vor Biopharma, Inc. has a collaboration agreement with Akron BioProducts to develop and manufacture cGMP nucleases. The company was incorporated in 2015 and is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

About Inhibikase Therapeutics

Inhibikase Therapeutics, Inc., a clinical stage pharmaceutical company, develops therapeutics for Parkinson’s Disease (PD) and related disorders that arise inside and outside of the brain. The company’s product candidates include IkT-148009, a small molecule Abelson tyrosine kinase inhibitor for use in the treatment of PD, as well as gastrointestinal complications that arise as early symptoms of PD, such as swallowing, dysphagia, neurogenic constipation, and multiple system atrophy; and IkT-001Pro, a prodrug of the anti-cancer agent Imatinib that is in preclinical development to minimize gastrointestinal side effects and for the treatment of blood and stomach cancers. It is also involved in developing various research programs for other neurological diseases. The company has research and development collaborations with The Johns Hopkins University, Arizona State University, and Michigan State University, as well as Louisiana State University. Inhibikase Therapeutics, Inc. was founded in 2008 and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.