Critical Review: Cosmos Health (NASDAQ:COSM) and NewAmsterdam Pharma (NASDAQ:NAMS)

Cosmos Health (NASDAQ:COSMGet Free Report) and NewAmsterdam Pharma (NASDAQ:NAMSGet Free Report) are both medical companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, earnings, valuation, profitability, analyst recommendations and dividends.

Profitability

This table compares Cosmos Health and NewAmsterdam Pharma’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Cosmos Health -30.41% -52.85% -17.87%
NewAmsterdam Pharma -943.23% -26.49% -24.37%

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings and target prices for Cosmos Health and NewAmsterdam Pharma, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Cosmos Health 1 0 0 0 1.00
NewAmsterdam Pharma 1 1 9 1 2.83

NewAmsterdam Pharma has a consensus price target of $49.00, indicating a potential upside of 40.68%. Given NewAmsterdam Pharma’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe NewAmsterdam Pharma is more favorable than Cosmos Health.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Cosmos Health and NewAmsterdam Pharma”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

Gross Revenue Price/Sales Ratio Net Income Earnings Per Share Price/Earnings Ratio
Cosmos Health $65.27 million 0.23 -$19.15 million ($0.64) -0.37
NewAmsterdam Pharma $22.50 million 180.96 -$203.82 million ($1.79) -19.46

Cosmos Health has higher revenue and earnings than NewAmsterdam Pharma. NewAmsterdam Pharma is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cosmos Health, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

12.6% of Cosmos Health shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.9% of NewAmsterdam Pharma shares are held by institutional investors. 26.2% of Cosmos Health shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 12.7% of NewAmsterdam Pharma shares are held 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.

Risk and Volatility

Cosmos Health has a beta of 4.83, meaning that its share price is 383% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NewAmsterdam Pharma has a beta of 0.08, meaning that its share price is 92% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Cosmos Health beats NewAmsterdam Pharma on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Cosmos Health

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Cosmos Health Inc. manufactures, develops, and trades branded nutraceutical products in Greece, the United Kingdom, Croatia, Bulgaria, Cayman Islands, and Cyprus. It offers medicines, OTC medicines, nutraceutical products, vitamins, minerals and dietary, health care products, medical devices, baby products, and others under the Sky Premium Life and Mediterranation brand names. The company serves wholesale distributors and other healthcare providers, such as clinics, government agencies, independent retail and specialty pharmacies and independent specialty distributors. It sells its products through independent wholesale distributors. Cosmos Health Inc. was incorporated in 2009 and is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.

About NewAmsterdam Pharma

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NewAmsterdam Pharma Company N.V., a late-stage biopharmaceutical company, develops therapies to enhance patient care in populations with metabolic disease. It is developing obicetrapib, an oral low-dose cholesteryl ester transfer protein (CETP) inhibitor, that is in various clinical trials as a monotherapy and a combination therapy with ezetimibe for lowering LDL-C for cardiovascular diseases. The company also develops Obicetrapib which is in Phase 2a clinical trial for Alzheimer’s disease. NewAmsterdam Pharma Company N.V. is headquartered in Naarden, the Netherlands.

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