Atyr PHARMA (ATYR) vs. Its Peers Financial Comparison

Atyr PHARMA (NASDAQ:ATYR) is one of 285 publicly-traded companies in the “Biological products, except diagnostic” industry, but how does it contrast to its peers? We will compare Atyr PHARMA to related businesses based on the strength of its institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, dividends, valuation and earnings.

Profitability

This table compares Atyr PHARMA and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Atyr PHARMA	N/A	-65.35%	-49.81%
Atyr PHARMA Competitors	-4,911.69%	-198.97%	-43.98%

Risk & Volatility

Atyr PHARMA has a beta of 1.22, indicating that its share price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Atyr PHARMA’s peers have a beta of 1.00, indicating that their average share price is 0% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

61.7% of Atyr PHARMA shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 50.5% of shares of all “Biological products, except diagnostic” companies are held by institutional investors. 3.7% of Atyr PHARMA shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 15.9% of shares of all “Biological products, except diagnostic” companies are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Atyr PHARMA and its peers gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Atyr PHARMA	$588,000.00	-$50.39 million	-1.93
Atyr PHARMA Competitors	$545.60 million	-$37.69 million	-24.22

Atyr PHARMA’s peers have higher revenue and earnings than Atyr PHARMA. Atyr PHARMA is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its peers, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings for Atyr PHARMA and its peers, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Atyr PHARMA	0	0	3	0	3.00
Atyr PHARMA Competitors	1592	4787	12351	238	2.59

Atyr PHARMA presently has a consensus price target of $20.00, suggesting a potential upside of 1,049.43%. As a group, “Biological products, except diagnostic” companies have a potential upside of 63.64%. Given Atyr PHARMA’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Atyr PHARMA is more favorable than its peers.

Summary

Atyr PHARMA beats its peers on 8 of the 13 factors compared.

About Atyr PHARMA

aTyr Pharma, Inc., a biotherapeutics company, engages in the discovery and development of medicines based on novel immunological pathways in the United States. Its lead therapeutic candidate is efzofitimod, a selective modulator of NRP2 that is in Phase III clinical trial for pulmonary sarcoidosis; and in Phase 1b/2a clinical trial for treatment of other interstitial lung diseases (ILDs), such as chronic hypersensitivity pneumonitis and connective tissue disease related ILD. The company is developing ATYR0101, a fusion protein derived from a domain of aspartyl-tRNA synthetase that is in preclinical development for the treatment of fibrosis; and ATYR0750, a domain of alanyl-tRNA synthetase for the treatment of liver disorders. It has collaboration and license agreement with Kyorin Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. for the development and commercialization of efzofitimod for ILDs in Japan. aTyr Pharma, Inc. was incorporated in 2005 and is headquartered in San Diego, California.