FibroGen (NASDAQ:FGEN) and Praxsyn (OTCMKTS:PXYN) Head to Head Comparison

Praxsyn (OTCMKTS:PXYN) and FibroGen (NASDAQ:FGEN) are both medical companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends and valuation.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

72.7% of FibroGen shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.1% of FibroGen shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and recommmendations for Praxsyn and FibroGen, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Praxsyn	0	0	0	0	0.00
FibroGen	1	1	1	0	2.00

FibroGen has a consensus target price of $43.00, suggesting a potential upside of 383.15%. Given FibroGen’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe FibroGen is more favorable than Praxsyn.

Profitability

This table compares Praxsyn and FibroGen’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Praxsyn	N/A	N/A	N/A
FibroGen	2,598.55%	N/A	-26.27%

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Praxsyn and FibroGen”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Praxsyn	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
FibroGen	$29.62 million	1.22	-$47.58 million	$53.48	0.17

Praxsyn has higher earnings, but lower revenue than FibroGen.

Risk & Volatility

Praxsyn has a beta of 1.72, meaning that its stock price is 72% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, FibroGen has a beta of 0.74, meaning that its stock price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

FibroGen beats Praxsyn on 7 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Praxsyn

Praxsyn Corporation, a health care company, provides medical practitioners with medications and services for their patients. It formulates non-narcotic and non-habit forming medications using therapeutic and preventative agents in the forms of transdermal creams, patches, and oral capsules for pain management, erectile dysfunction, and metabolic therapies. Praxsyn Corporation provides its products to patients covered under the California workers’ compensation system, as well as preferred provider contracts. The company was formerly known as The PAWS Pet Company, Inc. and changed its name to Praxsyn Corporation in March 2014. Praxsyn Corporation was founded in 2005 and is headquartered in Las Vegas, Nevada.

About FibroGen

FibroGen, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company, discovers, develops, and commercializes therapeutics to treat serious unmet medical needs. Its lead product candidates are Pamrevlumab, a human monoclonal antibody targeting connective tissue growth factor that is in Phase III clinical development for the treatment of locally advanced pancreatic cancer; and Roxadustat, an oral small molecule inhibitor of hypoxia-inducible factor prolyl hydroxylase activity, which has completed Phase III clinical development for the treatment of anemia in chronic kidney disease in China, Europe, Japan, and other countries, as well as in Phase III clinical development for anemia related with myelodysplastic syndromes. The company has collaboration agreements with Astellas Pharma Inc. and AstraZeneca AB. FibroGen, Inc. was incorporated in 1993 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.