Humacyte (NASDAQ:HUMAW) versus Hyperion DeFi (NASDAQ:HYPD) Critical Contrast

Hyperion DeFi (NASDAQ:HYPD) and Humacyte (NASDAQ:HUMAW) are both medical companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, dividends, earnings, valuation and risk.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Hyperion DeFi and Humacyte”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Hyperion DeFi	$345,319.00	91.12	-$49.82 million	($4.04)	-0.95
Humacyte	$1.57 million	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Humacyte has higher revenue and earnings than Hyperion DeFi.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

25.8% of Hyperion DeFi shares are owned by institutional investors. 10.9% of Hyperion DeFi shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current recommendations and price targets for Hyperion DeFi and Humacyte, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Hyperion DeFi	1	2	2	0	2.20
Humacyte	0	0	0	0	0.00

Hyperion DeFi currently has a consensus price target of $4.58, indicating a potential upside of 19.05%. Given Hyperion DeFi’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Hyperion DeFi is more favorable than Humacyte.

Profitability

This table compares Hyperion DeFi and Humacyte’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Hyperion DeFi	N/A	-119.59%	-68.88%
Humacyte	N/A	N/A	N/A

Summary

Hyperion DeFi beats Humacyte on 5 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Hyperion DeFi

Eyenovia, Inc., an ophthalmic technology company, engages in the development of therapeutics based on its proprietary microdose array print platform technology. The company's product candidates include MicroPine, which is in Phase III clinical development program with indications for pediatric myopia progression (near-sightedness); MicroLine, which is in Phase III clinical development program with indications for the improvement in near vision in people with presbyopia; and Mydcombi, which is in Phase III clinical development program with indications for pharmaceutical mydriasis. It has a license agreement with Bausch Health Ireland Limited to develop and commercialize MicroPine in the United States and Canada; a license agreement with Arctic Vision (Hong Kong) Limited to develop and commercialize MicroPine, MicroLine, and Mydcombi in China and South Korea; and Senju Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. to develop and commercialize MicroPine, MicroLine, and Mydcombi. The company was formerly known as PGP Holdings V, Inc. and changed its name to Eyenovia, Inc. in May 2014. Eyenovia, Inc. was incorporated in 2014 and is based in New York, New York.

About Humacyte

Humacyte, Inc. engages in the development and manufacture of off-the-shelf, implantable, and bioengineered human tissues for the treatment of diseases and conditions across a range of anatomic locations in multiple therapeutic areas. The company using its proprietary and scientific technology platform to engineer and manufacture human acellular vessels (HAVs) to be implanted into patient without inducing a foreign body response or leading to immune rejection. It is developing a portfolio of HAVs, which would target the vascular repair, reconstruction, and replacement market, including vascular trauma; arteriovenous access for hemodialysis; peripheral arterial disease; pediatric heart surgery; and coronary artery bypass grafting, as well as for the delivery of cellular therapy, including pancreatic islet cell transplantation to treat Type 1 diabetes. The company was founded in 2004 and is headquartered in Durham, North Carolina.