Analyzing Liminatus Pharma (NASDAQ:LIMN) and Vor Biopharma (NASDAQ:VOR)

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

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations and price targets for Liminatus Pharma and Vor Biopharma, as provided by MarketBeat.

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

Vor Biopharma has a consensus target price of $76.50, indicating a potential upside of 241.37%. Given Vor Biopharma’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Vor Biopharma is more favorable than Liminatus Pharma.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

97.3% of Vor Biopharma shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of Vor Biopharma shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares Liminatus Pharma and Vor Biopharma’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Liminatus Pharma	N/A	N/A	N/A
Vor Biopharma	N/A	N/A	N/A

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Liminatus Pharma and Vor Biopharma”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Liminatus Pharma	N/A	N/A	N/A	($0.05)	-26.40
Vor Biopharma	N/A	N/A	N/A	($273.20)	-0.08

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

Summary

Vor Biopharma beats Liminatus Pharma on 7 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Liminatus Pharma

Liminatus Pharma, Inc. is a pre-clinical-stage immuno-oncology company, which engages in developing novel, immune-modulating cancer therapies. The company was founded on November 1, 2020 and is headquartered in La Palma, CA.

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.