Leap Therapeutics (LPTX) & The Competition Head-To-Head Review

Leap Therapeutics (NASDAQ:LPTX) is one of 451 publicly-traded companies in the “Pharmaceutical Preparations” industry, but how does it contrast to its peers? We will compare Leap Therapeutics to related companies based on the strength of its valuation, profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends, risk and institutional ownership.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

30.5% of Leap Therapeutics shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 39.5% of shares of all “Pharmaceutical Preparations” companies are held by institutional investors. 4.3% of Leap Therapeutics shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 14.2% of shares of all “Pharmaceutical Preparations” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Leap Therapeutics and its peers gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Leap Therapeutics	N/A	-$67.56 million	-1.68
Leap Therapeutics Competitors	$434.13 million	-$68.27 million	-10.73

Leap Therapeutics’ peers have higher revenue, but lower earnings than Leap Therapeutics. Leap Therapeutics 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.

Volatility and Risk

Leap Therapeutics has a beta of -0.06, indicating that its stock price is 106% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Leap Therapeutics’ peers have a beta of 11.33, indicating that their average stock price is 1,033% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current recommendations and price targets for Leap Therapeutics and its peers, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Leap Therapeutics	1	0	0	0	1.00
Leap Therapeutics Competitors	4851	9973	15983	376	2.38

As a group, “Pharmaceutical Preparations” companies have a potential upside of 118.00%. Given Leap Therapeutics’ peers stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Leap Therapeutics has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Profitability

This table compares Leap Therapeutics and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Leap Therapeutics	N/A	-247.44%	-146.51%
Leap Therapeutics Competitors	-2,626.20%	-359.54%	-43.35%

Summary

Leap Therapeutics peers beat Leap Therapeutics on 9 of the 13 factors compared.

About Leap Therapeutics

Leap Therapeutics, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company, acquires and develops therapies for the treatment of cancer. Its lead clinical stage programs include DKN-01, a monoclonal antibody that inhibits Dickkopf-related protein 1, which is in multiple ongoing clinical trials for treating esophagogastric, hepatobiliary, gynecologic, and prostate cancers. Leap Therapeutics, Inc. has an option and license agreement with BeiGene, Ltd. to develop and commercialize DKN-01 in Asia (excluding Japan), Australia, and New Zealand. The company was formerly known as HealthCare Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and changed its name to Leap Therapeutics, Inc. in November 2015. Leap Therapeutics, Inc. was incorporated in 2011 and is based in Cambridge, Massachusetts.