Critical Review: Perceptive Capital Solutions (PCSC) vs. Its Competitors

Perceptive Capital Solutions (NASDAQ:PCSC) is one of 89 public companies in the “UNCLASSIFIED” industry, but how does it compare to its rivals? We will compare Perceptive Capital Solutions to related businesses based on the strength of its dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, earnings, valuation and institutional ownership.

Risk and Volatility

Perceptive Capital Solutions has a beta of 0.01, indicating that its stock price is 99% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Perceptive Capital Solutions’ rivals have a beta of -0.08, indicating that their average stock price is 108% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Perceptive Capital Solutions and its rivals’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Perceptive Capital Solutions	N/A	-149.85%	3.61%
Perceptive Capital Solutions Competitors	0.86%	0.95%	0.80%

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Perceptive Capital Solutions and its rivals top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Perceptive Capital Solutions	N/A	$1.91 million	48.84
Perceptive Capital Solutions Competitors	$47.83 million	-$19.62 million	93.63

Perceptive Capital Solutions’ rivals have higher revenue, but lower earnings than Perceptive Capital Solutions. Perceptive Capital Solutions is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its rivals, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and recommmendations for Perceptive Capital Solutions and its rivals, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Perceptive Capital Solutions	1	0	0	0	1.00
Perceptive Capital Solutions Competitors	206	262	217	3	2.02

As a group, “UNCLASSIFIED” companies have a potential upside of 79.61%. Given Perceptive Capital Solutions’ rivals stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Perceptive Capital Solutions has less favorable growth aspects than its rivals.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

51.0% of shares of all “UNCLASSIFIED” companies are held by institutional investors. 42.7% of shares of all “UNCLASSIFIED” companies are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Perceptive Capital Solutions rivals beat Perceptive Capital Solutions on 10 of the 13 factors compared.

Perceptive Capital Solutions Company Profile

Perceptive Capital Solutions Corp is a blank check company. It formed for the purpose of entering into a combination with one or more businesses or entities. Perceptive Capital Solutions Corp is based in NEW YORK.