Reviewing Eiger BioPharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:EIGR) & XOMA (NASDAQ:XOMAP)

XOMA (NASDAQ:XOMAP) and Eiger BioPharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:EIGR) are both medical companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends and profitability.

Profitability

This table compares XOMA and Eiger BioPharmaceuticals’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
XOMA	N/A	N/A	N/A
Eiger BioPharmaceuticals	-590.80%	-332.49%	-99.77%

Insider & Institutional Ownership

62.5% of Eiger BioPharmaceuticals shares are held by institutional investors. 4.2% of Eiger BioPharmaceuticals shares are held 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 Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations for XOMA and Eiger BioPharmaceuticals, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
XOMA	0	0	0	0	N/A
Eiger BioPharmaceuticals	0	0	2	0	3.00

Eiger BioPharmaceuticals has a consensus price target of $120.00, suggesting a potential upside of 6,856.52%. Given Eiger BioPharmaceuticals’ higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Eiger BioPharmaceuticals is more favorable than XOMA.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares XOMA and Eiger BioPharmaceuticals’ top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
XOMA	$4.76 million	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Eiger BioPharmaceuticals	$15.77 million	0.16	-$96.78 million	($59.16)	-0.03

XOMA has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Eiger BioPharmaceuticals.

Summary

Eiger BioPharmaceuticals beats XOMA on 5 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.

About XOMA

XOMA Corporation operates as a biotech royalty aggregator in the United States and the Asia Pacific. It has a portfolio of economic rights to future potential milestone and royalty payments associated with partnered commercial and pre-commercial therapeutic candidates. The company also focuses on early to mid-stage clinical assets primarily in Phase 1 and 2 with commercial sales potential that are licensed to partners; and acquires milestone and royalty revenue streams on late-stage clinical or commercial assets. It has a portfolio with various assets. XOMA Corporation was incorporated in 1981 and is headquartered in Emeryville, California.

About Eiger BioPharmaceuticals

Eiger BioPharmaceuticals, Inc., a commercial-stage biopharmaceutical company, focuses on the development and commercialization of targeted therapies for rare and ultra-rare diseases in the United States and internationally. Its lead product candidate is Lonafarnib, an orally bioavailable, small molecule, which is in Phase III clinical trials to treat hepatitis delta virus infection. The company's product candidate also include Lambda, which targets type III interferon receptors that has completed Phase II clinical trials; Lonafarnib for the treatment of progeria and progeroid laminopathies; and Avexitide for the treatment of congenital hyperinsulinism, as well as has completed Phase II clinical trials to treat post-bariatric hypoglycemia. Eiger BioPharmaceuticals, Inc. was founded in 2008 and is headquartered in Palo Alto, California.