Aardvark Therapeutics, Inc. (AARD) vs NextCure, Inc. (NXTC)

Aardvark Therapeutics, Inc. and NextCure, Inc. are both Biotechnology companies. Aardvark Therapeutics, Inc. and NextCure, Inc. are of similar size ($24.3M and $23.4M). Across the 9 metrics below, Aardvark Therapeutics, Inc. leads on 5 and NextCure, Inc. on 4.

Valuation

Metric AARD NXTC Biotechnology median
P/E n/m n/m 10.60
P/S n/m 1.03 9.40
P/B 0.34 2.32 2.13
Price to free cash flow n/m n/m 25.18
EV/EBITDA 0.65 n/m 0.66
EV/Sales n/m 0.39 9.02
Earnings yield (274.36%) (193.55%) (32.88%)
Free cash flow yield (271.94%) (133.11%) (23.13%)

Profitability

Metric AARD NXTC Biotechnology median
Gross margin — 0.00% 68.51%
Operating margin 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Net margin 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Free cash flow margin 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Return on equity (66.02%) (195.22%) (51.96%)
Return on assets (61.06%) (121.60%) (46.06%)
Return on invested capital (4,986.18%) 0.00% 0.00%

Growth

Metric AARD NXTC Biotechnology median
Revenue growth (TTM) — — 6.76%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 43.11% 17.75% 29.88%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR — — 9.75%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR — 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric AARD NXTC Biotechnology median
Debt to equity 0.00 0.00 0.00
Current ratio 12.63 3.47 4.97
Net debt to EBITDA 1.72 0.75 1.01

Dividend

Metric AARD NXTC Biotechnology median
Dividend yield — — 0.41%
Payout ratio — — —

Size

Metric AARD NXTC Biotechnology median
Market cap 24.29m 23.44m 161.82m

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