AC Immune (ACIU) vs X4 Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (XFOR)

AC Immune and X4 Pharmaceuticals, Inc. are both Biotechnology companies. AC Immune and X4 Pharmaceuticals, Inc. are of similar size ($261.8M and $249.4M). X4 Pharmaceuticals, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: −51.7% against −85.6%. X4 Pharmaceuticals, Inc. has the higher net margin (−568.8% vs −1,783.7%) and the lower return on invested capital (−226.6% vs 0.00%). Across the 17 metrics below, X4 Pharmaceuticals, Inc. leads on 9 and AC Immune on 8.

Valuation

Metric ACIU XFOR Biotechnology median
P/E n/m n/m 8.50
P/S 50.83 20.65 9.71
P/B 5.30 2.11 2.13
Price to free cash flow n/m 20.53 20.82
EV/EBITDA n/m n/m 0.64
EV/Sales 31.31 12.42 9.21
Earnings yield (34.31%) (46.33%) (33.15%)
Free cash flow yield (35.48%) 4.87% (25.50%)

Profitability

Metric ACIU XFOR Biotechnology median
Gross margin 100.00% 81.51% 65.16%
Operating margin (1,745.75%) (554.71%) 0.00%
Net margin (1,783.66%) (568.80%) 0.00%
Free cash flow margin 0.00% (559.95%) 0.00%
Return on equity 0.00% (113.08%) (56.36%)
Return on assets 0.00% (50.32%) (48.04%)
Return on invested capital 0.00% (226.62%) 0.00%

Growth

Metric ACIU XFOR Biotechnology median
Revenue growth (TTM) (85.56%) (51.65%) 6.02%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (44.83%) 67.23% 30.26%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR (47.84%) — 9.41%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric ACIU XFOR Biotechnology median
Debt to equity 0.00 0.49 0.00
Current ratio 0.93 11.30 4.72
Net debt to EBITDA 1.37 2.06 0.96

Dividend

Metric ACIU XFOR Biotechnology median
Dividend yield — — 0.09%
Payout ratio — — —

Size

Metric ACIU XFOR Biotechnology median
Market cap 249.35m 261.75m 135.18m

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