Aclaris Therapeutics, Inc. (ACRS) vs Altimmune, Inc. (ALT)

Aclaris Therapeutics, Inc. and Altimmune, Inc. are both Biotechnology companies. Aclaris Therapeutics, Inc. and Altimmune, Inc. are of similar size ($593.3M and $589.0M). Altimmune, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 130.0% against −51.0%. Altimmune, Inc. has the higher net margin (0.00% vs −921.5%) and the higher return on invested capital (−34.3% vs −163.4%). Across the 18 metrics below, Altimmune, Inc. leads on 10 and Aclaris Therapeutics, Inc. on 8.

Valuation

Metric ACRS ALT Biotechnology median
P/E n/m n/m 7.88
P/S 89.44 12,336.04 11.47
P/B 5.90 1.20 2.52
Price to free cash flow n/m n/m 21.16
EV/EBITDA n/m n/m 0.74
EV/Sales 78.52 6,007.86 10.73
Earnings yield (11.26%) (25.49%) (28.84%)
Free cash flow yield (8.46%) (13.53%) (23.03%)

Profitability

Metric ACRS ALT Biotechnology median
Gross margin 12.90% 100.00% 65.16%
Operating margin (1,050.16%) 0.00% 0.00%
Net margin (921.50%) 0.00% 0.00%
Free cash flow margin (756.50%) 0.00% 0.00%
Return on equity (59.10%) (28.87%) (57.72%)
Return on assets (41.07%) (25.58%) (49.22%)
Return on invested capital (163.35%) (34.30%) 0.00%

Growth

Metric ACRS ALT Biotechnology median
Revenue growth (TTM) (51.04%) 130.00% 5.64%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 69.01% 25.37% —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 3.84% (65.33%) 8.40%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric ACRS ALT Biotechnology median
Debt to equity 0.00 0.07 0.00
Current ratio 3.46 26.78 4.73
Net debt to EBITDA 1.20 2.49 0.96

Dividend

Metric ACRS ALT Biotechnology median
Dividend yield — — 2.10%
Payout ratio 0.00 0.00 0.00

Size

Metric ACRS ALT Biotechnology median
Market cap 588.97m 593.28m 162.10m

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