Akebia Therapeutics, Inc. (AKBA) vs BioAge Labs, Inc. (BIOA)

Akebia Therapeutics, Inc. and BioAge Labs, Inc. are both Drug Manufacturers Specialty & Generic companies. BioAge Labs, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $337.4M against $254.7M — 1.3× the size. Akebia Therapeutics, Inc. has the higher net margin (−13.5% vs −912.3%) and the higher return on invested capital (0.00% vs −118.3%). Across the 16 metrics below, Akebia Therapeutics, Inc. leads on 10 and BioAge Labs, Inc. on 6.

Valuation

Metric AKBA BIOA Drug Manufacturers Specialty & Generic median
P/E n/m n/m 20.14
P/S 1.11 30.53 2.25
P/B 9.70 0.84 1.90
Price to free cash flow 6.03 n/m 16.54
EV/EBITDA n/m 0.00 12.29
EV/Sales 0.62 (0.04) 2.56
Earnings yield (12.00%) (33.76%) (2.99%)
Free cash flow yield 16.59% (76.82%) 0.00%

Profitability

Metric AKBA BIOA Drug Manufacturers Specialty & Generic median
Gross margin 79.63% 100.00% 53.94%
Operating margin (6.90%) (1,026.28%) 0.00%
Net margin (13.54%) (912.25%) 0.00%
Free cash flow margin 18.38% (2,345.11%) 0.00%
Return on equity (109.38%) (28.21%) (0.40%)
Return on assets (8.53%) (26.27%) (3.32%)
Return on invested capital 0.00% (118.25%) 0.00%

Growth

Metric AKBA BIOA Drug Manufacturers Specialty & Generic median
Revenue growth (TTM) 7.52% — 10.01%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 93.94% 66.21% —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR (4.33%) — 6.74%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% — 0.00%

Health

Metric AKBA BIOA Drug Manufacturers Specialty & Generic median
Debt to equity 1.98 0.00 0.05
Current ratio 1.43 17.19 2.31
Net debt to EBITDA (5.51) 3.01 0.85

Dividend

Metric AKBA BIOA Drug Manufacturers Specialty & Generic median
Dividend yield — — 1.70%
Payout ratio 0.00 — 0.00

Size

Metric AKBA BIOA Drug Manufacturers Specialty & Generic median
Market cap 254.66m 337.35m 337.35m

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