Akebia Therapeutics, Inc. (AKBA) vs Lifecore Biomedical, Inc. (LFCR)

Akebia Therapeutics, Inc. and Lifecore Biomedical, Inc. are both Drug Manufacturers Specialty & Generic companies. Lifecore Biomedical, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $242.6M against $117.9M — 2.1× the size. Akebia Therapeutics, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: −12.4% against −18.2%. Akebia Therapeutics, Inc. has the higher net margin (−22.6% vs −65.9%) and the higher return on invested capital (0.00% vs 0.00%). Across the 17 metrics below, Akebia Therapeutics, Inc. leads on 9 and Lifecore Biomedical, Inc. on 8.

Valuation

Metric AKBA LFCR Drug Manufacturers Specialty & Generic median
P/E n/m n/m 20.55
P/S 0.60 2.13 2.08
P/B 5.84 n/m 1.79
Price to free cash flow 8.59 36.27 16.29
EV/EBITDA n/m n/m 12.22
EV/Sales 0.05 3.56 2.87
Earnings yield (37.21%) (31.14%) (15.94%)
Free cash flow yield 11.64% 2.76% 0.00%

Profitability

Metric AKBA LFCR Drug Manufacturers Specialty & Generic median
Gross margin 78.90% 27.38% 53.51%
Operating margin (15.74%) (5.33%) 0.00%
Net margin (22.60%) (65.91%) (2.45%)
Free cash flow margin 7.03% 9.86% 0.00%
Return on equity (143.83%) 178.69% (0.80%)
Return on assets (12.62%) (32.36%) (1.67%)
Return on invested capital 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Growth

Metric AKBA LFCR Drug Manufacturers Specialty & Generic median
Revenue growth (TTM) (12.38%) (18.22%) 5.22%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 93.94% (487.55%) 42.91%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR (4.33%) (4.24%) 7.24%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric AKBA LFCR Drug Manufacturers Specialty & Generic median
Debt to equity 2.47 0.00 0.04
Current ratio 1.36 3.84 2.41
Net debt to EBITDA (5.51) (15.59) 1.01

Dividend

Metric AKBA LFCR Drug Manufacturers Specialty & Generic median
Dividend yield — — 1.45%
Payout ratio — — 0.27

Size

Metric AKBA LFCR Drug Manufacturers Specialty & Generic median
Market cap 117.91m 242.59m 315.39m

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