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 $244.1M against $192.7M — 1.3× the size. Akebia Therapeutics, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 7.52% against −10.0%. Akebia Therapeutics, Inc. has the higher net margin (−13.5% vs −37.5%) and the higher return on invested capital (0.00% vs −2.80%). Across the 17 metrics below, Akebia Therapeutics, Inc. leads on 11 and Lifecore Biomedical, Inc. on 6.

Valuation

Metric AKBA LFCR Drug Manufacturers Specialty & Generic median
P/E n/m n/m 19.25
P/S 0.82 2.00 2.11
P/B 7.22 n/m 1.78
Price to free cash flow 4.49 n/m 16.14
EV/EBITDA n/m n/m 12.58
EV/Sales 0.34 3.41 2.73
Earnings yield (16.12%) (15.20%) (4.38%)
Free cash flow yield 22.29% (2.11%) 0.00%

Profitability

Metric AKBA LFCR Drug Manufacturers Specialty & Generic median
Gross margin 79.63% 26.86% 53.94%
Operating margin (6.90%) (6.89%) 0.00%
Net margin (13.54%) (37.54%) 0.00%
Free cash flow margin 18.38% (4.24%) 0.00%
Return on equity (109.38%) 201.15% (0.40%)
Return on assets (8.53%) (19.32%) (3.32%)
Return on invested capital 0.00% (2.80%) 0.00%

Growth

Metric AKBA LFCR Drug Manufacturers Specialty & Generic median
Revenue growth (TTM) 7.52% (10.03%) 10.01%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 93.94% (439.33%) 49.06%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR (4.33%) (4.24%) 6.74%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric AKBA LFCR Drug Manufacturers Specialty & Generic median
Debt to equity 1.98 11.50 0.05
Current ratio 1.43 3.87 2.31
Net debt to EBITDA (5.51) (15.59) 0.97

Dividend

Metric AKBA LFCR Drug Manufacturers Specialty & Generic median
Dividend yield — — 1.57%
Payout ratio — — 0.27

Size

Metric AKBA LFCR Drug Manufacturers Specialty & Generic median
Market cap 192.73m 244.12m 276.90m

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