Amphastar Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (AMPH) vs Pacira BioSciences, Inc. (PCRX)

Amphastar Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Pacira BioSciences, Inc. are both Drug Manufacturers Specialty & Generic companies. Pacira BioSciences, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $1.5B against $1.2B — 1.2× the size. Amphastar Pharmaceuticals, Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 12.3× against 38.4×. Pacira BioSciences, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 3.70% against 3.11%. Amphastar Pharmaceuticals, Inc. has the higher net margin (13.3% vs 5.08%) and the higher return on invested capital (6.12% vs 5.37%). Across the 21 metrics below, Amphastar Pharmaceuticals, Inc. leads on 14 and Pacira BioSciences, Inc. on 7.

Valuation

Metric AMPH PCRX Drug Manufacturers Specialty & Generic median
P/E 12.26 38.36 20.55
P/S 1.58 1.95 2.08
P/B 1.44 2.04 1.79
Price to free cash flow 8.60 8.60 16.29
EV/EBITDA 8.55 16.73 12.22
EV/Sales 2.00 2.32 2.87
Earnings yield 8.16% 2.61% (15.94%)
Free cash flow yield 11.63% 11.63% 0.00%

Profitability

Metric AMPH PCRX Drug Manufacturers Specialty & Generic median
Gross margin 46.81% 0.00% 53.51%
Operating margin 18.74% 4.81% 0.00%
Net margin 13.27% 5.08% (2.45%)
Free cash flow margin 18.64% 22.74% 0.00%
Return on equity 12.44% 5.24% (0.80%)
Return on assets 5.86% 3.02% (1.67%)
Return on invested capital 6.12% 5.37% 0.00%

Growth

Metric AMPH PCRX Drug Manufacturers Specialty & Generic median
Revenue growth (TTM) 3.11% 3.70% 5.22%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (33.66%) 107.44% 42.91%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 15.53% 11.07% 7.24%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 133.84% (45.44%) 0.00%

Health

Metric AMPH PCRX Drug Manufacturers Specialty & Generic median
Debt to equity 0.75 0.00 0.04
Current ratio 3.32 4.68 2.41
Net debt to EBITDA 1.62 1.24 1.01

Dividend

Metric AMPH PCRX Drug Manufacturers Specialty & Generic median
Dividend yield — — 1.45%
Payout ratio — — 0.27

Size

Metric AMPH PCRX Drug Manufacturers Specialty & Generic median
Market cap 1.18b 1.45b 315.39m

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