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 $1.1B — 1.3× the size. Amphastar Pharmaceuticals, Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 14.9× against 104×. Pacira BioSciences, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 5.71% against 1.02%. Amphastar Pharmaceuticals, Inc. has the higher net margin (10.8% vs 1.96%) and the higher return on invested capital (6.57% vs 1.58%). Across the 22 metrics below, Amphastar Pharmaceuticals, Inc. leads on 15 and Pacira BioSciences, Inc. on 7.

Valuation

Metric AMPH PCRX Drug Manufacturers Specialty & Generic median
P/E 14.87 103.86 19.25
P/S 1.55 1.92 2.11
P/B 1.47 2.13 1.78
Price to free cash flow 7.50 7.99 16.14
EV/EBITDA 8.29 16.98 12.58
EV/Sales 1.98 2.34 2.73
Earnings yield 6.73% 0.96% (4.38%)
Free cash flow yield 13.33% 12.51% 0.00%

Profitability

Metric AMPH PCRX Drug Manufacturers Specialty & Generic median
Gross margin 47.68% 79.21% 53.94%
Operating margin 15.66% 2.66% 0.00%
Net margin 10.76% 1.96% 0.00%
Free cash flow margin 20.94% 24.06% 0.00%
Return on equity 10.30% 2.05% (0.40%)
Return on assets 4.68% 1.05% (3.32%)
Return on invested capital 6.57% 1.58% 0.00%

Growth

Metric AMPH PCRX Drug Manufacturers Specialty & Generic median
Revenue growth (TTM) 1.02% 5.71% 10.01%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (33.66%) 107.44% 49.06%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 15.53% 11.07% 6.74%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 133.84% (45.44%) 0.00%

Health

Metric AMPH PCRX Drug Manufacturers Specialty & Generic median
Debt to equity 0.80 0.54 0.05
Current ratio 2.40 5.04 2.31
Net debt to EBITDA 1.62 1.24 0.97

Dividend

Metric AMPH PCRX Drug Manufacturers Specialty & Generic median
Dividend yield — — 1.57%
Payout ratio — — 0.27

Size

Metric AMPH PCRX Drug Manufacturers Specialty & Generic median
Market cap 1.12b 1.45b 276.90m

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