Amarin Corporation PLC (AMRN) vs Sanofi (SNY)

Amarin Corporation PLC and Sanofi are both Drug Manufacturers General companies. Sanofi is the larger, with a market value of $97.4B against $283.6M — 343.5× the size. Amarin Corporation PLC has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; Sanofi trades at 21.5×. Sanofi grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 21.3% against −15.1%. Sanofi has the higher net margin (8.22% vs −14.6%) and the higher return on invested capital (6.58% vs −19.8%). Across the 21 metrics below, Sanofi leads on 13 and Amarin Corporation PLC on 8.

Valuation

Metric AMRN SNY Drug Manufacturers General median
P/E n/m 21.52 24.72
P/S 1.48 1.73 3.35
P/B 0.62 1.22 5.00
Price to free cash flow 17.68 6.77 17.68
EV/EBITDA 0.56 11.19 13.91
EV/Sales (0.11) 2.04 3.95
Earnings yield (10.59%) 4.65% 2.92%
Free cash flow yield 5.66% 14.78% 4.42%

Profitability

Metric AMRN SNY Drug Manufacturers General median
Gross margin 41.96% 72.78% 72.77%
Operating margin (21.89%) 18.24% 18.90%
Net margin (14.56%) 8.22% 8.27%
Free cash flow margin 8.36% 25.53% 17.25%
Return on equity (5.97%) 5.87% 6.97%
Return on assets (4.19%) 3.21% 2.76%
Return on invested capital (19.79%) 6.58% 6.30%

Growth

Metric AMRN SNY Drug Manufacturers General median
Revenue growth (TTM) (15.10%) 21.30% 6.79%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 53.25% 45.97% —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR (19.04%) 4.37% 3.98%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% (8.87%) 0.42%

Health

Metric AMRN SNY Drug Manufacturers General median
Debt to equity 0.00 0.31 0.63
Current ratio 3.67 0.99 1.32
Net debt to EBITDA 6.42 0.76 1.15

Dividend

Metric AMRN SNY Drug Manufacturers General median
Dividend yield — 4.40% 3.57%
Payout ratio 0.00 0.52 0.53

Size

Metric AMRN SNY Drug Manufacturers General median
Market cap 283.64m 97.44b 125.91b

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