Aquestive Therapeutics, Inc. (AQST) vs Canopy Growth Corporation (CGC)

Aquestive Therapeutics, Inc. and Canopy Growth Corporation are both Drug Manufacturers Specialty & Generic companies. Aquestive Therapeutics, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $460.0M against $283.5M — 1.6× the size. Aquestive Therapeutics, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 12.5% against 7.80%. Canopy Growth Corporation has the higher net margin (−80.4% vs −162.3%) and the lower return on invested capital (−17.2% vs 0.00%). Across the 17 metrics below, Aquestive Therapeutics, Inc. leads on 9 and Canopy Growth Corporation on 8.

Valuation

Metric AQST CGC Drug Manufacturers Specialty & Generic median
P/E n/m n/m 20.55
P/S 9.36 1.35 2.08
P/B n/m 0.58 1.79
Price to free cash flow n/m n/m 16.29
EV/EBITDA n/m n/m 12.22
EV/Sales 8.55 1.01 2.87
Earnings yield (17.62%) (65.34%) (15.94%)
Free cash flow yield (8.90%) (21.13%) 0.00%

Profitability

Metric AQST CGC Drug Manufacturers Specialty & Generic median
Gross margin 65.34% 25.16% 53.51%
Operating margin (114.12%) (54.89%) 0.00%
Net margin (162.33%) (80.39%) (2.45%)
Free cash flow margin (83.33%) (28.34%) 0.00%
Return on equity 211.59% (40.14%) (0.80%)
Return on assets (56.05%) (23.54%) (1.67%)
Return on invested capital 0.00% (17.19%) 0.00%

Growth

Metric AQST CGC Drug Manufacturers Specialty & Generic median
Revenue growth (TTM) 12.54% 7.80% 5.22%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (52.94%) 84.00% 42.91%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR (0.58%) (13.04%) 7.24%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric AQST CGC Drug Manufacturers Specialty & Generic median
Debt to equity (0.72) 0.35 0.04
Current ratio 6.12 3.04 2.41
Net debt to EBITDA 1.57 1.09 1.01

Dividend

Metric AQST CGC Drug Manufacturers Specialty & Generic median
Dividend yield — — 1.45%
Payout ratio — — 0.27

Size

Metric AQST CGC Drug Manufacturers Specialty & Generic median
Market cap 460.01m 283.50m 315.39m

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