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 $605.0M against $397.7M — 1.5× the size. Aquestive Therapeutics, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 22.6% against 7.80%. Canopy Growth Corporation has the higher net margin (−80.4% vs −144.6%) 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 20.14
P/S 10.82 1.87 2.25
P/B n/m 0.80 1.90
Price to free cash flow n/m n/m 16.54
EV/EBITDA n/m n/m 12.29
EV/Sales 9.93 1.52 2.56
Earnings yield (13.89%) (47.27%) (2.99%)
Free cash flow yield (7.85%) (15.29%) 0.00%

Profitability

Metric AQST CGC Drug Manufacturers Specialty & Generic median
Gross margin 67.04% 25.16% 53.94%
Operating margin (97.52%) (54.89%) 0.00%
Net margin (144.63%) (80.39%) 0.00%
Free cash flow margin (84.95%) (28.34%) 0.00%
Return on equity 121.12% (40.14%) (0.40%)
Return on assets (69.29%) (23.54%) (3.32%)
Return on invested capital 0.00% (17.19%) 0.00%

Growth

Metric AQST CGC Drug Manufacturers Specialty & Generic median
Revenue growth (TTM) 22.56% 7.80% 10.01%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (52.94%) 84.00% —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR (0.58%) (13.04%) 6.74%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric AQST CGC Drug Manufacturers Specialty & Generic median
Debt to equity (0.90) 0.35 0.05
Current ratio 7.19 3.04 2.31
Net debt to EBITDA 1.57 1.09 0.85

Dividend

Metric AQST CGC Drug Manufacturers Specialty & Generic median
Dividend yield — — 1.70%
Payout ratio 0.00 0.00 0.00

Size

Metric AQST CGC Drug Manufacturers Specialty & Generic median
Market cap 604.97m 397.66m 337.35m

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