Aura Biosciences, Inc. (AURA) vs Candel Therapeutics, Inc. (CADL)

Aura Biosciences, Inc. and Candel Therapeutics, Inc. are both Biotechnology companies. Aura Biosciences, Inc. and Candel Therapeutics, Inc. are of similar size ($681.8M and $657.5M). Across the 9 metrics below, Aura Biosciences, Inc. leads on 6 and Candel Therapeutics, Inc. on 3.

Valuation

Metric AURA CADL Biotechnology median
P/E n/m n/m 8.50
P/S n/m 4,857.08 9.71
P/B 1.84 4.81 2.13
Price to free cash flow n/m n/m 20.82
EV/EBITDA n/m n/m 0.64
EV/Sales n/m 3,661.00 9.21
Earnings yield (28.69%) (17.22%) (33.15%)
Free cash flow yield (17.86%) (9.44%) (25.50%)

Profitability

Metric AURA CADL Biotechnology median
Gross margin 0.00% 0.00% 65.16%
Operating margin 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Net margin 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Free cash flow margin 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Return on equity (53.49%) (81.84%) (56.36%)
Return on assets (47.42%) (56.37%) (48.04%)
Return on invested capital 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Growth

Metric AURA CADL Biotechnology median
Revenue growth (TTM) — 0.00% 6.02%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (0.57%) 58.62% 30.26%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR — — 9.41%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric AURA CADL Biotechnology median
Debt to equity 0.00 0.38 0.00
Current ratio 16.82 16.09 4.72
Net debt to EBITDA 1.29 1.53 0.96

Dividend

Metric AURA CADL Biotechnology median
Dividend yield — — 0.09%
Payout ratio — — —

Size

Metric AURA CADL Biotechnology median
Market cap 657.49m 681.78m 135.18m

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