Aura Biosciences, Inc. (AURA) vs WAVE Life Sciences Ltd. (WVE)

Aura Biosciences, Inc. and WAVE Life Sciences Ltd. are both Biotechnology companies. Aura Biosciences, Inc. and WAVE Life Sciences Ltd. are of similar size ($657.5M and $635.1M). Aura Biosciences, Inc. has the higher net margin (0.00% vs −296.9%) and the higher return on invested capital (0.00% vs 0.00%). Across the 12 metrics below, Aura Biosciences, Inc. leads on 10 and WAVE Life Sciences Ltd. on 2.

Valuation

Metric AURA WVE Biotechnology median
P/E n/m n/m 10.60
P/S n/m 9.68 9.40
P/B 1.97 1.71 2.13
Price to free cash flow n/m n/m 25.18
EV/EBITDA n/m n/m 0.66
EV/Sales n/m 3.60 9.02
Earnings yield (26.68%) (31.94%) (32.88%)
Free cash flow yield (16.61%) (30.37%) (23.13%)

Profitability

Metric AURA WVE Biotechnology median
Gross margin 0.00% 100.00% 68.51%
Operating margin 0.00% (320.94%) 0.00%
Net margin 0.00% (296.86%) 0.00%
Free cash flow margin 0.00% (293.83%) 0.00%
Return on equity (53.49%) (79.98%) (51.96%)
Return on assets (47.42%) (56.19%) (46.06%)
Return on invested capital 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Growth

Metric AURA WVE Biotechnology median
Revenue growth (TTM) — (35.07%) 6.76%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (0.57%) (72.86%) 29.88%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR — 16.31% 9.75%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric AURA WVE Biotechnology median
Debt to equity 0.00 0.00 0.00
Current ratio 16.82 8.38 4.97
Net debt to EBITDA 1.29 2.92 1.01

Dividend

Metric AURA WVE Biotechnology median
Dividend yield — — 0.41%
Payout ratio — — —

Size

Metric AURA WVE Biotechnology median
Market cap 657.49m 635.08m 161.82m

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