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Anavex Life Sciences Corp. (AVXL) vs Codexis, Inc. (CDXS)

Anavex Life Sciences Corp. and Codexis, Inc. are both Biotechnology companies. Anavex Life Sciences Corp. and Codexis, Inc. are of similar size ($148.9M and $137.2M). Anavex Life Sciences Corp. has the higher net margin (0.00% vs −39.6%) and the higher return on invested capital (0.00% vs −151.2%). Across the 13 metrics below, Anavex Life Sciences Corp. leads on 10 and Codexis, Inc. on 3.

Valuation

Metric AVXL CDXS Biotechnology median
P/E n/m n/m 8.42
P/S n/m 1.58 10.01
P/B 1.22 3.73 2.21
Price to free cash flow n/m n/m 21.01
EV/EBITDA n/m n/m 0.61
EV/Sales n/m 1.31 9.41
Earnings yield (10.14%) (25.19%) (31.85%)
Free cash flow yield (21.35%) (9.90%) (24.58%)

Profitability

Metric AVXL CDXS Biotechnology median
Gross margin — 87.02% 65.16%
Operating margin 0.00% (35.61%) 0.00%
Net margin 0.00% (39.55%) 0.00%
Free cash flow margin 0.00% (15.66%) 0.00%
Return on equity (12.80%) (69.36%) (56.36%)
Return on assets (11.70%) (23.79%) (48.04%)
Return on invested capital 0.00% (151.17%) 0.00%

Growth

Metric AVXL CDXS Biotechnology median
Revenue growth (TTM) — 35.89% 6.02%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (3.85%) 43.82% 30.26%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR — 0.38% 9.41%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric AVXL CDXS Biotechnology median
Debt to equity 0.00 1.03 0.00
Current ratio 15.62 3.06 4.72
Net debt to EBITDA 2.00 1.11 0.96

Dividend

Metric AVXL CDXS Biotechnology median
Dividend yield — — 0.08%
Payout ratio — — —

Size

Metric AVXL CDXS Biotechnology median
Market cap 137.19m 148.93m 132.35m

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