Anavex Life Sciences Corp. (AVXL) vs Foghorn Therapeutics Inc. (FHTX)

Anavex Life Sciences Corp. and Foghorn Therapeutics Inc. are both Biotechnology companies. Anavex Life Sciences Corp. and Foghorn Therapeutics Inc. are of similar size ($216.9M and $213.8M). Anavex Life Sciences Corp. has the higher net margin (0.00% vs −175.8%) and the higher return on invested capital (0.00% vs 0.00%). Across the 10 metrics below, Anavex Life Sciences Corp. leads on 7 and Foghorn Therapeutics Inc. on 3.

Valuation

Metric AVXL FHTX Biotechnology median
P/E n/m n/m 7.88
P/S n/m 6.73 11.47
P/B 1.96 n/m 2.52
Price to free cash flow n/m n/m 21.16
EV/EBITDA n/m n/m 0.74
EV/Sales n/m 3.22 10.73
Earnings yield (6.30%) (28.00%) (28.84%)
Free cash flow yield (13.28%) (34.11%) (23.03%)

Profitability

Metric AVXL FHTX Biotechnology median
Gross margin — 100.00% 65.16%
Operating margin 0.00% (198.04%) 0.00%
Net margin 0.00% (175.78%) 0.00%
Free cash flow margin 0.00% (229.49%) 0.00%
Return on equity (12.80%) 81.90% (57.72%)
Return on assets (11.70%) (30.06%) (49.22%)
Return on invested capital 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Growth

Metric AVXL FHTX Biotechnology median
Revenue growth (TTM) — 51.98% 5.64%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (3.85%) 25.32% —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR — 135.14% 8.40%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric AVXL FHTX Biotechnology median
Debt to equity 0.00 0.00 0.00
Current ratio 15.62 3.36 4.73
Net debt to EBITDA 2.00 1.88 0.96

Dividend

Metric AVXL FHTX Biotechnology median
Dividend yield — — 2.10%
Payout ratio 0.00 0.00 0.00

Size

Metric AVXL FHTX Biotechnology median
Market cap 216.91m 213.79m 162.10m

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