Biodesix, Inc. (BDSX) vs Castle Biosciences, Inc. (CSTL)

Biodesix, Inc. and Castle Biosciences, Inc. are both Diagnostics & Research companies. Castle Biosciences, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $1.0B against $260.7M — 4.0× the size. Biodesix, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 34.5% against 3.18%. Castle Biosciences, Inc. has the higher net margin (−5.43% vs −27.0%) and the higher return on invested capital (−9.40% vs −49.6%). Across the 18 metrics below, Castle Biosciences, Inc. leads on 13 and Biodesix, Inc. on 5.

Valuation

Metric BDSX CSTL Diagnostics & Research median
P/E n/m n/m 35.56
P/S 2.37 2.72 4.37
P/B 26.64 2.07 3.06
Price to free cash flow n/m n/m 35.76
EV/EBITDA n/m n/m 24.35
EV/Sales 2.53 2.00 5.51
Earnings yield (13.40%) (2.07%) (1.89%)
Free cash flow yield (8.37%) (0.05%) (0.15%)

Profitability

Metric BDSX CSTL Diagnostics & Research median
Gross margin 82.50% 77.26% 50.89%
Operating margin (20.02%) (8.99%) (8.57%)
Net margin (26.97%) (5.43%) (6.37%)
Free cash flow margin (19.82%) (0.13%) 0.00%
Return on equity (540.01%) (4.20%) (2.92%)
Return on assets (30.33%) (3.51%) (6.71%)
Return on invested capital (49.60%) (9.40%) 0.00%

Growth

Metric BDSX CSTL Diagnostics & Research median
Revenue growth (TTM) 34.46% 3.18% 7.69%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 29.24% (233.87%) 25.92%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 14.20% 40.60% 7.40%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric BDSX CSTL Diagnostics & Research median
Debt to equity 5.12 0.02 0.11
Current ratio 2.85 6.04 2.02
Net debt to EBITDA (1.36) 46.20 0.70

Dividend

Metric BDSX CSTL Diagnostics & Research median
Dividend yield — — 0.66%
Payout ratio — — 0.20

Size

Metric BDSX CSTL Diagnostics & Research median
Market cap 260.72m 1.03b 2.16b

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