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Biogen Inc. (BIIB) vs Pfizer Inc. (PFE)

Biogen Inc. and Pfizer Inc. are both Drug Manufacturers General companies. Pfizer Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $170.3B against $36.1B — 4.7× the size. Pfizer Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 41.3× against 105×. Biogen Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 2.30% against 1.34%. Pfizer Inc. has the higher net margin (6.34% vs 3.37%) and the higher return on invested capital (6.19% vs 1.94%). Across the 22 metrics below, Pfizer Inc. leads on 17 and Biogen Inc. on 5.

Valuation

Metric BIIB PFE Drug Manufacturers General median
P/E 105.24 41.27 26.51
P/S 3.57 2.63 3.49
P/B 1.94 1.87 5.28
Price to free cash flow 21.67 15.21 21.67
EV/EBITDA 18.65 10.70 14.73
EV/Sales 4.15 3.39 4.15
Earnings yield 0.95% 2.42% 2.41%
Free cash flow yield 4.61% 6.57% 4.07%

Profitability

Metric BIIB PFE Drug Manufacturers General median
Gross margin 73.96% 73.38% 73.01%
Operating margin 7.53% 21.44% 18.34%
Net margin 3.37% 6.34% 7.31%
Free cash flow margin 16.45% 18.52% 18.56%
Return on equity 1.87% 4.42% 5.80%
Return on assets 1.13% 1.95% 2.28%
Return on invested capital 1.94% 6.19% 6.26%

Growth

Metric BIIB PFE Drug Manufacturers General median
Revenue growth (TTM) 2.30% 1.34% 6.72%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (21.38%) (3.55%) 21.81%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR (5.96%) 8.48% 4.75%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR (20.22%) (3.23%) 0.00%

Health

Metric BIIB PFE Drug Manufacturers General median
Debt to equity 0.39 0.70 0.62
Current ratio 1.95 1.42 1.39
Net debt to EBITDA 0.84 2.46 1.15

Dividend

Metric BIIB PFE Drug Manufacturers General median
Dividend yield — 5.87% 2.32%
Payout ratio — 2.44 0.59

Size

Metric BIIB PFE Drug Manufacturers General median
Market cap 36.06b 170.31b 129.04b

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