Cibus, Inc. (CBUS) vs LENZ Therapeutics, Inc. (LENZ)

Cibus, Inc. and LENZ Therapeutics, Inc. are both Biotechnology companies. Cibus, Inc. and LENZ Therapeutics, Inc. are of similar size ($117.4M and $114.6M). LENZ Therapeutics, Inc. has the higher net margin (−586.7% vs −2,258.9%) and the higher return on invested capital (0.00% vs 0.00%). Across the 15 metrics below, LENZ Therapeutics, Inc. leads on 10 and Cibus, Inc. on 5.

Valuation

Metric CBUS LENZ Biotechnology median
P/E n/m n/m 7.88
P/S 27.02 5.73 11.47
P/B 7.93 0.56 2.52
Price to free cash flow n/m n/m 21.16
EV/EBITDA n/m 0.69 0.74
EV/Sales 22.56 (4.36) 10.73
Earnings yield (107.84%) (104.34%) (28.84%)
Free cash flow yield (39.41%) (93.03%) (23.03%)

Profitability

Metric CBUS LENZ Biotechnology median
Gross margin 100.00% 93.69% 65.16%
Operating margin (1,450.59%) (631.70%) 0.00%
Net margin (2,258.89%) (586.74%) 0.00%
Free cash flow margin (1,064.60%) (532.80%) 0.00%
Return on equity (219.97%) (59.21%) (57.72%)
Return on assets (29.77%) (55.52%) (49.22%)
Return on invested capital 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Growth

Metric CBUS LENZ Biotechnology median
Revenue growth (TTM) (10.30%) — 5.64%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 74.33% (21.79%) —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR (31.34%) — 8.40%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric CBUS LENZ Biotechnology median
Debt to equity 0.00 0.00 0.00
Current ratio 1.62 13.55 4.73
Net debt to EBITDA (0.28) 3.22 0.96

Dividend

Metric CBUS LENZ Biotechnology median
Dividend yield — — 2.10%
Payout ratio 0.00 0.00 0.00

Size

Metric CBUS LENZ Biotechnology median
Market cap 114.64m 117.38m 162.10m

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