Cerus Corporation (CERS) vs Viemed Healthcare, Inc. (VMD)

Cerus Corporation and Viemed Healthcare, Inc. are both Medical Devices companies. Cerus Corporation is the larger, with a market value of $455.5M against $371.4M — 1.2× the size. Cerus Corporation has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; Viemed Healthcare, Inc. trades at 24.9×. Viemed Healthcare, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 25.2% against 14.6%. Viemed Healthcare, Inc. has the higher net margin (4.81% vs −2.73%) and the higher return on invested capital (10.7% vs −1.27%). Across the 20 metrics below, Viemed Healthcare, Inc. leads on 17 and Cerus Corporation on 3.

Valuation

Metric CERS VMD Medical Devices median
P/E n/m 24.95 23.22
P/S 1.78 1.20 2.34
P/B 6.24 2.48 2.33
Price to free cash flow n/m 10.53 23.72
EV/EBITDA 6,816.59 6.55 11.54
EV/Sales 1.81 1.19 2.24
Earnings yield (1.59%) 4.01% (10.09%)
Free cash flow yield (0.41%) 9.50% (8.47%)

Profitability

Metric CERS VMD Medical Devices median
Gross margin 57.16% 57.47% 56.01%
Operating margin (0.65%) 8.05% (15.03%)
Net margin (2.73%) 4.81% (20.40%)
Free cash flow margin (0.74%) 11.42% (7.24%)
Return on equity (10.69%) 10.08% (15.32%)
Return on assets (3.24%) 7.46% (19.72%)
Return on invested capital (1.27%) 10.66% (10.33%)

Growth

Metric CERS VMD Medical Devices median
Revenue growth (TTM) 14.61% 25.21% 8.80%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 27.27% 32.14% 29.03%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 15.40% 15.53% 15.47%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% (13.88%) 0.00%

Health

Metric CERS VMD Medical Devices median
Debt to equity 0.92 0.05 0.07
Current ratio 1.83 1.13 2.50
Net debt to EBITDA (0.14) (0.02) 0.49

Dividend

Metric CERS VMD Medical Devices median
Dividend yield — — 1.16%
Payout ratio — — 0.36

Size

Metric CERS VMD Medical Devices median
Market cap 455.45m 371.36m 167.06m

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