Cogent Biosciences, Inc. (COGT) vs Iovance Biotherapeutics, Inc. (IOVA)

Cogent Biosciences, Inc. and Iovance Biotherapeutics, Inc. are both Biotechnology companies. Cogent Biosciences, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $5.5B against $4.9B — 1.1× the size. Cogent Biosciences, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 110.2% against 34.6%. Cogent Biosciences, Inc. has the higher net margin (0.00% vs −89.1%) and the higher return on invested capital (0.00% vs −43.0%). Across the 17 metrics below, Iovance Biotherapeutics, Inc. leads on 10 and Cogent Biosciences, Inc. on 7.

Valuation

Metric COGT IOVA Biotechnology median
P/E n/m n/m 7.88
P/S 238.58 15.24 11.47
P/B 11.82 6.73 2.52
Price to free cash flow n/m n/m 21.16
EV/EBITDA n/m n/m 0.74
EV/Sales 214.01 14.33 10.73
Earnings yield (6.69%) (6.64%) (28.84%)
Free cash flow yield (5.60%) (5.99%) (23.03%)

Profitability

Metric COGT IOVA Biotechnology median
Gross margin 0.00% 48.40% 65.16%
Operating margin 0.00% (92.72%) 0.00%
Net margin 0.00% (89.09%) 0.00%
Free cash flow margin 0.00% (91.21%) 0.00%
Return on equity (146.55%) (40.36%) (57.72%)
Return on assets (68.00%) (31.76%) (49.22%)
Return on invested capital 0.00% (42.96%) 0.00%

Growth

Metric COGT IOVA Biotechnology median
Revenue growth (TTM) 110.23% 34.55% 5.64%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (11.34%) 14.84% —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 21.39% — 8.40%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric COGT IOVA Biotechnology median
Debt to equity 0.42 0.00 0.00
Current ratio 13.57 4.35 4.73
Net debt to EBITDA 2.04 0.82 0.96

Dividend

Metric COGT IOVA Biotechnology median
Dividend yield — — 2.10%
Payout ratio 0.00 0.00 0.00

Size

Metric COGT IOVA Biotechnology median
Market cap 5.45b 4.90b 162.10m

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