Cronos Group Inc. (CRON) vs Pacira BioSciences, Inc. (PCRX)

Cronos Group Inc. and Pacira BioSciences, Inc. are both Drug Manufacturers Specialty & Generic companies. Pacira BioSciences, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $1.5B against $1.2B — 1.2× the size. Cronos Group Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 16.1× against 104×. Cronos Group Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 37.5% against 5.71%. Cronos Group Inc. has the higher net margin (20.9% vs 1.96%) and the lower return on invested capital (−0.34% vs 1.58%). Across the 22 metrics below, Cronos Group Inc. leads on 13 and Pacira BioSciences, Inc. on 9.

Valuation

Metric CRON PCRX Drug Manufacturers Specialty & Generic median
P/E 16.10 103.86 19.25
P/S 6.72 1.92 2.11
P/B 1.08 2.13 1.78
Price to free cash flow 24.33 7.99 16.14
EV/EBITDA 32.41 16.98 12.58
EV/Sales 2.27 2.34 2.73
Earnings yield 6.21% 0.96% (4.38%)
Free cash flow yield 4.11% 12.51% 0.00%

Profitability

Metric CRON PCRX Drug Manufacturers Specialty & Generic median
Gross margin 45.86% 79.21% 53.94%
Operating margin (0.96%) 2.66% 0.00%
Net margin 20.91% 1.96% 0.00%
Free cash flow margin 27.61% 24.06% 0.00%
Return on equity 3.33% 2.05% (0.40%)
Return on assets 3.18% 1.05% (3.32%)
Return on invested capital (0.34%) 1.58% 0.00%

Growth

Metric CRON PCRX Drug Manufacturers Specialty & Generic median
Revenue growth (TTM) 37.46% 5.71% 10.01%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (118.18%) 107.44% 49.06%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 25.70% 11.07% 6.74%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% (45.44%) 0.00%

Health

Metric CRON PCRX Drug Manufacturers Specialty & Generic median
Debt to equity 0.00 0.54 0.05
Current ratio 16.18 5.04 2.31
Net debt to EBITDA 337.10 1.24 0.97

Dividend

Metric CRON PCRX Drug Manufacturers Specialty & Generic median
Dividend yield — — 1.57%
Payout ratio — — 0.27

Size

Metric CRON PCRX Drug Manufacturers Specialty & Generic median
Market cap 1.18b 1.45b 276.90m

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