Castle Biosciences, Inc. (CSTL) vs Fulgent Genetics, Inc. (FLGT)

Castle Biosciences, Inc. and Fulgent Genetics, Inc. are both Diagnostics & Research companies. Castle Biosciences, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $1.0B against $513.4M — 2.0× the size. Castle Biosciences, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 9.78% against 4.67%. Castle Biosciences, Inc. has the higher net margin (−6.10% vs −27.5%) and the higher return on invested capital (−3.63% vs −8.22%). Across the 18 metrics below, Castle Biosciences, Inc. leads on 10 and Fulgent Genetics, Inc. on 8.

Valuation

Metric CSTL FLGT Diagnostics & Research median
P/E n/m n/m 34.52
P/S 2.77 1.56 4.24
P/B 2.19 0.52 3.42
Price to free cash flow 262.33 n/m 33.51
EV/EBITDA n/m n/m 23.44
EV/Sales 2.10 0.85 5.18
Earnings yield (2.25%) (16.56%) (1.50%)
Free cash flow yield 0.38% (1.09%) 0.00%

Profitability

Metric CSTL FLGT Diagnostics & Research median
Gross margin 77.07% 33.82% 48.32%
Operating margin (7.43%) (39.20%) (5.68%)
Net margin (6.10%) (27.53%) (4.10%)
Free cash flow margin 1.06% 4.37% 0.00%
Return on equity (4.87%) (8.64%) 0.00%
Return on assets (4.03%) (7.93%) (6.05%)
Return on invested capital (3.63%) (8.22%) 0.00%

Growth

Metric CSTL FLGT Diagnostics & Research median
Revenue growth (TTM) 9.78% 4.67% 8.99%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (233.87%) (39.72%) 20.36%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 40.60% (5.21%) 7.30%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric CSTL FLGT Diagnostics & Research median
Debt to equity 0.01 0.00 0.01
Current ratio 5.28 5.34 2.27
Net debt to EBITDA 46.20 4.66 0.68

Dividend

Metric CSTL FLGT Diagnostics & Research median
Dividend yield — — 0.67%
Payout ratio — — 0.20

Size

Metric CSTL FLGT Diagnostics & Research median
Market cap 1.04b 513.43m 2.22b

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