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 $587.2M — 1.8× the size. Fulgent Genetics, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 6.83% against 3.18%. Castle Biosciences, Inc. has the higher net margin (−5.43% vs −26.1%) and the higher return on invested capital (−9.40% vs −10.3%). 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 35.56
P/S 2.72 1.71 4.37
P/B 2.07 0.56 3.06
Price to free cash flow n/m n/m 35.76
EV/EBITDA n/m n/m 24.35
EV/Sales 2.00 0.98 5.51
Earnings yield (2.07%) (14.24%) (1.89%)
Free cash flow yield (0.05%) (18.71%) (0.15%)

Profitability

Metric CSTL FLGT Diagnostics & Research median
Gross margin 77.26% 35.58% 50.89%
Operating margin (8.99%) (37.75%) (8.57%)
Net margin (5.43%) (26.05%) (6.37%)
Free cash flow margin (0.13%) (32.04%) 0.00%
Return on equity (4.20%) (8.01%) (2.92%)
Return on assets (3.51%) (7.37%) (6.71%)
Return on invested capital (9.40%) (10.34%) 0.00%

Growth

Metric CSTL FLGT Diagnostics & Research median
Revenue growth (TTM) 3.18% 6.83% 7.69%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (233.87%) (39.72%) 25.92%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 40.60% (5.21%) 7.40%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric CSTL FLGT Diagnostics & Research median
Debt to equity 0.02 0.00 0.11
Current ratio 6.04 6.34 2.02
Net debt to EBITDA 46.20 4.66 0.70

Dividend

Metric CSTL FLGT Diagnostics & Research median
Dividend yield — — 0.66%
Payout ratio — — 0.20

Size

Metric CSTL FLGT Diagnostics & Research median
Market cap 1.03b 587.18m 2.16b

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