Cytokinetics, Incorporated (CYTK) vs Praxis Precision Medicines, Inc. (PRAX)

Cytokinetics, Incorporated and Praxis Precision Medicines, Inc. are both Biotechnology companies. Cytokinetics, Incorporated is the larger, with a market value of $9.0B against $7.9B — 1.1× the size. Praxis Precision Medicines, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 249.5% against −21.1%. Praxis Precision Medicines, Inc. has the higher net margin (0.00% vs −1,321.1%) and the lower return on invested capital (−40.6% vs 0.00%). Across the 16 metrics below, Praxis Precision Medicines, Inc. leads on 9 and Cytokinetics, Incorporated on 7.

Valuation

Metric CYTK PRAX Biotechnology median
P/E n/m n/m 7.88
P/S 126.21 956.32 11.47
P/B n/m 6.10 2.52
Price to free cash flow n/m n/m 21.16
EV/EBITDA n/m n/m 0.74
EV/Sales 125.94 867.63 10.73
Earnings yield (11.17%) (4.61%) (28.84%)
Free cash flow yield (6.80%) (3.74%) (23.03%)

Profitability

Metric CYTK PRAX Biotechnology median
Gross margin 87.97% 100.00% 65.16%
Operating margin (1,046.12%) 0.00% 0.00%
Net margin (1,321.12%) 0.00% 0.00%
Free cash flow margin (858.16%) 0.00% 0.00%
Return on equity 329.76% (38.86%) (57.72%)
Return on assets (56.76%) (36.80%) (49.22%)
Return on invested capital 0.00% (40.58%) 0.00%

Growth

Metric CYTK PRAX Biotechnology median
Revenue growth (TTM) (21.07%) 249.53% 5.64%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (24.33%) (32.03%) —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 9.54% — 8.40%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric CYTK PRAX Biotechnology median
Debt to equity (6.61) 0.00 0.00
Current ratio 6.66 15.73 4.73
Net debt to EBITDA (0.46) 1.82 0.96

Dividend

Metric CYTK PRAX Biotechnology median
Dividend yield — — 2.10%
Payout ratio 0.00 0.00 0.00

Size

Metric CYTK PRAX Biotechnology median
Market cap 8.98b 7.87b 162.10m

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