Eikon Therapeutics, Inc. (EIKN) vs X4 Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (XFOR)

Eikon Therapeutics, Inc. and X4 Pharmaceuticals, Inc. are both Biotechnology companies. Eikon Therapeutics, Inc. and X4 Pharmaceuticals, Inc. are of similar size ($316.3M and $304.4M). Eikon Therapeutics, Inc. has the higher net margin (0.00% vs −474.7%) and the higher return on invested capital (0.00% vs −178.2%). Across the 13 metrics below, Eikon Therapeutics, Inc. leads on 8 and X4 Pharmaceuticals, Inc. on 5.

Valuation

Metric EIKN XFOR Biotechnology median
P/E n/m n/m 10.60
P/S n/m 23.50 9.40
P/B 0.69 2.87 2.13
Price to free cash flow n/m 16.91 25.18
EV/EBITDA 0.62 n/m 0.66
EV/Sales n/m 17.02 9.02
Earnings yield (1,147.55%) (21.26%) (32.88%)
Free cash flow yield (138.83%) 5.91% (23.13%)

Profitability

Metric EIKN XFOR Biotechnology median
Gross margin — 81.77% 68.51%
Operating margin 0.00% (473.95%) 0.00%
Net margin 0.00% (474.74%) 0.00%
Free cash flow margin 0.00% (478.16%) 0.00%
Return on equity 0.00% (80.32%) (51.96%)
Return on assets (90.08%) (40.73%) (46.06%)
Return on invested capital 0.00% (178.23%) 0.00%

Growth

Metric EIKN XFOR Biotechnology median
Revenue growth (TTM) — (50.08%) 6.76%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (19.15%) 67.23% 29.88%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR — — 9.75%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR — 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric EIKN XFOR Biotechnology median
Debt to equity 0.00 0.55 0.00
Current ratio 9.89 13.22 4.97
Net debt to EBITDA 1.07 2.06 1.01

Dividend

Metric EIKN XFOR Biotechnology median
Dividend yield — — 0.41%
Payout ratio — — —

Size

Metric EIKN XFOR Biotechnology median
Market cap 316.32m 304.38m 161.82m

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