Evolus, Inc. (EOLS) vs Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (IRWD)

Evolus, Inc. and Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc. are both Drug Manufacturers Specialty & Generic companies. Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $623.0M against $500.0M — 1.2× the size. Evolus, Inc. has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc. trades at 4.4×. Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 26.2% against 13.9%. Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc. has the higher net margin (33.4% vs −10.9%) and the higher return on invested capital (101.6% vs −14.5%). Across the 18 metrics below, Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc. leads on 12 and Evolus, Inc. on 6.

Valuation

Metric EOLS IRWD Drug Manufacturers Specialty & Generic median
P/E n/m 4.39 19.25
P/S 1.48 1.48 2.11
P/B n/m n/m 1.78
Price to free cash flow n/m 3.10 16.14
EV/EBITDA n/m 4.58 12.58
EV/Sales 2.07 2.78 2.73
Earnings yield (7.32%) 22.79% (4.38%)
Free cash flow yield (4.68%) 32.24% 0.00%

Profitability

Metric EOLS IRWD Drug Manufacturers Specialty & Generic median
Gross margin 66.74% 100.00% 53.94%
Operating margin (5.90%) 60.15% 0.00%
Net margin (10.85%) 33.36% 0.00%
Free cash flow margin (6.92%) 47.66% 0.00%
Return on equity 138.57% (55.26%) (0.40%)
Return on assets (14.40%) 41.35% (3.32%)
Return on invested capital (14.47%) 101.61% 0.00%

Growth

Metric EOLS IRWD Drug Manufacturers Specialty & Generic median
Revenue growth (TTM) 13.87% 26.19% 10.01%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 1.23% 2,627.27% 49.06%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 39.36% (5.33%) 6.74%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% (25.72%) 0.00%

Health

Metric EOLS IRWD Drug Manufacturers Specialty & Generic median
Debt to equity (5.07) (2.38) 0.05
Current ratio 1.70 6.06 2.31
Net debt to EBITDA (4.08) 3.68 0.97

Dividend

Metric EOLS IRWD Drug Manufacturers Specialty & Generic median
Dividend yield — — 1.57%
Payout ratio — — 0.27

Size

Metric EOLS IRWD Drug Manufacturers Specialty & Generic median
Market cap 500.00m 622.95m 276.90m

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