Generate Biomedicines, Inc. (GENB) vs Novavax, Inc. (NVAX)

Generate Biomedicines, Inc. and Novavax, Inc. are both Biotechnology companies. Generate Biomedicines, Inc. and Novavax, Inc. are of similar size ($1.6B and $1.6B). Novavax, Inc. has the higher net margin (−18.6% vs −781.1%) and the higher return on invested capital (0.00% vs 0.00%). Across the 14 metrics below, Novavax, Inc. leads on 12 and Generate Biomedicines, Inc. on 2.

Valuation

Metric GENB NVAX Biotechnology median
P/E n/m n/m 10.60
P/S 51.24 4.31 9.40
P/B 3.65 n/m 2.13
Price to free cash flow n/m n/m 25.18
EV/EBITDA n/m n/m 0.66
EV/Sales 37.20 3.28 9.02
Earnings yield (39.68%) (4.28%) (32.88%)
Free cash flow yield (33.02%) (13.87%) (23.13%)

Profitability

Metric GENB NVAX Biotechnology median
Gross margin 100.00% 78.01% 68.51%
Operating margin (751.19%) (21.23%) 0.00%
Net margin (781.10%) (18.64%) 0.00%
Free cash flow margin (1,692.17%) (58.05%) 0.00%
Return on equity 0.00% 41.08% (51.96%)
Return on assets (90.35%) (7.42%) (46.06%)
Return on invested capital 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Growth

Metric GENB NVAX Biotechnology median
Revenue growth (TTM) — (61.33%) 6.76%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (13.66%) 309.76% 29.88%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR — 18.76% 9.75%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR — 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric GENB NVAX Biotechnology median
Debt to equity 0.00 0.00 0.00
Current ratio 8.30 2.15 4.97
Net debt to EBITDA 0.97 (1.04) 1.01

Dividend

Metric GENB NVAX Biotechnology median
Dividend yield — — 0.41%
Payout ratio — — —

Size

Metric GENB NVAX Biotechnology median
Market cap 1.61b 1.61b 161.82m

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