Disc Medicine, Inc. (IRON) vs Novavax, Inc. (NVAX)

Disc Medicine, Inc. and Novavax, Inc. are both Biotechnology companies. Disc Medicine, Inc. and Novavax, Inc. are of similar size ($2.2B and $2.1B). Disc Medicine, Inc. has the higher net margin (0.00% vs −59.9%) and the higher return on invested capital (0.00% vs 0.00%). Across the 12 metrics below, Novavax, Inc. leads on 7 and Disc Medicine, Inc. on 5.

Valuation

Metric IRON NVAX Biotechnology median
P/E n/m n/m 8.50
P/S n/m 4.48 9.71
P/B 3.41 n/m 2.13
Price to free cash flow n/m n/m 20.82
EV/EBITDA n/m n/m 0.64
EV/Sales n/m 3.45 9.21
Earnings yield (11.58%) (13.50%) (33.15%)
Free cash flow yield (9.03%) (2.38%) (25.50%)

Profitability

Metric IRON NVAX Biotechnology median
Gross margin 0.00% 78.60% 65.16%
Operating margin 0.00% (56.58%) 0.00%
Net margin 0.00% (59.87%) 0.00%
Free cash flow margin 0.00% (10.20%) 0.00%
Return on equity (39.08%) 323.66% (56.36%)
Return on assets (35.12%) (21.62%) (48.04%)
Return on invested capital 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Growth

Metric IRON NVAX Biotechnology median
Revenue growth (TTM) — (61.64%) 6.02%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (51.77%) 309.76% 30.26%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR — 18.76% 9.41%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric IRON NVAX Biotechnology median
Debt to equity 0.09 (1.54) 0.00
Current ratio 24.14 2.33 4.72
Net debt to EBITDA 3.12 (1.04) 0.96

Dividend

Metric IRON NVAX Biotechnology median
Dividend yield — — 0.09%
Payout ratio — — —

Size

Metric IRON NVAX Biotechnology median
Market cap 2.17b 2.11b 135.18m

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