Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals International, plc (KNSA) vs Liquidia Corporation (LQDA)

Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals International, plc and Liquidia Corporation are both Drug Manufacturers Specialty & Generic companies. Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals International, plc is the larger, with a market value of $6.9B against $4.0B — 1.7× the size. Liquidia Corporation trades at the lower P/E: 28.5× against 62.1×. Liquidia Corporation grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 2,233.7% against 58.2%. Liquidia Corporation has the higher net margin (30.7% vs 11.6%) and the higher return on invested capital (121.1% vs 57.7%). Across the 20 metrics below, Liquidia Corporation leads on 13 and Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals International, plc on 7.

Valuation

Metric KNSA LQDA Drug Manufacturers Specialty & Generic median
P/E 62.08 28.47 20.55
P/S 7.32 8.81 2.08
P/B 9.74 20.36 1.79
Price to free cash flow 35.08 26.36 16.29
EV/EBITDA 47.98 22.70 12.22
EV/Sales 6.71 8.57 2.87
Earnings yield 1.61% 3.51% (15.94%)
Free cash flow yield 2.85% 3.79% 0.00%

Profitability

Metric KNSA LQDA Drug Manufacturers Specialty & Generic median
Gross margin 90.16% 92.54% 53.51%
Operating margin 13.79% 37.39% 0.00%
Net margin 11.58% 30.74% (2.45%)
Free cash flow margin 20.85% 33.42% 0.00%
Return on equity 17.59% 131.82% (0.80%)
Return on assets 12.92% 35.57% (1.67%)
Return on invested capital 57.65% 121.05% 0.00%

Growth

Metric KNSA LQDA Drug Manufacturers Specialty & Generic median
Revenue growth (TTM) 58.19% 2,233.65% 5.22%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 225.00% 51.81% 42.91%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR — 192.49% 7.24%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric KNSA LQDA Drug Manufacturers Specialty & Generic median
Debt to equity 0.00 0.90 0.04
Current ratio 3.91 2.31 2.41
Net debt to EBITDA (5.26) (0.01) 1.01

Dividend

Metric KNSA LQDA Drug Manufacturers Specialty & Generic median
Dividend yield — — 1.45%
Payout ratio — — 0.27

Size

Metric KNSA LQDA Drug Manufacturers Specialty & Generic median
Market cap 6.94b 3.98b 315.39m

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