Lantheus Holdings, Inc. (LNTH) vs Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. (NBIX)

Lantheus Holdings, Inc. and Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. are both Drug Manufacturers Specialty & Generic companies. Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $13.9B against $6.5B — 2.1× the size. Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 19.2× against 23.7×. Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 34.4% against 2.35%. Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. has the higher net margin (20.9% vs 17.7%) and the higher return on invested capital (15.0% vs 14.7%). Across the 22 metrics below, Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. leads on 18 and Lantheus Holdings, Inc. on 4.

Valuation

Metric LNTH NBIX Drug Manufacturers Specialty & Generic median
P/E 23.68 19.25 19.25
P/S 4.17 4.06 2.11
P/B 4.95 3.71 1.78
Price to free cash flow 16.54 15.75 16.14
EV/EBITDA 16.38 16.66 12.58
EV/Sales 4.16 4.11 2.73
Earnings yield 4.22% 5.19% (4.38%)
Free cash flow yield 6.05% 6.35% 0.00%

Profitability

Metric LNTH NBIX Drug Manufacturers Specialty & Generic median
Gross margin 60.14% 97.94% 53.94%
Operating margin 19.43% 23.56% 0.00%
Net margin 17.69% 20.91% 0.00%
Free cash flow margin 25.24% 25.80% 0.00%
Return on equity 22.21% 22.09% (0.40%)
Return on assets 12.15% 15.26% (3.32%)
Return on invested capital 14.65% 15.04% 0.00%

Growth

Metric LNTH NBIX Drug Manufacturers Specialty & Generic median
Revenue growth (TTM) 2.35% 34.42% 10.01%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (21.79%) 41.95% 49.06%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 35.35% 22.29% 6.74%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 3.28% 0.00%

Health

Metric LNTH NBIX Drug Manufacturers Specialty & Generic median
Debt to equity 0.44 0.00 0.05
Current ratio 3.06 1.87 2.31
Net debt to EBITDA 0.55 (2.33) 0.97

Dividend

Metric LNTH NBIX Drug Manufacturers Specialty & Generic median
Dividend yield — — 1.57%
Payout ratio — — 0.27

Size

Metric LNTH NBIX Drug Manufacturers Specialty & Generic median
Market cap 6.53b 13.92b 276.90m

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