Liquidia Corporation (LQDA) vs Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (SUPN)

Liquidia Corporation and Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. are both Drug Manufacturers Specialty & Generic companies. Liquidia Corporation is the larger, with a market value of $3.1B against $2.3B — 1.4× the size. Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; Liquidia Corporation trades at 21.9×. Liquidia Corporation grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 2,233.7% against 24.9%. Liquidia Corporation has the higher net margin (30.7% vs −13.2%) and the higher return on invested capital (121.1% vs −12.4%). Across the 19 metrics below, Liquidia Corporation leads on 14 and Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. on 5.

Valuation

Metric LQDA SUPN Drug Manufacturers Specialty & Generic median
P/E 21.88 n/m 19.25
P/S 6.77 2.65 2.11
P/B 15.65 2.13 1.78
Price to free cash flow 20.26 131.35 16.14
EV/EBITDA 17.30 n/m 12.58
EV/Sales 6.53 2.78 2.73
Earnings yield 4.57% (5.07%) (4.38%)
Free cash flow yield 4.94% 0.76% 0.00%

Profitability

Metric LQDA SUPN Drug Manufacturers Specialty & Generic median
Gross margin 92.54% 88.07% 53.94%
Operating margin 37.39% (15.71%) 0.00%
Net margin 30.74% (13.23%) 0.00%
Free cash flow margin 33.42% 2.21% 0.00%
Return on equity 131.82% (10.49%) (0.40%)
Return on assets 35.57% (7.82%) (3.32%)
Return on invested capital 121.05% (12.37%) 0.00%

Growth

Metric LQDA SUPN Drug Manufacturers Specialty & Generic median
Revenue growth (TTM) 2,233.65% 24.85% 10.01%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 51.81% (151.52%) 49.06%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 192.49% 6.68% 6.74%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric LQDA SUPN Drug Manufacturers Specialty & Generic median
Debt to equity 0.90 0.00 0.05
Current ratio 2.31 2.08 2.31
Net debt to EBITDA (0.01) (11.12) 0.97

Dividend

Metric LQDA SUPN Drug Manufacturers Specialty & Generic median
Dividend yield — — 1.57%
Payout ratio — — 0.27

Size

Metric LQDA SUPN Drug Manufacturers Specialty & Generic median
Market cap 3.11b 2.30b 276.90m

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