Moleculin Biotech, Inc. (MBRX) vs Exicure, Inc. (XCUR)

Moleculin Biotech, Inc. and Exicure, Inc. are both Biotechnology companies. Moleculin Biotech, Inc. and Exicure, Inc. are of similar size ($7.6M and $7.3M). Exicure, Inc. has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; Moleculin Biotech, Inc. trades at 0.0×. Across the 10 metrics below, Exicure, Inc. leads on 6 and Moleculin Biotech, Inc. on 4.

Valuation

Metric MBRX XCUR Biotechnology median
P/E 0.03 n/m 8.50
P/S n/m 0.26 9.71
P/B 0.14 7.24 2.13
Price to free cash flow n/m n/m 20.82
EV/EBITDA 0.19 n/m 0.64
EV/Sales n/m 0.24 9.21
Earnings yield 4,008.00% (118.92%) (33.15%)
Free cash flow yield (1,600.09%) (84.13%) (25.50%)

Profitability

Metric MBRX XCUR Biotechnology median
Gross margin 0.00% 80.08% 65.16%
Operating margin 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Net margin 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Free cash flow margin 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Return on equity (1,471.05%) (168.37%) (56.36%)
Return on assets (152.41%) (54.98%) (48.04%)
Return on invested capital (417.27%) 0.00% 0.00%

Growth

Metric MBRX XCUR Biotechnology median
Revenue growth (TTM) — 2,366.45% 6.02%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 82.01% 83.37% 30.26%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR — 33.48% 9.41%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric MBRX XCUR Biotechnology median
Debt to equity 0.00 0.00 0.00
Current ratio 0.94 0.56 4.72
Net debt to EBITDA 0.35 0.99 0.96

Dividend

Metric MBRX XCUR Biotechnology median
Dividend yield — — 0.09%
Payout ratio — — —

Size

Metric MBRX XCUR Biotechnology median
Market cap 7.55m 7.33m 135.18m

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