Madrigal Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (MDGL) vs Vaxcyte, Inc. (PCVX)

Madrigal Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Vaxcyte, Inc. are both Biotechnology companies. Madrigal Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Vaxcyte, Inc. are of similar size ($10.6B and $10.3B). Vaxcyte, Inc. has the higher net margin (0.00% vs −25.3%) and the higher return on invested capital (−57.3% vs −787.3%). Across the 14 metrics below, Vaxcyte, Inc. leads on 9 and Madrigal Pharmaceuticals, Inc. on 5.

Valuation

Metric MDGL PCVX Biotechnology median
P/E n/m n/m 8.50
P/S 10.21 n/m 9.71
P/B 25.03 3.33 2.13
Price to free cash flow n/m n/m 20.82
EV/EBITDA n/m n/m 0.64
EV/Sales 9.82 n/m 9.21
Earnings yield (2.87%) (11.99%) (33.15%)
Free cash flow yield (1.60%) (9.73%) (25.50%)

Profitability

Metric MDGL PCVX Biotechnology median
Gross margin 91.48% 0.00% 65.16%
Operating margin (25.13%) 0.00% 0.00%
Net margin (25.32%) 0.00% 0.00%
Free cash flow margin (16.07%) 0.00% 0.00%
Return on equity (53.31%) (36.51%) (56.36%)
Return on assets (28.77%) (33.03%) (48.04%)
Return on invested capital (787.33%) (57.30%) 0.00%

Growth

Metric MDGL PCVX Biotechnology median
Revenue growth (TTM) 149.04% — 6.02%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 41.32% (48.16%) 30.26%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR — — 9.41%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric MDGL PCVX Biotechnology median
Debt to equity 0.65 0.00 0.00
Current ratio 3.20 5.72 4.72
Net debt to EBITDA 2.21 1.71 0.96

Dividend

Metric MDGL PCVX Biotechnology median
Dividend yield — — 0.09%
Payout ratio — — —

Size

Metric MDGL PCVX Biotechnology median
Market cap 10.62b 10.27b 135.18m

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