Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. (NBIX) vs Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. (TAK)

Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. and Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. are both Drug Manufacturers Specialty & Generic companies. Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. is the larger, with a market value of $67.7B against $16.2B — 4.2× the size. Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 23.0× against 32.0×. Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 38.0% against 0.66%. Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. has the higher net margin (19.0% vs 7.12%) and the higher return on invested capital (17.7% vs 0.00%). Across the 22 metrics below, Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. leads on 16 and Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. on 6.

Valuation

Metric NBIX TAK Drug Manufacturers Specialty & Generic median
P/E 23.01 31.97 20.55
P/S 4.40 2.24 2.08
P/B 4.20 1.44 1.79
Price to free cash flow 15.68 8.42 16.29
EV/EBITDA 16.51 11.17 12.22
EV/Sales 4.35 3.10 2.87
Earnings yield 4.35% 3.13% (15.94%)
Free cash flow yield 6.38% 11.88% 0.00%

Profitability

Metric NBIX TAK Drug Manufacturers Specialty & Generic median
Gross margin 97.75% 65.85% 53.51%
Operating margin 23.96% 11.61% 0.00%
Net margin 18.98% 7.12% (2.45%)
Free cash flow margin 28.09% 0.00% 0.00%
Return on equity 20.41% 0.00% (0.80%)
Return on assets 14.20% 0.00% (1.67%)
Return on invested capital 17.65% 0.00% 0.00%

Growth

Metric NBIX TAK Drug Manufacturers Specialty & Generic median
Revenue growth (TTM) 37.98% 0.66% 5.22%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 41.95% (244.86%) 42.91%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 22.29% (0.21%) 7.24%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 3.28% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric NBIX TAK Drug Manufacturers Specialty & Generic median
Debt to equity 0.00 0.62 0.04
Current ratio 2.04 1.15 2.41
Net debt to EBITDA (2.33) 5.84 1.01

Dividend

Metric NBIX TAK Drug Manufacturers Specialty & Generic median
Dividend yield — 1.45% 1.45%
Payout ratio — 0.46 0.27

Size

Metric NBIX TAK Drug Manufacturers Specialty & Generic median
Market cap 16.17b 67.70b 315.39m

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