Origin Agritech Limited (SEED) vs Metabolix, Inc. (YTENQ)

Origin Agritech Limited and Metabolix, Inc. are both Agricultural Inputs companies. Origin Agritech Limited is the larger, with a market value of $8.9M against $1.5M — 5.8× the size. Origin Agritech Limited grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 114.4% against 74.2%. Origin Agritech Limited has the higher net margin (−63.4% vs −1,416.1%) and the higher return on invested capital (0.00% vs 0.00%). Across the 14 metrics below, Origin Agritech Limited leads on 9 and Metabolix, Inc. on 5.

Valuation

Metric SEED YTENQ Agricultural Inputs median
P/E n/m n/m 11.68
P/S 0.10 n/m 0.66
P/B n/m n/m 0.51
Price to free cash flow 5.11 n/m 10.89
EV/EBITDA n/m n/m 5.64
EV/Sales 0.02 0.27 0.84
Earnings yield (263.92%) 0.00% 0.00%
Free cash flow yield 19.58% 0.00% 4.69%

Profitability

Metric SEED YTENQ Agricultural Inputs median
Gross margin 25.80% 66.44% 30.83%
Operating margin 0.00% (1,403.90%) 0.30%
Net margin (63.40%) (1,416.05%) (7.81%)
Free cash flow margin 0.00% (646.49%) 1.46%
Return on equity 0.00% 449.55% (2.64%)
Return on assets 0.00% (287.44%) (5.16%)
Return on invested capital 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Growth

Metric SEED YTENQ Agricultural Inputs median
Revenue growth (TTM) 114.44% 74.17% 8.74%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (317.39%) 34.06% 33.58%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 10.75% (35.94%) 3.77%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric SEED YTENQ Agricultural Inputs median
Debt to equity 0.00 0.00 0.47
Current ratio 0.39 0.16 1.55
Net debt to EBITDA 0.25 0.08 0.16

Dividend

Metric SEED YTENQ Agricultural Inputs median
Dividend yield — — 4.68%
Payout ratio — — 0.67

Size

Metric SEED YTENQ Agricultural Inputs median
Market cap 8.89m 1.52m 235.56m

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