Seer, Inc. (SEER) vs VAXART, INC. (VXRT)

Seer, Inc. and VAXART, INC. are both Biotechnology companies. Seer, Inc. and VAXART, INC. are of similar size ($94.1M and $92.4M). Seer, Inc. has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; VAXART, INC. trades at 2.8×. VAXART, INC. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 22.3% against −12.7%. VAXART, INC. has the higher net margin (16.0% vs −478.1%) and the higher return on invested capital (2,542.3% vs −60.8%). Across the 18 metrics below, VAXART, INC. leads on 15 and Seer, Inc. on 3.

Valuation

Metric SEER VXRT Biotechnology median
P/E n/m 2.85 10.26
P/S 6.36 0.50 9.18
P/B 0.40 1.36 2.05
Price to free cash flow n/m 2.81 24.81
EV/EBITDA 0.97 0.56 0.65
EV/Sales (4.39) 0.14 8.98
Earnings yield (74.39%) 35.14% (34.89%)
Free cash flow yield (48.61%) 35.55% (24.52%)

Profitability

Metric SEER VXRT Biotechnology median
Gross margin 47.70% 100.00% 65.16%
Operating margin (498.19%) 16.63% 0.00%
Net margin (478.05%) 16.02% 0.00%
Free cash flow margin (309.34%) 17.64% 0.00%
Return on equity (26.45%) 62.42% (50.12%)
Return on assets (23.47%) 16.26% (45.60%)
Return on invested capital (60.78%) 2,542.26% 0.00%

Growth

Metric SEER VXRT Biotechnology median
Revenue growth (TTM) (12.71%) 22.31% 6.26%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 7.91% 121.21% 29.88%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 90.78% 125.76% 9.75%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric SEER VXRT Biotechnology median
Debt to equity 0.00 0.00 0.00
Current ratio 14.74 1.71 4.89
Net debt to EBITDA 2.63 (2.42) 1.01

Dividend

Metric SEER VXRT Biotechnology median
Dividend yield — — 0.41%
Payout ratio — — —

Size

Metric SEER VXRT Biotechnology median
Market cap 94.13m 92.41m 172.11m

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