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MetricNBIXNEUROCRINE BIOSCIENCES INCUTHRUNITED THERAPEUTICS CorpINCYINCYTE CORPINSMINSMED IncMedian of the restexcluding NBIX
TypeCompanyCompanyCompanyCompany
Price
$143.29▲ 1.98 (1.40%)
$563.49▲ 9.61 (1.74%)
$116.93▲ 3.49 (3.08%)
$94.04▼ 1.63 (1.70%)
Health scoreComposite of profitability, growth, debt and accounting quality.10.0/108.7/1010.0/105.0/108.7/10
Market value$14.34B$24.59B$23.21B$20.15B
Revenue$2.86B$3.18B$5.14B$606.4M
Profit$478.6M$1.33B$1.29B-$1.28B
Revenue growthChange in sales versus the prior year.21.4%10.6%21.2%66.7%21.2%
Gross marginShare of sales left after the direct cost of producing them.98.2%87.9%92.8%79.7%87.9%
Operating marginShare of sales left after running the business, before interest and tax.21.6%46.9%29.5%-205.6%29.5%
Profit marginProfit kept from each dollar of sales.16.7%41.9%25.0%-210.5%25.0%
Free cash flow marginCash left after capital spending, as a share of sales.26.2%32.7%—-159.6%-63.4%
Return on equityProfit against the owners' stake in the company.14.7%18.8%24.9%-172.8%18.8%
Return on invested capital (approx.)Operating profit after tax against equity plus debt, less cash. Cash here excludes short-term investments, so this runs low for cash-rich companies.16.5%21.0%56.6%-128.0%21.0%
P/E ratioPrice paid per dollar of annual profit.29.97x18.43x18.04x—18.23x
EV / EBITDA (approx.)Market value plus debt less cash, against operating profit before depreciation. Cash excludes short-term investments, so this runs high for cash-rich companies.—————
Price to book4.41x3.47x4.49x27.27x4.49x
Debt to equityTotal liabilities compared with owners' stake.0.42x0.11x0.35x2.06x0.35x
Piotroski F-ScoreNine checks of financial strength. Higher is stronger.5/87/86/84/96.0
Bankruptcy riskAltman Z-Score zone.safesafesafesafe

How NBIX compares with the others

  • NBIX's operating margin of 21.6% is lower than the median of the other companies selected (29.5%).
  • Its revenue growth of 21.4% is in line with the median of the other companies selected (21.2%).
  • It trades at a higher P/E than the median of the other companies selected: 30.0x against 18.2x.
  • Its liabilities are higher relative to equity than the median of the other companies selected: 0.4x against 0.3x.

Measured against the other companies entered, from each one's latest annual filing. A difference describes the companies; it does not rank them.