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MetricNTRANatera, Inc.AMGNAMGEN INCGILDGILEAD SCIENCES, INC.VRTXVERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INC / MAMedian of the restexcluding NTRA
TypeCompanyCompanyCompanyCompany
Price
$401.37▼ 12.01 (2.91%)
$438.34▼ 0.60 (0.14%)
$157.19▲ 3.62 (2.36%)
$524.52▲ 9.87 (1.92%)
Health scoreComposite of profitability, growth, debt and accounting quality.4.7/108.0/109.0/108.7/108.7/10
Market value$56.07B$236.18B$195.07B$133.22B
Revenue$2.31B$36.75B$29.44B$12.00B
Profit-$208.2M$7.71B$8.51B$3.95B
Revenue growthChange in sales versus the prior year.35.9%10.0%2.4%8.9%8.9%
Gross marginShare of sales left after the direct cost of producing them.—67.2%78.8%86.2%78.8%
Operating marginShare of sales left after running the business, before interest and tax.-13.4%24.7%34.0%34.8%34.0%
Profit marginProfit kept from each dollar of sales.-9.0%21.0%28.9%32.9%28.9%
Free cash flow marginCash left after capital spending, as a share of sales.4.7%22.0%32.1%26.6%26.6%
Return on equityProfit against the owners' stake in the company.-12.2%89.1%37.5%21.2%37.5%
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.-34.2%14.4%21.7%26.2%21.7%
P/E ratioPrice paid per dollar of annual profit.—30.63x22.92x33.70x30.63x
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.—19.77x20.44x—20.11x
Price to book32.74x27.28x8.59x7.14x8.59x
Debt to equityTotal liabilities compared with owners' stake.0.40x9.46x1.60x0.37x1.60x
Piotroski F-ScoreNine checks of financial strength. Higher is stronger.2/78/98/96/88.0
Bankruptcy riskAltman Z-Score zone.distressgreysafesafe

How NTRA compares with the others

  • NTRA's operating margin of -13.4% is lower than the median of the other companies selected (34.0%).
  • Its revenue grew faster than the median of the other companies selected: 35.9% against 8.9%.
  • It has no P/E to set against theirs, because it did not make a profit.
  • Its liabilities are lower relative to equity than the median of the other companies selected: 0.4x against 1.6x.

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