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MetricBIIBBIOGEN INC.REGNREGENERON PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.MRNAModerna, Inc.NTRANatera, Inc.Median of the restexcluding BIIB
TypeCompanyCompanyCompanyCompany
Price
$240.98▼ 2.12 (0.87%)
$805.67▼ 1.81 (0.22%)
$245.81▲ 3.73 (1.54%)
$401.37▼ 12.01 (2.91%)
Health scoreComposite of profitability, growth, debt and accounting quality.9.0/108.7/106.0/104.7/106.0/10
Market value$35.38B$84.27B$96.85B$56.07B
Revenue$9.89B$14.34B$1.94B$2.31B
Profit$1.29B$4.50B-$2.82B-$208.2M
Revenue growthChange in sales versus the prior year.2.2%1.0%-39.9%35.9%1.0%
Gross marginShare of sales left after the direct cost of producing them.75.7%—55.3%—55.3%
Operating marginShare of sales left after running the business, before interest and tax.—24.9%-158.1%-13.4%-13.4%
Profit marginProfit kept from each dollar of sales.13.1%31.4%-145.2%-9.0%-9.0%
Free cash flow marginCash left after capital spending, as a share of sales.20.7%28.4%-106.2%4.7%4.7%
Return on equityProfit against the owners' stake in the company.7.1%14.4%-32.6%-12.2%-12.2%
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.—10.2%-36.5%-34.2%-34.2%
P/E ratioPrice paid per dollar of annual profit.27.36x18.71x——18.71x
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.—20.17x——20.17x
Price to book1.94x2.70x11.20x32.74x11.20x
Debt to equityTotal liabilities compared with owners' stake.0.61x0.30x0.43x0.40x0.40x
Piotroski F-ScoreNine checks of financial strength. Higher is stronger.6/96/83/92/73.0
Bankruptcy riskAltman Z-Score zone.safesafesafedistress

How BIIB compares with the others

  • BIIB's profit margin of 13.1% is higher than the median of the other companies selected (-9.0%).
  • Its revenue growth of 2.2% is in line with the median of the other companies selected (1.0%).
  • It trades at a higher P/E than the other company selected: 27.4x against 18.7x.
  • Its liabilities are higher relative to equity than the median of the other companies selected: 0.6x against 0.4x.

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