Alkermes vs Axsome Therapeutics
ALKS and AXSM side by side, both in drugs. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How ALKS and AXSM compare
Alkermes and Axsome Therapeutics are about the same size, with market caps of $7.9B and $7.6B.
Axsome Therapeutics grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (54.2% versus 10.8% for Alkermes).
Alkermes keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 4.0% compared with −18.2% at Axsome Therapeutics.
Axsome Therapeutics scores higher on the StockData Score (8 against 5 for Alkermes), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | ALKS | AXSM |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $7.9B | $7.6B |
| Share price | $46.98 | $144.37 |
| Change, 1 year | 39.0% | 3.4% |
| Change, 5 years | 102% | 303% |
| Beta (5Y) | 0.41 | 0.52 |
| Employees | 2,050 | 500 |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 5 | 8 (better) |
| Valuation score | 0 | 0 |
| Growth score | 2 | 3 (better) |
| Performance score | 2 | 2 |
| Health score | 1 | 3 (better) |
| Dividend score | 0 | 0 |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 124× | – |
| P/S | 4.7× (better) | 8.7× |
| P/B | 4.4× (better) | 71.7× |
| EV/EBITDA | 48.8× | – |
| P/FCF | 35.6× | – |
| FCF yield | 2.8% (better) | −1.1% |
| Fair value | $15.03 | – |
| Margin of safety | −213% | – |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 10.8% | 54.2% (better) |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 7.3% | – |
| Net income growth (TTM) | −81.0% | – |
| EPS growth (TTM) | −81.7% | – |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 84.6% | 93.2% (better) |
| Operating margin | 7.0% (better) | −17.5% |
| Net margin | 4.0% (better) | −18.2% |
| FCF margin | 13.3% (better) | −9.5% |
| Return on equity | 3.9% (better) | −176% |
| Return on invested capital | 4.9% | – |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 0.83 (better) | 1.78 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 4.73 | – |
| Interest coverage | 2.0× | – |
| Current ratio | 2.30 (better) | 1.42 |
| Altman Z-score | 2.28 | 4.62 (better) |
| Piotroski F-score | 7 (better) | 5 |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Buyback yield | – | −0.34% |
| Shareholder yield | 0.00% (better) | −0.34% |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 106% | 73.8% |
| Held by insiders | 1.6% | 15.2% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$10.1M (better) | −$113M |
| Short interest, % of float | 11.9% | 7.3% |
Go deeper
- ALKS stock overview
- ALKS income statement
- ALKS valuation and score
- AXSM stock overview
- AXSM income statement
- AXSM valuation and score
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