ABVX vs ARQT vs NXTS Stock Comparison

Abivax, Arcutis Biotherapeutics and Nexentis Technologies Prices as of Oct 26, 2026 Peers: Industry group
ABVX Abivax S.A.
$86.50 -5.0% 1M -4.7% 1Y
Market cap
$6.05B
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
-$76.25M
Div. yield
–
Biotechnology Healthcare
2 wins

Head to Head

8 decided of 12

Arcutis Biotherapeutics leads on 6 of the 12 questions below (Arcutis Biotherapeutics 6, Abivax 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionABVXARQTNXTSLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $6.05B $4.13B $465.12K ABVX
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only -12.9x 145.0x 0.0x –
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS — 63.6x — –
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months -463.2% +76.1% — ARQT
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months — 6.1% — –
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital -74.9% 10.6% — ARQT
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 1.4x — 1.6x ABVX
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -4.7% +58.2% -97.9% ARQT
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years — +8.6%/yr -86.1%/yr ARQT
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 91.2% 56.8% 169.1% ARQT
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 56/100 76/100 32/100 ARQT

Percentile Scorecard

ABVXARQTNXTS

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisABVXARQTNXTS
Valuation 73 #168 of 626 69 #192 of 626 –
Growth 8 #556 of 604 96 #28 of 604 13 #526 of 604
Profitability 26 #414 of 555 89 #62 of 555 40 #333 of 555
Financial Health 82 #122 of 658 47 #349 of 658 44 #372 of 658
Shareholder Returns 89 #41 of 368 78 #83 of 368 –
Overall 56 76 32
  • ABVX ranked among 673 companies in Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology
  • ARQT ranked among 673 companies in Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology
  • NXTS ranked among 673 companies in Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodABVXARQTNXTSSPY
1 month -5.0%+18.2%-61.9% -0.8%
3 months -32.4%+14.3%-66.5% +3.5%
6 months -22.7%+35.8%-88.4% +7.0%
Year to date -35.9%+9.5%-95.2% +12.2%
1 year -4.7%+58.2%-97.9% +13.0%
3 years +832.1%+1,262.3%-99.9% +86.3%
3 years, per year +110.6%+139.0%-89.6% +23.1%
5 years —+50.7%-100.0% +68.6%
5 years, per year —+8.6%-86.1% +11.0%
10 years ——-100.0% +258.0%
10 years, per year ——-66.6% +13.6%

Risk

MeasureABVXARQTNXTSSPY
Volatility, 1Y 91.2%56.8%169.1% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 94.2%49.5%153.3% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.951.092.31 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.051.02-0.58 1.02
Max drawdown, 5Y -67.5%-93.2%-100.0% -25.4%
From 52-week high -40.5%-3.1%-97.8% -1.8%
52-week high $145.31$32.82$26.04 $779.14
52-week low $72.50$19.50$0.53 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleABVXARQTNXTS
P/E now vs peer median -12.9xmedian 17.1x 145.6xmedian 17.1x 0.0xmedian 17.1x
P/S now vs peer median -89.1xmedian 8.8x 8.6xmedian 8.8x —median 8.8x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median -18.6xmedian 17.1x —median 17.1x 1.5xmedian 17.1x
P/FCF now vs peer median -29.5xmedian 18.0x 102.0xmedian 18.0x —median 18.0x
P/B now vs peer median 16.2xmedian 2.1x 18.1xmedian 2.1x 0.2xmedian 2.1x
PEG now vs peer median —median 0.31 5.43median 0.31 0.00median 0.31

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsABVXARQTNXTS
Revenue -$76.25M $463.98M –
Gross profit – $422.89M –
Operating income -$341.36M $34.25M -$5.28M
Net income -$467.93M $28.52M -$14.06M
Free cash flow -$230.23M $39.15M –
R&D $242.27M $91.04M $532.00K
EPS (diluted) $-6.73 $0.21 $-17.10
Cash & equivalents $443.17M – $7.62M
Total debt $156.48K $108.90M $3.22M
Shares (diluted) 69.53M 135.90M 816.14K
Enterprise value $3.70B $3.42B -$22.18M

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricABVXARQTNXTS
P/E -12.9x 145.6x 0.0x
P/FCF -29.5x 102.0x –
P/Operating cash flow -29.5x 101.6x –
P/S -89.1x 8.6x –
P/B 16.2x 18.1x 0.2x
P/Tangible book 16.5x 19.3x -0.2x
EV/EBITDA -18.6x – 1.5x
EV/EBIT -18.5x 113.8x 1.5x
EV/Revenue -82.9x 8.4x –
EV/FCF -27.5x 99.6x –
EV/Operating cash flow -27.5x 99.2x –
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) – 5.43 0.00

Growth

14 metrics
MetricABVXARQTNXTS
Revenue growth (1Y) -463.2% 76.1% –
Revenue CAGR (3Y) – 241.4% –
Gross profit growth (1Y) – 80.2% –
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – 256.4% –
Operating income growth (1Y) 0.2% 139.9% -7.7%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) – 28.2% 3.0%
Net income growth (1Y) -120.1% 130.6% -48.2%
Net income CAGR (3Y) – 27.8% -35.8%
EPS growth (1Y) -99.6% 128.6% -567.8%
EPS CAGR (3Y) – 26.8% -45.2%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) -56.0% 160.0% –
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 28.8% –
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -55.6% 159.0% –
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 28.8% –

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricABVXARQTNXTS
Gross margin – 91.1% –
EBITDA margin – – –
Operating margin – 7.4% –
Pretax margin – 6.3% –
Net margin – 6.1% –
FCF margin – 8.4% –
Operating cash flow margin 301.6% 8.5% –
Return on equity -102.8% 13.9% -157.0%
Return on assets -81.0% 6.0% -71.9%
Return on invested capital -74.9% 10.6% –
Return on capital employed -68.9% 10.9% -31.5%
Asset turnover -0.1x 1.0x –
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 0.5x 1.4x –
Stock comp / revenue -97.6% 9.4% –

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricABVXARQTNXTS
Debt / assets 0.0% 22.3% 2.3%
Debt / equity 0.0x 0.5x 0.2x
Net debt / EBITDA 1.4x – 1.6x
Debt / FCF 0.0x 2.8x –
Liabilities / assets 20.8% 54.8% 89.8%
Equity / assets 79.2% 45.2% 10.2%
Interest coverage -4.1x 2.5x –
Current ratio 6.0x 2.9x 3.7x
Quick ratio 5.7x 2.2x 3.2x
Cash ratio 5.7x 1.3x 3.2x
Altman Z-score 33.72 7.63 –

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricABVXARQTNXTS
Dividend yield – – –
Net buyback yield 0.0% -0.2% –
Shareholder yield 0.0% -0.2% –
Payout ratio (earnings) – – –
Payout ratio (FCF) – – –
Dividend growth (1Y) – – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusABVXARQTNXTS
Forward P/E – 63.6xFY2026 –
EPS, next fiscal year $-4.42FY2026 $0.50FY2026 –
EPS growth, the year after – +152.0% –
Revenue, next fiscal year $5.07MFY2026 $565.04MFY2026 –
Revenue growth, next FY -5.0%FY2026 +50.2%FY2026 –
Revenue growth, the year after +1,467.2% +17.0% –

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersABVXARQTNXTS
Held by institutions 79.0% 100.0% –
Institutions holding 301 271 –
Change in shares held, QoQ +10.1% -0.4% –
Institutions buying 189 138 –
Institutions selling 99 98 –
Buyers to sellers 1.91 1.41 –

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

ABVXARQTNXTS
ABVX 1.00 0.21 -0.02
ARQT 0.21 1.00 -0.02
NXTS -0.02 -0.02 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, ABVX, ARQT and NXTS?

Abivax (ABVX) is the largest by market capitalisation: Abivax (ABVX) $6.05B, Arcutis Biotherapeutics (ARQT) $4.13B, Nexentis Technologies (NXTS) $465.12K.

Which company is growing faster?

Arcutis Biotherapeutics (ARQT) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Abivax (ABVX) -463.2%, Arcutis Biotherapeutics (ARQT) +76.1%.

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Arcutis Biotherapeutics (ARQT) returned the most: Abivax (ABVX) -4.7%, Arcutis Biotherapeutics (ARQT) +58.2%, Nexentis Technologies (NXTS) -97.9%. Over five years, Arcutis Biotherapeutics (ARQT) compounded fastest (Arcutis Biotherapeutics (ARQT) +8.6%/yr, Nexentis Technologies (NXTS) -86.1%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Arcutis Biotherapeutics (ARQT) has been the steadiest (Abivax (ABVX) 91.2%, Arcutis Biotherapeutics (ARQT) 56.8%, Nexentis Technologies (NXTS) 169.1%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, ABVX, ARQT and NXTS?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Arcutis Biotherapeutics (ARQT) leads on 6. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.