ARQT vs NXTS vs GILD Stock Comparison

Arcutis Biotherapeutics, Nexentis Technologies and Gilead Sciences Prices as of Nov 4, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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GILD Gilead Sciences, Inc.
$174.48 +20.6% 1M +41.9% 1Y
Market cap
$212.40B
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$30.99B
Div. yield
–
Biotechnology Healthcare
3 wins

Head to Head

9 decided of 12

Arcutis Biotherapeutics leads on 5 of the 12 questions below (Arcutis Biotherapeutics 5, Gilead Sciences 3, Nexentis Technologies 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionARQTNXTSGILDLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $3.52B $399.25K $212.40B GILD
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 123.4x 0.0x -55.0x –
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 68.5x — — –
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +76.1% — +6.5% ARQT
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 6.1% — -12.5% ARQT
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 10.6% — -6.1% ARQT
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — 0.8x 43.8x NXTS
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +42.7% -97.5% +41.9% ARQT
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +9.2%/yr -86.5%/yr +21.4%/yr GILD
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 51.7% 169.6% 27.6% GILD
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 76/100 20/100 61/100 ARQT

Percentile Scorecard

ARQTNXTSGILD

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

AxisARQTNXTSGILD
Valuation 70 #192 of 634 8 #584 of 634 90 #65 of 634
Growth 96 #26 of 607 9 #550 of 607 34 #402 of 607
Profitability 89 #61 of 557 21 #439 of 557 84 #89 of 557
Financial Health 46 #352 of 654 43 #371 of 654 23 #503 of 654
Shareholder Returns 77 #94 of 400 – 74 #106 of 400
Overall 76 20 61
  • ARQT ranked among 671 companies in Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology
  • NXTS ranked among 671 companies in Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology
  • GILD ranked among 671 companies in Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodARQTNXTSGILDSPY
1 month +36.2%-59.4%+20.6% -1.0%
3 months +26.4%-69.7%+32.4% -0.4%
6 months +41.7%-87.7%+28.0% +4.5%
Year to date +18.0%-95.2%+42.2% +12.4%
1 year +42.7%-97.5%+41.9% +13.6%
3 years +1,304.1%-99.9%+113.8% +76.4%
3 years, per year +141.4%-90.3%+28.9% +20.8%
5 years +55.4%-100.0%+163.1% +63.7%
5 years, per year +9.2%-86.5%+21.4% +10.4%
10 years —-100.0%+140.9% +267.7%
10 years, per year —-66.6%+9.2% +13.9%

Risk

MeasureARQTNXTSGILDSPY
Volatility, 1Y 51.7%169.6%27.6% 12.8%
Downside volatility, 1Y 49.3%154.7%23.9% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.062.370.29 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.83-0.571.52 1.06
Max drawdown, 5Y -93.2%-100.0%-29.4% -25.4%
From 52-week high 0.0%-97.6%0.0% -1.6%
52-week high $34.26$22.89$174.48 $779.14
52-week low $19.50$0.53$118.15 $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.

MultipleARQTNXTSGILD
P/E now vs peer median 156.8xmedian 18.0x 0.0xmedian 18.0x -56.1xmedian 18.0x
P/S now vs peer median 9.3xmedian 9.1x —median 9.1x 7.0xmedian 9.1x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median —median 16.2x 0.8xmedian 16.2x 522.8xmedian 16.2x
P/FCF now vs peer median 109.9xmedian 21.7x -0.1xmedian 21.7x 15.7xmedian 21.7x
P/B now vs peer median 19.5xmedian 2.2x 0.2xmedian 2.2x 16.6xmedian 2.2x
PEG now vs peer median 5.85median 0.38 0.00median 0.38 1.45median 0.38

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 monthsARQTNXTSGILD
Revenue $463.98M – $30.99B
Gross profit $422.89M – $24.77B
Operating income $34.25M -$10.88M -$2.36B
Net income $28.52M -$16.14M -$3.86B
Free cash flow $39.15M -$4.50M $13.78B
R&D $91.04M $798.00K $6.33B
EPS (diluted) $0.21 $-19.64 $-3.09
Cash & equivalents – $7.62M $6.44B
Total debt $108.90M $422.00K $26.23B
Shares (diluted) 135.90M 816.14K 1.25B
Enterprise value $2.80B -$25.04M $187.51B

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
MetricARQTNXTSGILD
P/E 156.8x 0.0x -56.1x
P/FCF 109.9x -0.1x 15.7x
P/Operating cash flow 109.5x -0.1x 15.0x
P/S 9.3x – 7.0x
P/B 19.5x 0.2x 16.6x
P/Tangible book 20.8x -0.2x -563.9x
EV/EBITDA – 0.8x 522.8x
EV/EBIT 122.8x 0.7x -100.1x
EV/Revenue 9.1x – 7.6x
EV/FCF 107.5x 1.8x 17.1x
EV/Operating cash flow 107.0x 1.8x 16.3x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 5.85 0.00 1.45

Growth

14 metrics
MetricARQTNXTSGILD
Revenue growth (1Y) 76.1% – 6.5%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 241.4% – 4.2%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 80.2% – 8.2%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 256.4% – 4.7%
Operating income growth (1Y) 139.9% -127.3% -122.5%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 28.2% -23.5% -31.7%
Net income growth (1Y) 130.6% -70.1% -147.6%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 27.8% -42.2% -38.5%
EPS growth (1Y) 128.6% -666.9% -147.7%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 26.8% -52.0% -38.6%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 160.0% -62.8% 49.8%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 28.8% -0.4% 19.9%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 159.0% -65.5% 50.4%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 28.8% -0.7% 20.6%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricARQTNXTSGILD
Gross margin 91.1% – 79.9%
EBITDA margin – – 1.5%
Operating margin 7.4% – -7.6%
Pretax margin 6.3% – -8.2%
Net margin 6.1% – -12.5%
FCF margin 8.4% – 44.5%
Operating cash flow margin 8.5% – 46.7%
Return on equity 13.9% -218.6% -31.2%
Return on assets 6.0% -92.0% -7.7%
Return on invested capital 10.6% – -6.1%
Return on capital employed 10.9% -73.7% -6.2%
Asset turnover 1.0x – 0.6x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.4x 0.3x -3.7x
Stock comp / revenue 9.4% – 2.9%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricARQTNXTSGILD
Debt / assets 22.3% 2.3% 51.0%
Debt / equity 0.5x 0.2x 2.0x
Net debt / EBITDA – 0.8x 43.8x
Debt / FCF 2.8x -0.1x 1.9x
Liabilities / assets 54.8% 89.8% 74.6%
Equity / assets 45.2% 10.2% 25.4%
Interest coverage 2.5x – -2.3x
Current ratio 2.9x 3.7x 1.4x
Quick ratio 2.2x 3.2x 1.0x
Cash ratio 1.3x 3.2x 0.5x
Altman Z-score 8.32 – 4.03

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricARQTNXTSGILD
Dividend yield – – 1.9%
Net buyback yield -0.2% -2,135% 0.5%
Shareholder yield -0.2% -2,135% 2.4%
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.

ConsensusARQTNXTSGILD
Forward P/E 68.5xFY2026 – –
EPS, next fiscal year $0.50FY2026 – $-0.39FY2026
EPS growth, next FY – – -104.8%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +152.0% – –
Revenue, next fiscal year $565.04MFY2026 – $28.65BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +50.2%FY2026 – -2.7%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +17.0% – +18.1%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersARQTNXTSGILD
Held by institutions 100.0% – 89.6%
Institutions holding 272 – 2,293
Change in shares held, QoQ -0.4% – +5.1%
Institutions buying 138 – 1,113
Institutions selling 99 – 853
Buyers to sellers 1.39 – 1.30

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.

ARQTNXTSGILD
ARQT 1.00 -0.02 0.21
NXTS -0.02 1.00 0.02
GILD 0.21 0.02 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, ARQT, NXTS and GILD?

Gilead Sciences (GILD) is the largest by market capitalisation: Arcutis Biotherapeutics (ARQT) $3.52B, Nexentis Technologies (NXTS) $399.25K, Gilead Sciences (GILD) $212.40B.

Which company is growing faster?

Arcutis Biotherapeutics (ARQT) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Arcutis Biotherapeutics (ARQT) +76.1%, Gilead Sciences (GILD) +6.5%.

Which company is more profitable?

Arcutis Biotherapeutics (ARQT) has the highest net margin (Arcutis Biotherapeutics (ARQT) 6.1%, Gilead Sciences (GILD) -12.5%). On return on invested capital, Arcutis Biotherapeutics (ARQT) leads (Arcutis Biotherapeutics (ARQT) 10.6%, Gilead Sciences (GILD) -6.1%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Arcutis Biotherapeutics (ARQT) returned the most: Arcutis Biotherapeutics (ARQT) +42.7%, Nexentis Technologies (NXTS) -97.5%, Gilead Sciences (GILD) +41.9%. Over five years, Gilead Sciences (GILD) compounded fastest (Arcutis Biotherapeutics (ARQT) +9.2%/yr, Nexentis Technologies (NXTS) -86.5%/yr, Gilead Sciences (GILD) +21.4%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Gilead Sciences (GILD) has been the steadiest (Arcutis Biotherapeutics (ARQT) 51.7%, Nexentis Technologies (NXTS) 169.6%, Gilead Sciences (GILD) 27.6%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

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

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 5. 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.