BIIB vs NXTS vs PTCT Stock Comparison

Biogen, Nexentis Technologies and Ptc Therapeutics Prices as of Oct 28, 2026 Peers: Industry group
BIIB Biogen Inc.
$244.05 +6.7% 1M +63.6% 1Y
Market cap
$36.08B
P/E
103.8x
Revenue (TTM)
$10.30B
Div. yield
–
Biotechnology Healthcare
6 wins

Head to Head

10 decided of 12

Biogen leads on 6 of the 12 questions below (Biogen 6, Ptc Therapeutics 4). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionBIIBNXTSPTCTLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $36.08B $514.17K $5.25B BIIB
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 103.8x 0.0x -136.3x –
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 19.1x — 57.3x BIIB
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +2.3% — -42.8% BIIB
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 3.4% — -3.8% BIIB
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 1.3% — 12.5% PTCT
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 4.5x 1.6x -7.3x PTCT
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield — — — –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +63.6% -97.4% -6.6% BIIB
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -1.8%/yr -85.8%/yr +10.7%/yr PTCT
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 34.2% 169.0% 40.8% BIIB
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 59/100 32/100 64/100 PTCT

Percentile Scorecard

BIIBNXTSPTCT

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

AxisBIIBNXTSPTCT
Valuation 92 #54 of 625 – 95 #35 of 625
Growth 26 #446 of 602 14 #521 of 602 42 #349 of 602
Profitability 87 #73 of 549 40 #330 of 549 86 #76 of 549
Financial Health 33 #437 of 654 43 #372 of 654 42 #380 of 654
Shareholder Returns – – 56 #163 of 367
Overall 59 32 64
  • BIIB ranked among 672 companies in Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology
  • NXTS ranked among 672 companies in Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology
  • PTCT ranked among 672 companies in Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodBIIBNXTSPTCTSPY
1 month +6.7%-57.1%-4.4% +0.9%
3 months +16.6%-57.4%-15.4% +5.9%
6 months +25.6%-86.6%-2.4% +8.5%
Year to date +38.7%-94.6%-17.0% +13.3%
1 year +63.6%-97.4%-6.6% +12.4%
3 years +4.1%-99.9%+240.5% +88.1%
3 years, per year +1.3%-89.2%+50.5% +23.5%
5 years -8.5%-100.0%+66.1% +68.2%
5 years, per year -1.8%-85.8%+10.7% +11.0%
10 years -14.0%-100.0%+886.2% +263.4%
10 years, per year -1.5%-66.2%+25.7% +13.8%

Risk

MeasureBIIBNXTSPTCTSPY
Volatility, 1Y 34.2%169.0%40.8% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 32.7%153.5%40.9% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.252.350.72 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 1.86-0.58-0.16 0.98
Max drawdown, 5Y -64.4%-100.0%-69.4% -25.4%
From 52-week high -3.9%-97.4%-29.6% -0.9%
52-week high $253.84$24.15$89.55 $779.14
52-week low $147.86$0.53$59.24 $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.

MultipleBIIBNXTSPTCT
P/E now vs peer median 103.8xmedian 17.4x 0.0xmedian 17.4x -136.3xmedian 17.4x
P/S now vs peer median 3.5xmedian 9.1x —median 9.1x 5.2xmedian 9.1x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 31.7xmedian 17.1x 1.5xmedian 17.1x 21.6xmedian 17.1x
P/FCF now vs peer median 17.4xmedian 19.0x —median 19.0x -132.0xmedian 19.0x
P/B now vs peer median 1.9xmedian 2.2x 0.3xmedian 2.2x -31.8xmedian 2.2x
PEG now vs peer median -2.70median 0.34 0.00median 0.34 -2.16median 0.34

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 monthsBIIBNXTSPTCT
Revenue $10.30B – $1.01B
Gross profit $7.62B – $938.07M
Operating income $445.10M -$5.28M $125.60M
Net income $347.50M -$14.06M -$38.38M
Free cash flow $2.07B – -$39.78M
R&D $2.15B $532.00K $433.31M
EPS (diluted) $2.35 $-17.10 $-0.42
Cash & equivalents $1.30B $7.62M $1.05B
Total debt $7.29B $3.22M $905.19M
Shares (diluted) 147.80M 816.14K 92.02M
Enterprise value $25.39B -$22.25M -$2.50B

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
MetricBIIBNXTSPTCT
P/E 103.8x 0.0x -136.3x
P/FCF 17.4x – -132.0x
P/Operating cash flow 16.1x – -172.2x
P/S 3.5x – 5.2x
P/B 1.9x 0.3x -31.8x
P/Tangible book 6.5x -0.2x -9.2x
EV/EBITDA 31.7x 1.5x 21.6x
EV/EBIT 94.5x 1.5x 31.3x
EV/Revenue 4.1x – 3.9x
EV/FCF 20.3x – -98.7x
EV/Operating cash flow 18.7x – -128.8x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) -2.70 0.00 -2.16

Growth

14 metrics
MetricBIIBNXTSPTCT
Revenue growth (1Y) 2.3% – -42.8%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 1.0% – 7.2%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 0.6% – -45.3%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 0.5% – 6.9%
Operating income growth (1Y) -76.6% -7.7% -82.5%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) -34.8% 3.0% 30.3%
Net income growth (1Y) -78.4% -48.2% -106.1%
Net income CAGR (3Y) -38.1% -35.8% 60.4%
EPS growth (1Y) -78.5% -567.8% -105.2%
EPS CAGR (3Y) -38.5% -45.2% 63.1%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) -8.4% – -104.3%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 18.2% – 50.2%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -10.1% – -105.7%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 24.9% – 47.7%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricBIIBNXTSPTCT
Gross margin 74.0% – 93.0%
EBITDA margin 12.9% – 18.1%
Operating margin 4.3% – 12.5%
Pretax margin 4.3% – -6.6%
Net margin 3.4% – -3.8%
FCF margin 20.1% – -3.9%
Operating cash flow margin 21.8% – -3.0%
Return on equity 1.8% -157.0% –
Return on assets 1.1% -71.9% -1.3%
Return on invested capital 1.3% – 12.5%
Return on capital employed 1.6% -31.5% 5.5%
Asset turnover 0.3x – 0.3x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 6.5x – 0.8x
Stock comp / revenue 2.9% – 8.4%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricBIIBNXTSPTCT
Debt / assets 22.7% 2.3% 27.8%
Debt / equity 0.4x 0.2x -5.5x
Net debt / EBITDA 4.5x 1.6x -7.3x
Debt / FCF 3.5x – -22.8x
Liabilities / assets 41.0% 89.8% 105.1%
Equity / assets 59.0% 10.2% -5.1%
Interest coverage – – –
Current ratio 1.9x 3.7x 3.4x
Quick ratio 0.9x 3.2x 3.2x
Cash ratio 0.3x 3.2x 2.9x
Altman Z-score 3.07 – 0.80

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricBIIBNXTSPTCT
Dividend yield – – –
Net buyback yield – – -1.9%
Shareholder yield – – -1.9%
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.

ConsensusBIIBNXTSPTCT
Forward P/E 19.1xFY2026 – 57.3xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $12.81FY2026 – $1.10FY2026
EPS growth, next FY -16.2%FY2026 – -85.9%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +36.5% – +125.5%
Revenue, next fiscal year $9.96BFY2026 – $1.33BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +0.7%FY2026 – -23.2%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +11.9% – -1.0%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersBIIBNXTSPTCT
Held by institutions 96.4% – 100.0%
Institutions holding 1,036 – 381
Change in shares held, QoQ +6.0% – +5.0%
Institutions buying 548 – 218
Institutions selling 294 – 111
Buyers to sellers 1.86 – 1.96

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.

BIIBNXTSPTCT
BIIB 1.00 0.05 0.29
NXTS 0.05 1.00 0.02
PTCT 0.29 0.02 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, BIIB, NXTS and PTCT?

Biogen (BIIB) is the largest by market capitalisation: Biogen (BIIB) $36.08B, Nexentis Technologies (NXTS) $514.17K, Ptc Therapeutics (PTCT) $5.25B.

Which company is growing faster?

Biogen (BIIB) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Biogen (BIIB) +2.3%, Ptc Therapeutics (PTCT) -42.8%.

Which company is more profitable?

Biogen (BIIB) has the highest net margin (Biogen (BIIB) 3.4%, Ptc Therapeutics (PTCT) -3.8%). On return on invested capital, Ptc Therapeutics (PTCT) leads (Biogen (BIIB) 1.3%, Ptc Therapeutics (PTCT) 12.5%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Biogen (BIIB) returned the most: Biogen (BIIB) +63.6%, Nexentis Technologies (NXTS) -97.4%, Ptc Therapeutics (PTCT) -6.6%. Over five years, Ptc Therapeutics (PTCT) compounded fastest (Biogen (BIIB) -1.8%/yr, Nexentis Technologies (NXTS) -85.8%/yr, Ptc Therapeutics (PTCT) +10.7%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Biogen (BIIB) has been the steadiest (Biogen (BIIB) 34.2%, Nexentis Technologies (NXTS) 169.0%, Ptc Therapeutics (PTCT) 40.8%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, BIIB, NXTS and PTCT?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Biogen (BIIB) 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.