CRSP vs MESO vs KRYS Stock Comparison

CRISPR Therapeutics AG, Mesoblast and Krystal Biotech Prices as of Oct 27, 2026 Peers: Industry group
CRSP CRISPR Therapeutics AG
$51.47 -5.1% 1M -21.7% 1Y
Market cap
$4.98B
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$13.39M
Div. yield
–
Gene and Cell Therapy Healthcare
MESO Mesoblast Ltd
$13.18 -12.8% 1M -21.1% 1Y
Market cap
$1.71B
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
—
Div. yield
–
Gene and Cell Therapy Healthcare
KRYS Krystal Biotech, Inc.
$320.58 -7.3% 1M +68.8% 1Y
Market cap
$9.49B
P/E
39.2x
Revenue (TTM)
$440.53M
Div. yield
–
Gene and Cell Therapy Healthcare
7 wins

Head to Head

7 decided of 12

Krystal Biotech leads on 7 of the 12 questions below (Krystal Biotech 7). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionCRSPMESOKRYSLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $4.98B $1.71B $9.49B KRYS
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only -11.0x -29.7x 39.2x –
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS — — 46.2x –
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months -64.8% — +22.6% KRYS
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months -3,368.7% — 54.8% KRYS
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital -22.6% — — –
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 3.4x — — –
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield — — — –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -21.7% -21.1% +68.8% KRYS
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -11.4%/yr +1.9%/yr +43.0%/yr KRYS
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 57.2% 54.8% 38.1% KRYS
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 44/100 — 85/100 KRYS

Percentile Scorecard

CRSPMESOKRYS

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

AxisCRSPMESOKRYS
Valuation 49 #322 of 625 70 #189 of 625 79 #131 of 625
Growth 32 #411 of 602 – 93 #43 of 602
Profitability 32 #375 of 551 – 96 #22 of 551
Financial Health 71 #190 of 656 44 #365 of 656 84 #105 of 656
Shareholder Returns 38 #228 of 365 – 70 #109 of 365
Overall 44 – 85
  • CRSP ranked among 672 companies in Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology
  • MESO ranked among 672 companies in Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology
  • KRYS 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

PeriodCRSPMESOKRYSSPY
1 month -5.1%-12.8%-7.3% -0.2%
3 months +8.2%-8.8%-12.0% +3.9%
6 months -1.1%-13.4%+19.1% +8.2%
Year to date -1.8%-26.9%+30.0% +12.9%
1 year -21.7%-21.1%+68.8% +12.3%
3 years +32.9%+463.2%+180.8% +87.4%
3 years, per year +9.9%+78.0%+41.1% +23.3%
5 years -45.2%+9.7%+496.2% +67.9%
5 years, per year -11.4%+1.9%+43.0% +10.9%
10 years +225.3%+56.2%— +261.1%
10 years, per year +12.5%+4.6%— +13.7%

Risk

MeasureCRSPMESOKRYSSPY
Volatility, 1Y 57.2%54.8%38.1% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 53.7%54.9%37.3% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.831.520.69 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.38-0.391.81 0.97
Max drawdown, 5Y -67.7%-87.9%-44.5% -25.4%
From 52-week high -21.7%-37.1%-15.2% -1.2%
52-week high $65.72$20.96$378.15 $779.14
52-week low $44.34$11.95$185.05 $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.

MultipleCRSPMESOKRYS
P/E now vs peer median -11.0xmedian 17.2x -29.7xmedian 17.2x 39.2xmedian 17.2x
P/S now vs peer median 371.5xmedian 9.0x 14.2xmedian 9.0x 21.5xmedian 9.0x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median -6.2xmedian 16.3x —median 16.3x 42.4xmedian 16.3x
P/FCF now vs peer median -13.4xmedian 18.7x -38.2xmedian 18.7x 36.8xmedian 18.7x
P/B now vs peer median 2.8xmedian 2.2x 3.0xmedian 2.2x 7.0xmedian 2.2x
PEG now vs peer median -2.86median 0.33 —median 0.33 0.76median 0.33

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 monthsCRSPMESOKRYS
Revenue $13.39M – $440.53M
Gross profit – – $416.91M
Operating income -$534.34M – $197.75M
Net income -$451.14M – $241.47M
Free cash flow -$371.33M – $257.78M
R&D $278.15M – $59.23M
EPS (diluted) $-4.67 – $7.88
Cash & equivalents $291.34M $102.91M $427.74M
Total debt $586.20M $119.24M –
Shares (diluted) 96.51M 129.49M 30.66M
Enterprise value -$3.72B $1.27B $6.26B

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
MetricCRSPMESOKRYS
P/E -11.0x -29.7x 39.2x
P/FCF -13.4x -38.2x 36.8x
P/Operating cash flow -13.5x – 34.8x
P/S 371.5x 14.2x 21.5x
P/B 2.8x 3.0x 7.0x
P/Tangible book 2.8x 3.0x 7.0x
EV/EBITDA -6.2x – 42.4x
EV/EBIT -6.0x – 43.7x
EV/Revenue 238.7x – 19.6x
EV/FCF -8.6x – 33.5x
EV/Operating cash flow -8.7x – 31.7x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) -2.86 – 0.76

Growth

14 metrics
MetricCRSPMESOKRYS
Revenue growth (1Y) -64.8% – 22.6%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) -57.1% – –
Gross profit growth (1Y) – – 24.3%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – – –
Operating income growth (1Y) 3.3% – 41.8%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) -4.1% – 48.8%
Net income growth (1Y) 3.6% – 64.6%
Net income CAGR (3Y) -2.7% – 54.9%
EPS growth (1Y) 13.0% – 59.7%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 3.9% – 51.8%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) -13.8% – 39.4%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) -2.5% – 67.0%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -14.1% – 39.0%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) -0.9% – 58.6%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricCRSPMESOKRYS
Gross margin – – 94.6%
EBITDA margin -3,850% – 46.2%
Operating margin -3,990% – 44.9%
Pretax margin -3,346% – 51.4%
Net margin -3,369% – 54.8%
FCF margin -2,773% – 58.5%
Operating cash flow margin -2,760% – 61.8%
Return on equity -25.3% – 18.3%
Return on assets -16.8% – 16.7%
Return on invested capital -22.6% – –
Return on capital employed -20.9% – 15.0%
Asset turnover 0.0x – 0.3x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 0.8x – 1.1x
Stock comp / revenue 510.2% – 12.4%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricCRSPMESOKRYS
Debt / assets 22.1% 15.4% –
Debt / equity 0.3x 0.2x –
Net debt / EBITDA 3.4x – –
Debt / FCF -1.6x – –
Liabilities / assets 34.1% 26.5% 9.4%
Equity / assets 65.9% 73.5% 90.6%
Interest coverage – – –
Current ratio 17.8x 2.4x 8.3x
Quick ratio 17.8x 2.0x 7.7x
Cash ratio 17.8x 1.3x 6.6x
Altman Z-score 2.51 – 41.82

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricCRSPMESOKRYS
Dividend yield – – –
Net buyback yield -8.6% – -0.4%
Shareholder yield -8.6% – -0.4%
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.

ConsensusCRSPMESOKRYS
Forward P/E – – 46.2xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $-4.10FY2026 $-0.15FY2027 $6.94FY2026
EPS growth, next FY – – +1.5%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after – – +25.5%
Revenue, next fiscal year $38.73MFY2026 $188.99MFY2027 $514.54MFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +1,003.4%FY2026 +57.2%FY2027 +32.2%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +266.1% +110.3% +33.4%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersCRSPMESOKRYS
Held by institutions 78.9% 3.0% 99.8%
Institutions holding 518 73 421
Change in shares held, QoQ -1.0% +17.7% +4.6%
Institutions buying 237 34 271
Institutions selling 139 20 106
Buyers to sellers 1.71 1.70 2.56

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.

CRSPMESOKRYS
CRSP 1.00 0.23 0.33
MESO 0.23 1.00 0.16
KRYS 0.33 0.16 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, CRSP, MESO and KRYS?

Krystal Biotech (KRYS) is the largest by market capitalisation: CRISPR Therapeutics AG (CRSP) $4.98B, Mesoblast (MESO) $1.71B, Krystal Biotech (KRYS) $9.49B.

Which company is growing faster?

Krystal Biotech (KRYS) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: CRISPR Therapeutics AG (CRSP) -64.8%, Krystal Biotech (KRYS) +22.6%.

Which company is more profitable?

Krystal Biotech (KRYS) has the highest net margin (CRISPR Therapeutics AG (CRSP) -3,368.7%, Krystal Biotech (KRYS) 54.8%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Krystal Biotech (KRYS) returned the most: CRISPR Therapeutics AG (CRSP) -21.7%, Mesoblast (MESO) -21.1%, Krystal Biotech (KRYS) +68.8%. Over five years, Krystal Biotech (KRYS) compounded fastest (CRISPR Therapeutics AG (CRSP) -11.4%/yr, Mesoblast (MESO) +1.9%/yr, Krystal Biotech (KRYS) +43.0%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Krystal Biotech (KRYS) has been the steadiest (CRISPR Therapeutics AG (CRSP) 57.2%, Mesoblast (MESO) 54.8%, Krystal Biotech (KRYS) 38.1%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, CRSP, MESO and KRYS?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Krystal Biotech (KRYS) leads on 7. 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.