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MRNA vs NBIX

Moderna, Inc. and Neurocrine Biosciences Inc., side by side — 10 fiscal years reported in USD, drawn from SEC filings.

At a glance

Most recent reported year

MRNA vs NBIX, at a glance
Metric MRNA NBIX
Revenue$1.9B$2.9B
Net income$-2.8B$478.6M
Gross margin55.3%98.2%
Net margin−145.2%16.7%
Return on equity−28.9%16.4%
Diluted EPS−$7.26$4.67
Dividend / share··
Payout ratio··
Free cash flow$-2.1B$748.7M
Equity$8.7B$3.3B
Net debt / equity−0.23×·
Current ratio3.29×3.39×
Revenue CAGR 5y19.3%22.3%
Profit CAGR 5y·3.3%

NBIX bills 1.5× the revenue of MRNA, and MRNA closed the last reported year at a loss.

The stronger figure of the pair is set in bold. That is arithmetic, not a recommendation — this page does not pick a winner. "·" marks a figure not available in our data.

Revenue by year

10 years side by side

MRNA vs NBIX, revenue by year
Fiscal year MRNA NBIX
FY2025$1.9B$2.9B
FY2024$3.2B$2.4B
FY2023$6.8B$1.9B
FY2022$19.3B$1.5B
FY2021$18.5B$1.1B
FY2020$803.0M$1.0B
FY2019$60.0M$788.1M
FY2018$135.1M$451.2M
FY2017$205.8M$161.6M
FY2016$108.4M$15.0M
Net income by year

Bottom line

MRNA vs NBIX, net income by year
Fiscal year MRNA NBIX
FY2025$-2.8B$478.6M
FY2024$-3.6B$341.3M
FY2023$-4.7B$249.7M
FY2022$8.4B$154.5M
FY2021$12.2B$89.6M
FY2020$-747.0M$407.3M
FY2019$-514.0M$37.0M
FY2018$-384.7M$21.1M
FY2017$-255.9M$-142.5M
FY2016$-216.2M$-141.1M
Revenue gap over time

10 fiscal years

Revenue gap over time
Fiscal year Difference Ahead
FY2025−$916,500,000NBIX
FY2024+$880,700,000MRNA
FY2023+$4,960,900,000MRNA
FY2022+$17,774,300,000MRNA
FY2021+$17,337,500,000MRNA
FY2020−$242,900,000NBIX
FY2019−$728,100,000NBIX
FY2018−$316,132,000NBIX
FY2017+$44,199,000MRNA
FY2016+$93,396,000MRNA

The higher-revenue side has changed between MRNA and NBIX over this period. The gap has widened since the earliest year compared.

10 of 17 comparable fiscal years — a year missing data on either side is not counted.

Net margin gap over time

9 fiscal years

Net margin gap over time
Fiscal year Difference Ahead
FY2025−161.9 ppNBIX
FY2024−124.5 ppNBIX
FY2023−82.1 ppNBIX
FY2022+33.0 ppMRNA
FY2020−132.0 ppNBIX
FY2019−861.4 ppNBIX
FY2018−289.5 ppNBIX
FY2017−36.1 ppNBIX
FY2016+741.1 ppMRNA

The higher net margin has changed hands between MRNA and NBIX over this period.

9 of 14 comparable fiscal years — a year missing data on either side is not counted.

Net margin volatility

Standard deviation, each side

NBIX's net margin has been more volatile than MRNA's over the 9 comparable fiscal years — 298.1 percentage points of standard deviation against 245.6.

9 of 14 comparable fiscal years — a year missing data on either side is not counted.

Who led in net margin

Year by year

The lead in net margin changed hands between MRNA and NBIX over these 9 fiscal years — MRNA led in 2 and NBIX in 7.

9 of 14 comparable fiscal years — a year missing data on either side is not counted.

Return on equity volatility

Standard deviation, each side

MRNA's return on equity has been more volatile than NBIX's over the 7 comparable fiscal years — 64.6 percentage points of standard deviation against 12.7.

7 of 17 comparable fiscal years — a year missing data on either side is not counted.

Who led in return on equity

Year by year

The lead in return on equity changed hands between MRNA and NBIX over these 7 fiscal years — MRNA led in 2 and NBIX in 5.

7 of 17 comparable fiscal years — a year missing data on either side is not counted.

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