On Oct. 22, Roche reported 7% growth at constant exchange rates (8% pharma, 5% diagnostics) in the third quarter, and management maintained full-year guidance for mid-single-digit sales and high-single-digit core EPS growth, also at constant rates. Shares traded flat.
Roche and its innovative US arm Genentech have a solid history of generating blockbuster therapies in oncology, and Roche's pipeline is full of novel candidates, with a particularly large late-stage pipeline.
Roche's immuno-oncology drug Tecentriq was launched third to market behind Bristol's Opdivo and Merck's Keytruda, raising questions about Roche's innovation.
Metric | ROP | REGN | ABBV |
|---|---|---|---|
Price/Earnings (Normalized) | 22.13 | 18.71 | 33.38 |
Price/Book Value | 9.91 | 2.94 | — |
Price/Sales | 5.20 | 6.00 | 7.91 |
Price/Cash Flow | 16.28 | 17.36 | 22.21 |
Metric | ROP | REGN | ABBV |
|---|---|---|---|
Quick Ratio | 0.80 | 2.72 | 0.56 |
Current Ratio | 1.23 | 3.35 | 0.87 |
Interest Coverage | 13.49 | 106.89 | 5.20 |
Metric | ROP | REGN | ABBV |
|---|---|---|---|
Return on Assets (Normalized) | 15.81% | 14.40% | 16.61% |
Return on Equity (Normalized) | 48.77% | 18.83% | — |
Return on Invested Capital (Normalized) | 23.90% | 15.64% | 36.97% |
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