Aeterna Zentaris Inc. (AEZS): Price and Financial Metrics

AEZS POWR Grades

• Sentiment is the dimension where AEZS ranks best; there it ranks ahead of 94.69% of US stocks.
• The strongest trend for AEZS is in Sentiment, which has been heading up over the past 53 days.
• AEZS ranks lowest in Stability; there it ranks in the 0th percentile.

AEZS Stock Summary

• With a year-over-year growth in debt of -79.62%, Aeterna Zentaris Inc's debt growth rate surpasses only 3.17% of about US stocks.
• Revenue growth over the past 12 months for Aeterna Zentaris Inc comes in at -86.41%, a number that bests only 1.23% of the US stocks we're tracking.
• Aeterna Zentaris Inc's shareholder yield -- a measure of how much capital is returned to stockholders via dividends and buybacks -- is -105.01%, greater than the shareholder yield of only 3.66% of stocks in our set.
• Stocks with similar financial metrics, market capitalization, and price volatility to Aeterna Zentaris Inc are ELSE, VOXX, UG, MOG.A, and ITRN.
• AEZS's SEC filings can be seen here. And to visit Aeterna Zentaris Inc's official web site, go to www.zentaris.com.

AEZS Valuation Summary

• In comparison to the median Healthcare stock, AEZS's price/sales ratio is 223.68% higher, now standing at 12.3.
• Over the past 239 months, AEZS's price/earnings ratio has gone up 53.8.
• AEZS's price/sales ratio has moved up 7.3 over the prior 239 months.

Below are key valuation metrics over time for AEZS.

AEZS Growth Metrics

Its 2 year revenue growth rate is now at -86.41%.
• Its 2 year cash and equivalents growth rate is now at 64.83%.
• The 2 year price growth rate now stands at -55.06%.

AEZS's revenue has moved down $23,229,000 over the prior 24 months.

The table below shows AEZS's growth in key financial areas (numbers in millions of US dollars).

Date	Revenue	Operating Cash Flow	Net Income to Common Stock
2020-12-31	3.652	-4.129	-5.118
2020-12-31	3.652	-4.129	-5.118
2019-12-31	0.532	-10.725	-6.042
2018-12-31	26.881	6.825	4.187
2018-12-31	26.881	6.825	4.187
2017-12-31	0.923	-22.913	-16.796

AEZS's Quality Factors

The “Quality” component of the POWR Ratings focuses on 31 different factors of a companies fundamentals and operational strength. Here are some key insights as we drill into the specifics of these quality attributes.

• AEZS has a Quality Grade of F, ranking ahead of 3.18% of graded US stocks.
• AEZS's asset turnover comes in at 0.128 -- ranking 241st of 682 Pharmaceutical Products stocks.
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The table below shows AEZS's key quality metrics over time.