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Ocular Therapeutix IncOCULCompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

United States · USD·Health Care›Pharmaceuticals: Major

Ophthalmology biotech using a proprietary hydrogel implant to deliver drugs inside the eye long-acting.

Momentum laggard 16
Mkt cap
$1.45B
US dollars, full cap
Free float
91%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$19.3M
20-day average traded
Fwd P/E
n/m
no positive forecast
ROIC−WACC
n/a
WACC 10.7%
Hurdle
n/a
no reverse DCF
Next earnings
3 days
9 Nov 2026
Close · USD$6.59
1D+2.6%
1W-5.4%
1M-12.2%
3M-28.6%
6M-31.7%
YTD-45.7%
1Y-39.0%
ATR %7.0%
Beta1.33
52w lowhigh59.9% off high

What Ocular Therapeutix does

Ophthalmology biotech using a proprietary hydrogel implant to deliver drugs inside the eye long-acting.

Dextenza, a steroid insert placed in the eyelid after cataract surgery, brings in the product revenue, but it is small beside the cost of late-stage trials for Axpaxli, so the company has depended on raising capital. Axpaxli, if approved for wet macular degeneration, would compete with repeated eye injections.

Products and services

  • Dextenza (post-surgical inflammation)
  • Axpaxli (wet AMD, in development)

Customers

  • Ophthalmologists/retina specialists

Where it sits in the supply chain

  • Ophthalmic drug delivery
  • Sustained-release hydrogel implant…
  • Retina/ocular surface drug development

What could go right

  • Axpaxli approval reducing injection frequency
  • Dextenza volume growth

What could go wrong

  • Late-stage trial/regulatory risk for Axpaxli
  • Competition from established anti-VEGF drugs

Moat: narrow (IP / patents, process know-how). Proprietary hydrogel depot technology for sustained intraocular drug release is patent-protected.

Headquarters: Bedford, Massachusetts, US · Founded: 2006 · Employees: 325

Named competitors

Ocular Therapeutix at a glance

Size Ocular Therapeutix (OCUL) is a United States Health Care company (Pharmaceuticals: Major) with a market value of $1.45B, the 2022nd largest of 3,117 United States companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at $6.59 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares fell 31.7%, against -16.7% for the median peer and -1.1% for the United States market (cap-weighted) — 8th lowest of 21 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue fell 8.1% over the last twelve months (peer median +9.2%); the operating margin is -603.0% (peer median -12.7%).

Valuation It trades at 17.9× enterprise value to sales against a peer median of 8.9× (5th most expensive of 18).

Short interest Short interest is 13.1% of the free float (15 Oct 2026).

Next results Next results expected around 9 Nov 2026 (exchange calendar; dates can move).

Relative performance

8010012011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 2026Peer median 84OCUL 71
Six months, rebased to 100: Ocular Therapeutix against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

Ocular Therapeutix financials

Reported figures in USD; fiscal year ends 2025-12-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
Revenue$52.1M$52.0M$63.7M$58.4M$51.5M
Revenue growth—-18%+9%+13%—
Gross profit$45.3M$45.4M$58.1M$53.2M$47.0M
EBITDA-$308M-$266M-$168M-$79.4M-$76.5M
Net income-$301M-$266M-$194M-$80.7M-$71.0M
Free cash flow-$255M-$217M-$136M-$76.3M-$63.3M
Capital expenditure$16.9M$12.0M$1.29M$6.09M$3.71M
Total debt$79.4M$77.0M$75.8M$83.4M$64.3M

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

Ocular Therapeutix competitor charts

The default views of Competitor Analysis ▸ Charts, drawn from the same data. Open them in the cockpit to change the axes, pin companies and read every value.

Performance: 6-month against 1-month return

-50%-25%0%+25%+50%-20%0%+20%GPCRPCRXMARKSANS688062DMRA4516140410298380300204002020ANURAS0020996855INVARARE301263NANO300006LBRXOCUL6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. Ocular Therapeutix is the large dot.

Fundamentals: revenue growth against valuation

-50%0%+50%0×100×200×PCRXMARKSANS6880624516140410298380300204ANURAS6855NANO300006OCULRevenue growth (TTM) →EV / Sales →
Further right = faster growth; higher = more expensive. The dashed lines are the peer medians. Ocular Therapeutix is the large dot.

Ocular Therapeutix competitors and peer comparison

Head to head with its named competitors (OCUL vs REGN vs RO.SW vs EYPT)
CompanyMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginEV / SalesReq g
Ocular Therapeutix OCUL$1.45B-32%-8%-603%17.9×n/a
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals REGN$93.5B+27%+19%30%5.2×-2.2%
Roche RO.SW$385B+22%-1%31%5.6×0.9%
EyePoint EYPTn/a+13%n/an/an/an/a
AbbVie ABBV$515B+45%+11%36%8.9×-0.1%

How Ocular Therapeutix compares with its peers

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size. This is the same default set the interactive Competitor Analysis opens with.

Ocular Therapeutix against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
MeasureOCULPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return-12.2%-0.4%5th lowest of 21
6-month return-31.7%-16.7%8th lowest of 21
Distance from 52-week high-59.9%-40.1%4th lowest of 21
Revenue growth (TTM)-8.1%+9.2%4th lowest of 18
Operating margin-603.0%-12.7%lowest of 18
EV / Sales17.9×8.9×5th most expensive of 18

Peer table

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size
CompanyMarketMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginEV / SalesReq gDelivered g
Ocular Therapeutix OCULUnited States$1.45B-32%-8%-603%17.9×n/an/a
Structure Therapeutics, Inc. Sponsored ADR GPCRUnited States$1.45B-48%n/an/an/an/an/a
Pacira Biosciences PCRXUnited States$1.45B+57%+6%4%2.2×14.9%+11.1%
Marksans Pharma MARKSANS.NSIndia$1.45B+50%+24%20%3.9×31.6%+16.6%
Mabwell (Shanghai) Bioscience 688062.SSChina$1.44B-38%+15%-129%15.5×n/an/a
Damora Therapeutics DMRAUnited States$1.46B-2%n/an/an/an/an/a
Nippon Shinyaku 4516.TJapan$1.43B-30%+12%19%0.9×-17.5%+7.0%
Mezzion Pharma 140410.KSSouth Korea$1.42B-29%+7%-223%226.6×n/an/a
ABL Bio 298380.KSSouth Korea$1.49B-73%-64%-251%55.7×n/an/a
Staidson (Beijing) Biopharmaceuticals 300204.SZChina$1.41B-36%-24%-51%44.5×n/an/a
Zhejiang Jingxin Pharmaceutical 002020.SZChina$1.49B-17%+1%19%2.3×-8.5%+4.6%
Anupam Rasayan India ANURAS.NSIndia$1.40B-15%+52%16%5.2×n/an/a
Shenzhen Chipscreen Biosciences 688321.SSChina$1.40B-33%+27%12%8.9×n/an/a
Zhejiang Hisoar Pharmaceutical 002099.SZChina$1.39B-9%+9%-13%4.9×n/an/a
Ascentage Pharma Group International 6855.HKHong Kong$1.39B-33%+70%-220%15.5×n/an/a
Innoviva INVAUnited States$1.38B-17%+18%36%2.4×-15.4%+3.9%
Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical RAREUnited States$1.52B+22%+16%-64%3.3×n/an/a
Guangdong Taienkang Pharmaceutical 301263.SZChina$1.53B-17%+2%-2%15.1×n/an/a
Nanobiotix NANO.PAFrance$1.54B-42%-77%-392%164.1×n/an/a
Chongqing Lummy Pharmaceutical 300006.SZChina$1.55B+53%-6%-19%13.6×49.9%-13.2%
LB Pharmaceuticals LBRXUnited States$1.36B+31%n/an/an/an/an/a

Questions

Who are Ocular Therapeutix's main competitors?
Named competitors: Regeneron (Eylea) (REGN), Roche (Genentech) (RO.SW), EyePoint Pharmaceuticals (EYPT), AbbVie (Allergan) (ABBV). The cockpit's measured peer set (industry) also includes Structure Therapeutics, Inc. Sponsored ADR (GPCR), Pacira Biosciences (PCRX), Marksans Pharma (MARKSANS.NS), Mabwell (Shanghai) Bioscience (688062.SS), Damora Therapeutics (DMRA), Nippon Shinyaku (4516.T).
Is Ocular Therapeutix expensive compared with its peers?
On ev / sales it trades at 17.9× against a peer median of 8.9×, 5th most expensive of 18 in its peer set.
How has Ocular Therapeutix stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned -31.7% against -16.7% for the median peer; over one year -39.0%.

How these numbers are made. Returns are close-to-close in local currency. Revenue growth and margins are trailing twelve months. Req g is the revenue growth that today's enterprise value requires for seven years at the company's own cost of capital; Delivered g is what it actually grew; the gap is the hurdle (honest precision about ±8 points, so read the ranking more than the decimal). No fair values, price targets or analyst ratings are shown, by design. Method and validation.