Valuing Specialty Pharmaceutical: Discrepancy between multiples

Hey guys,

I am working on this specialty pharmaceutical company and I can't wrap my head around the following: the forward P/E is considerably lower than the median but the forward P/Sales is considerably higher.

Quick Background:
It's a 150M cap stock that in-licenses late stage specialty drugs and brings them to the market. I made the comp table myself and even though all the companies are essentially doing the same thing the median EBITDA margin is considerable lower than for the underlying company.

Any thoughts? I really appreciate your help! Thanks

 

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