Acorn Energy Inc. (ACFN) vs Ainos, Inc. (AIMD)

Acorn Energy Inc. and Ainos, Inc. are both Scientific & Technical Instruments companies. Acorn Energy Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $52.2M against $10.6M — 4.9× the size. Ainos, Inc. has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; Acorn Energy Inc. trades at 33.9×. Acorn Energy Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: −27.5% against −91.0%. Acorn Energy Inc. has the higher net margin (16.1% vs −105,507.3%) and the higher return on invested capital (9.78% vs −462.3%). Across the 18 metrics below, Acorn Energy Inc. leads on 15 and Ainos, Inc. on 3.

Valuation

Metric ACFN AIMD Scientific & Technical Instruments median
P/E 33.85 n/m 35.93
P/S 5.50 719.59 4.46
P/B 5.95 3.00 3.00
Price to free cash flow 43.43 n/m 24.96
EV/EBITDA 57.75 n/m 19.60
EV/Sales 5.08 1,345.66 4.98
Earnings yield 2.95% (188.06%) 0.53%
Free cash flow yield 2.30% (45.76%) 1.12%

Profitability

Metric ACFN AIMD Scientific & Technical Instruments median
Gross margin 80.29% 78.10% 45.75%
Operating margin 7.15% (100,471.53%) 7.34%
Net margin 16.12% (105,507.30%) 1.56%
Free cash flow margin 12.66% (32,793.43%) 5.84%
Return on equity 19.57% (196.30%) 2.87%
Return on assets 11.90% (66.48%) 0.99%
Return on invested capital 9.78% (462.25%) 3.88%

Growth

Metric ACFN AIMD Scientific & Technical Instruments median
Revenue growth (TTM) (27.50%) (90.96%) 11.28%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (60.56%) 55.64% —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 14.15% 49.56% 7.89%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 105.19% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric ACFN AIMD Scientific & Technical Instruments median
Debt to equity 0.00 0.00 0.00
Current ratio 2.12 0.13 2.24
Net debt to EBITDA (2.09) (1.15) 0.44

Dividend

Metric ACFN AIMD Scientific & Technical Instruments median
Dividend yield — — 0.72%
Payout ratio — 0.00 0.00

Size

Metric ACFN AIMD Scientific & Technical Instruments median
Market cap 52.20m 10.63m 483.67m

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