Acorn Energy Inc. (ACFN) vs Arbe Robotics Ltd. (ARBE)

Acorn Energy Inc. and Arbe Robotics Ltd. are both Scientific & Technical Instruments companies. Arbe Robotics Ltd. is the larger, with a market value of $90.2M against $52.2M — 1.7× the size. Arbe Robotics Ltd. has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; Acorn Energy Inc. trades at 33.9×. Arbe Robotics Ltd. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 250.0% against −27.5%. Acorn Energy Inc. has the higher net margin (16.1% vs −2,183.4%) and the higher return on invested capital (9.78% vs −123.0%). Across the 19 metrics below, Acorn Energy Inc. leads on 14 and Arbe Robotics Ltd. on 5.

Valuation

Metric ACFN ARBE Scientific & Technical Instruments median
P/E 33.85 n/m 35.93
P/S 5.50 43.89 4.46
P/B 5.95 2.03 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 34.38 4.98
Earnings yield 2.95% (53.13%) 0.53%
Free cash flow yield 2.30% (49.82%) 1.12%

Profitability

Metric ACFN ARBE Scientific & Technical Instruments median
Gross margin 80.29% (24.09%) 45.75%
Operating margin 7.15% (2,374.31%) 7.34%
Net margin 16.12% (2,183.42%) 1.56%
Free cash flow margin 12.66% (2,186.35%) 5.84%
Return on equity 19.57% (83.18%) 2.87%
Return on assets 11.90% (55.34%) 0.99%
Return on invested capital 9.78% (123.01%) 3.88%

Growth

Metric ACFN ARBE Scientific & Technical Instruments median
Revenue growth (TTM) (27.50%) 250.00% 11.28%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (60.56%) 32.79% —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 14.15% 25.31% 7.89%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 105.19% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric ACFN ARBE Scientific & Technical Instruments median
Debt to equity 0.00 0.59 0.00
Current ratio 2.12 2.30 2.24
Net debt to EBITDA (2.09) 0.42 0.44

Dividend

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

Size

Metric ACFN ARBE Scientific & Technical Instruments median
Market cap 52.20m 90.18m 483.67m

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