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 $52.6M against $36.5M — 1.4× the size. Arbe Robotics Ltd. has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; Acorn Energy Inc. trades at 16.5×. Arbe Robotics Ltd. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 250.0% against −23.3%. Acorn Energy Inc. has the higher net margin (23.0% vs −2,183.4%) and the higher return on invested capital (8.18% 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 16.49 n/m 28.21
P/S 3.82 30.17 4.46
P/B 3.73 1.40 3.10
Price to free cash flow 28.24 n/m 24.15
EV/EBITDA 36.74 n/m 18.28
EV/Sales 3.41 37.09 4.64
Earnings yield 6.06% (77.27%) 0.68%
Free cash flow yield 3.54% (72.47%) 1.98%

Profitability

Metric ACFN ARBE Scientific & Technical Instruments median
Gross margin 80.82% (24.09%) 47.24%
Operating margin 7.38% (2,374.31%) 8.96%
Net margin 23.04% (2,183.42%) 1.92%
Free cash flow margin 16.11% (2,186.35%) 10.59%
Return on equity 26.01% (83.18%) 2.66%
Return on assets 14.87% (55.34%) 1.12%
Return on invested capital 8.18% (123.01%) 4.79%

Growth

Metric ACFN ARBE Scientific & Technical Instruments median
Revenue growth (TTM) (23.33%) 250.00% 9.26%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (60.56%) 32.79% 13.24%
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 1.51 2.30 2.30
Net debt to EBITDA (2.09) 0.42 0.45

Dividend

Metric ACFN ARBE Scientific & Technical Instruments median
Dividend yield — — 0.62%
Payout ratio — — 0.22

Size

Metric ACFN ARBE Scientific & Technical Instruments median
Market cap 36.46m 52.58m 549.07m

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