Acorn Energy Inc. (ACFN) vs Focus Universal, Inc. (FCUV)

Acorn Energy Inc. and Focus Universal, Inc. are both Scientific & Technical Instruments companies. Acorn Energy Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $36.5M against $2.9M — 12.7× the size. Focus Universal, Inc. has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; Acorn Energy Inc. trades at 16.5×. Focus Universal, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 73.8% against −23.3%. Acorn Energy Inc. has the higher net margin (23.0% vs −727.6%) and the higher return on invested capital (8.18% vs −17.4%). Across the 19 metrics below, Acorn Energy Inc. leads on 13 and Focus Universal, Inc. on 6.

Valuation

Metric ACFN FCUV Scientific & Technical Instruments median
P/E 16.49 n/m 28.21
P/S 3.82 2.14 4.46
P/B 3.73 0.20 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 14.63 4.64
Earnings yield 6.06% (777.81%) 0.68%
Free cash flow yield 3.54% (683.30%) 1.98%

Profitability

Metric ACFN FCUV Scientific & Technical Instruments median
Gross margin 80.82% 82.34% 47.24%
Operating margin 7.38% (651.12%) 8.96%
Net margin 23.04% (727.58%) 1.92%
Free cash flow margin 16.11% (1,461.97%) 10.59%
Return on equity 26.01% (121.07%) 2.66%
Return on assets 14.87% (50.45%) 1.12%
Return on invested capital 8.18% (17.40%) 4.79%

Growth

Metric ACFN FCUV Scientific & Technical Instruments median
Revenue growth (TTM) (23.33%) 73.81% 9.26%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (60.56%) (47.29%) 13.24%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 14.15% (31.40%) 7.89%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 105.19% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric ACFN FCUV Scientific & Technical Instruments median
Debt to equity 0.00 1.34 0.00
Current ratio 1.51 2.44 2.30
Net debt to EBITDA (2.09) 1.63 0.45

Dividend

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

Size

Metric ACFN FCUV Scientific & Technical Instruments median
Market cap 36.46m 2.88m 549.07m

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