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 $52.2M against $4.8M — 10.8× the size. Focus Universal, Inc. has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; Acorn Energy Inc. trades at 33.9×. Focus Universal, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 73.8% against −27.5%. Acorn Energy Inc. has the higher net margin (16.1% vs −727.6%) and the higher return on invested capital (9.78% 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 33.85 n/m 35.93
P/S 5.50 3.39 4.46
P/B 5.95 0.31 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 15.88 4.98
Earnings yield 2.95% (436.77%) 0.53%
Free cash flow yield 2.30% (430.84%) 1.12%

Profitability

Metric ACFN FCUV Scientific & Technical Instruments median
Gross margin 80.29% 82.34% 45.75%
Operating margin 7.15% (651.12%) 7.34%
Net margin 16.12% (727.58%) 1.56%
Free cash flow margin 12.66% (1,461.97%) 5.84%
Return on equity 19.57% (121.07%) 2.87%
Return on assets 11.90% (50.45%) 0.99%
Return on invested capital 9.78% (17.40%) 3.88%

Growth

Metric ACFN FCUV Scientific & Technical Instruments median
Revenue growth (TTM) (27.50%) 73.81% 11.28%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (60.56%) (47.29%) —
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 2.12 2.44 2.24
Net debt to EBITDA (2.09) 1.63 0.44

Dividend

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

Size

Metric ACFN FCUV Scientific & Technical Instruments median
Market cap 52.20m 4.84m 483.67m

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