Acorn Energy Inc. (ACFN) vs Genasys Inc. (GNSS)

Acorn Energy Inc. and Genasys Inc. are both Scientific & Technical Instruments companies. Genasys Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $67.9M against $52.2M — 1.3× the size. Genasys Inc. has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; Acorn Energy Inc. trades at 33.9×. Genasys Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 86.7% against −27.5%. Acorn Energy Inc. has the higher net margin (16.1% vs −10.9%) and the higher return on invested capital (9.78% vs −35.0%). Across the 19 metrics below, Acorn Energy Inc. leads on 13 and Genasys Inc. on 6.

Valuation

Metric ACFN GNSS Scientific & Technical Instruments median
P/E 33.85 n/m 35.93
P/S 5.50 1.18 4.46
P/B 5.95 n/m 3.00
Price to free cash flow 43.43 n/m 24.96
EV/EBITDA 57.75 43.37 19.60
EV/Sales 5.08 1.26 4.98
Earnings yield 2.95% (9.05%) 0.53%
Free cash flow yield 2.30% (3.89%) 1.12%

Profitability

Metric ACFN GNSS Scientific & Technical Instruments median
Gross margin 80.29% 54.03% 45.75%
Operating margin 7.15% (3.16%) 7.34%
Net margin 16.12% (10.86%) 1.56%
Free cash flow margin 12.66% (4.59%) 5.84%
Return on equity 19.57% (672.00%) 2.87%
Return on assets 11.90% (10.69%) 0.99%
Return on invested capital 9.78% (35.04%) 3.88%

Growth

Metric ACFN GNSS Scientific & Technical Instruments median
Revenue growth (TTM) (27.50%) 86.72% 11.28%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (60.56%) 44.44% —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 14.15% (1.07%) 7.89%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 105.19% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric ACFN GNSS Scientific & Technical Instruments median
Debt to equity 0.00 (5.75) 0.00
Current ratio 2.12 0.76 2.24
Net debt to EBITDA (2.09) 0.60 0.44

Dividend

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

Size

Metric ACFN GNSS Scientific & Technical Instruments median
Market cap 52.20m 67.86m 483.67m

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