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 $58.8M against $47.0M — 1.2× the size. Genasys Inc. has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; Acorn Energy Inc. trades at 29.6×. 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 29.56 n/m 33.25
P/S 4.80 1.06 4.50
P/B 5.20 n/m 2.90
Price to free cash flow 37.93 n/m 24.81
EV/EBITDA 49.83 39.25 17.92
EV/Sales 4.38 1.14 4.71
Earnings yield 3.38% (10.08%) 0.60%
Free cash flow yield 2.64% (4.33%) 1.27%

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% 11.15%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (60.56%) 44.44% 11.47%
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 — — 0.58%
Payout ratio — — 0.36

Size

Metric ACFN GNSS Scientific & Technical Instruments median
Market cap 47.03m 58.75m 444.25m

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