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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 $59.7M against $36.5M — 1.6× the size. Genasys Inc. has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; Acorn Energy Inc. trades at 16.5×. Genasys Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 86.7% against −23.3%. Acorn Energy Inc. has the higher net margin (23.0% vs −10.9%) and the higher return on invested capital (8.18% vs −35.0%). Across the 19 metrics below, Acorn Energy Inc. leads on 14 and Genasys Inc. on 5.

Valuation

Metric ACFN GNSS Scientific & Technical Instruments median
P/E 16.49 n/m 28.21
P/S 3.82 1.11 4.46
P/B 3.73 n/m 3.10
Price to free cash flow 28.24 n/m 24.15
EV/EBITDA 36.74 40.90 18.28
EV/Sales 3.41 1.19 4.64
Earnings yield 6.06% (9.64%) 0.68%
Free cash flow yield 3.54% (4.14%) 1.98%

Profitability

Metric ACFN GNSS Scientific & Technical Instruments median
Gross margin 80.82% 54.03% 47.24%
Operating margin 7.38% (3.16%) 8.96%
Net margin 23.04% (10.86%) 1.92%
Free cash flow margin 16.11% (4.59%) 10.59%
Return on equity 26.01% (672.00%) 2.66%
Return on assets 14.87% (10.69%) 1.12%
Return on invested capital 8.18% (35.04%) 4.79%

Growth

Metric ACFN GNSS Scientific & Technical Instruments median
Revenue growth (TTM) (23.33%) 86.72% 9.26%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (60.56%) 44.44% 13.24%
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 1.51 0.76 2.30
Net debt to EBITDA (2.09) 0.60 0.45

Dividend

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

Size

Metric ACFN GNSS Scientific & Technical Instruments median
Market cap 36.46m 59.66m 549.07m

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