Acorn Energy Inc. (ACFN) vs Microvision, Inc. (MVIS)

Acorn Energy Inc. and Microvision, Inc. are both Scientific & Technical Instruments companies. Acorn Energy Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $52.2M against $47.2M — 1.1× the size. Microvision, Inc. has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; Acorn Energy Inc. trades at 33.9×. Microvision, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 11.2% against −27.5%. Acorn Energy Inc. has the higher net margin (16.1% vs −3,976.7%) and the higher return on invested capital (9.78% vs 0.00%). Across the 19 metrics below, Acorn Energy Inc. leads on 15 and Microvision, Inc. on 4.

Valuation

Metric ACFN MVIS Scientific & Technical Instruments median
P/E 33.85 n/m 35.93
P/S 5.50 12.42 4.46
P/B 5.95 1.73 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 3.63 4.98
Earnings yield 2.95% (338.01%) 0.53%
Free cash flow yield 2.30% (191.46%) 1.12%

Profitability

Metric ACFN MVIS Scientific & Technical Instruments median
Gross margin 80.29% (550.59%) 45.75%
Operating margin 7.15% (3,545.86%) 7.34%
Net margin 16.12% (3,976.67%) 1.56%
Free cash flow margin 12.66% (2,378.17%) 5.84%
Return on equity 19.57% (233.74%) 2.87%
Return on assets 11.90% (99.65%) 0.99%
Return on invested capital 9.78% 0.00% 3.88%

Growth

Metric ACFN MVIS Scientific & Technical Instruments median
Revenue growth (TTM) (27.50%) 11.15% 11.28%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (60.56%) 23.91% —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 14.15% (17.13%) 7.89%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 105.19% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric ACFN MVIS Scientific & Technical Instruments median
Debt to equity 0.00 0.00 0.00
Current ratio 2.12 0.68 2.24
Net debt to EBITDA (2.09) 1.38 0.44

Dividend

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

Size

Metric ACFN MVIS Scientific & Technical Instruments median
Market cap 52.20m 47.24m 483.67m

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