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

Acorn Energy Inc. and Microvision, Inc. are both Scientific & Technical Instruments companies. Acorn Energy Inc. and Microvision, Inc. are of similar size ($38.8M and $36.5M). Microvision, Inc. has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; Acorn Energy Inc. trades at 16.5×. Microvision, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 90.9% against −23.3%. Acorn Energy Inc. has the higher net margin (23.0% vs −2,230.6%) and the higher return on invested capital (8.18% 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 16.49 n/m 28.21
P/S 3.82 6.37 4.46
P/B 3.73 1.41 3.10
Price to free cash flow 28.24 n/m 24.15
EV/EBITDA 36.74 n/m 18.28
EV/Sales 3.41 0.58 4.64
Earnings yield 6.06% (436.62%) 0.68%
Free cash flow yield 3.54% (208.11%) 1.98%

Profitability

Metric ACFN MVIS Scientific & Technical Instruments median
Gross margin 80.82% (276.25%) 47.24%
Operating margin 7.38% (2,195.57%) 8.96%
Net margin 23.04% (2,230.59%) 1.92%
Free cash flow margin 16.11% (1,325.54%) 10.59%
Return on equity 26.01% (197.81%) 2.66%
Return on assets 14.87% (92.88%) 1.12%
Return on invested capital 8.18% 0.00% 4.79%

Growth

Metric ACFN MVIS Scientific & Technical Instruments median
Revenue growth (TTM) (23.33%) 90.93% 9.26%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (60.56%) 23.91% 13.24%
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 1.51 0.80 2.30
Net debt to EBITDA (2.09) 1.38 0.45

Dividend

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

Size

Metric ACFN MVIS Scientific & Technical Instruments median
Market cap 36.46m 38.82m 549.07m

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