Acorn Energy Inc. (ACFN) vs SOBR Safe, Inc. (SOBR)

Acorn Energy Inc. and SOBR Safe, Inc. are both Scientific & Technical Instruments companies. Acorn Energy Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $36.5M against $1.1M — 33.4× the size. SOBR Safe, Inc. has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; Acorn Energy Inc. trades at 16.5×. SOBR Safe, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 17.7% against −23.3%. Acorn Energy Inc. has the higher net margin (23.0% vs −2,940.8%) and the higher return on invested capital (8.18% vs 0.00%). Across the 16 metrics below, Acorn Energy Inc. leads on 13 and SOBR Safe, Inc. on 3.

Valuation

Metric ACFN SOBR Scientific & Technical Instruments median
P/E 16.49 n/m 28.21
P/S 3.82 0.40 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 n/m 18.28
EV/Sales 3.41 14.29 4.64
Earnings yield 6.06% (10,700.00%) 0.68%
Free cash flow yield 3.54% (5,655.42%) 1.98%

Profitability

Metric ACFN SOBR Scientific & Technical Instruments median
Gross margin 80.82% 14.74% 47.24%
Operating margin 7.38% (2,963.77%) 8.96%
Net margin 23.04% (2,940.82%) 1.92%
Free cash flow margin 16.11% (2,256.67%) 10.59%
Return on equity 26.01% (270.46%) 2.66%
Return on assets 14.87% (182.08%) 1.12%
Return on invested capital 8.18% 0.00% 4.79%

Growth

Metric ACFN SOBR Scientific & Technical Instruments median
Revenue growth (TTM) (23.33%) 17.72% 9.26%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (60.56%) 96.45% 13.24%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 14.15% — 7.89%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 105.19% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric ACFN SOBR Scientific & Technical Instruments median
Debt to equity 0.00 0.00 0.00
Current ratio 1.51 0.56 2.30
Net debt to EBITDA (2.09) 0.54 0.45

Dividend

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

Size

Metric ACFN SOBR Scientific & Technical Instruments median
Market cap 36.46m 1.09m 549.07m

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