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Acorn Energy Inc. (ACFN) vs USBC, INC. (USBC)

Acorn Energy Inc. and USBC, INC. are both Scientific & Technical Instruments companies. USBC, INC. is the larger, with a market value of $173.7M against $47.0M — 3.7× the size. USBC, INC. has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; Acorn Energy Inc. trades at 29.6×. USBC, INC. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 148.3% against −27.5%. Acorn Energy Inc. has the higher net margin (16.1% vs 0.00%) and the higher return on invested capital (9.78% vs −60.2%). Across the 18 metrics below, Acorn Energy Inc. leads on 15 and USBC, INC. on 3.

Valuation

Metric ACFN USBC Scientific & Technical Instruments median
P/E 29.56 n/m 33.25
P/S 4.80 38.10 4.50
P/B 5.20 3.68 2.90
Price to free cash flow 37.93 n/m 24.81
EV/EBITDA 49.83 n/m 17.92
EV/Sales 4.38 37.32 4.71
Earnings yield 3.38% (361.16%) 0.60%
Free cash flow yield 2.64% (21.62%) 1.27%

Profitability

Metric ACFN USBC Scientific & Technical Instruments median
Gross margin 80.29% 0.00% 45.75%
Operating margin 7.15% 0.00% 7.34%
Net margin 16.12% 0.00% 1.56%
Free cash flow margin 12.66% 0.00% 5.84%
Return on equity 19.57% (308.89%) 2.87%
Return on assets 11.90% (185.22%) 0.99%
Return on invested capital 9.78% (60.18%) 3.88%

Growth

Metric ACFN USBC Scientific & Technical Instruments median
Revenue growth (TTM) (27.50%) 148.31% 11.15%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (60.56%) 95.45% 11.47%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 14.15% (6.26%) 7.89%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 105.19% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric ACFN USBC Scientific & Technical Instruments median
Debt to equity 0.00 0.00 0.00
Current ratio 2.12 0.23 2.24
Net debt to EBITDA (2.09) 0.00 0.44

Dividend

Metric ACFN USBC Scientific & Technical Instruments median
Dividend yield — — 0.58%
Payout ratio — — 0.36

Size

Metric ACFN USBC Scientific & Technical Instruments median
Market cap 47.03m 173.69m 444.25m

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