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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 $197.9M against $52.2M — 3.8× the size. USBC, INC. has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; Acorn Energy Inc. trades at 33.9×. 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 33.85 n/m 35.93
P/S 5.50 44.17 4.46
P/B 5.95 4.27 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 43.38 4.98
Earnings yield 2.95% (311.59%) 0.53%
Free cash flow yield 2.30% (18.65%) 1.12%

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% (186.41%) 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% 11.28%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (60.56%) 95.45% —
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 — — 0.72%
Payout ratio — — 0.00

Size

Metric ACFN USBC Scientific & Technical Instruments median
Market cap 52.20m 197.91m 483.67m

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