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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 $139.7M against $36.5M — 3.8× the size. USBC, INC. has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; Acorn Energy Inc. trades at 16.5×. USBC, INC. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 148.3% against −23.3%. Acorn Energy Inc. has the higher net margin (23.0% vs 0.00%) and the higher return on invested capital (8.18% 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 16.49 n/m 28.21
P/S 3.82 32.04 4.46
P/B 3.73 3.10 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 31.26 4.64
Earnings yield 6.06% (516.22%) 0.68%
Free cash flow yield 3.54% (25.70%) 1.98%

Profitability

Metric ACFN USBC Scientific & Technical Instruments median
Gross margin 80.82% 0.00% 47.24%
Operating margin 7.38% 0.00% 8.96%
Net margin 23.04% 0.00% 1.92%
Free cash flow margin 16.11% 0.00% 10.59%
Return on equity 26.01% (308.89%) 2.66%
Return on assets 14.87% (185.22%) 1.12%
Return on invested capital 8.18% (60.18%) 4.79%

Growth

Metric ACFN USBC Scientific & Technical Instruments median
Revenue growth (TTM) (23.33%) 148.31% 9.26%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (60.56%) 94.94% 13.24%
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 1.51 0.23 2.30
Net debt to EBITDA (2.09) 0.00 0.45

Dividend

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

Size

Metric ACFN USBC Scientific & Technical Instruments median
Market cap 36.46m 139.70m 549.07m

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