AI Financial Corporation (AIFC) vs AEye, Inc. (LIDR)

AI Financial Corporation and AEye, Inc. are both Software Infrastructure companies. AI Financial Corporation is the larger, with a market value of $75.5M against $56.5M — 1.3× the size. AEye, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 90.7% against −0.98%. AI Financial Corporation has the higher net margin (−4,021.7% vs −7,786.4%) and the lower return on invested capital (−2.02% vs 0.00%). Across the 18 metrics below, AI Financial Corporation leads on 9 and AEye, Inc. on 9.

Valuation

Metric AIFC LIDR Software Infrastructure median
P/E n/m n/m 28.02
P/S 3.43 123.46 3.07
P/B 0.11 0.81 3.36
Price to free cash flow n/m n/m 17.12
EV/EBITDA n/m 0.43 14.91
EV/Sales 4.28 (34.88) 3.03
Earnings yield (1,747.00%) (71.90%) 0.13%
Free cash flow yield (29.04%) (53.77%) 1.15%

Profitability

Metric AIFC LIDR Software Infrastructure median
Gross margin 55.05% (103.11%) 61.23%
Operating margin (107.34%) (8,002.22%) 0.00%
Net margin (4,021.65%) (7,786.44%) 0.00%
Free cash flow margin (91.05%) (6,638.89%) 1.67%
Return on equity (247.36%) (89.28%) 0.59%
Return on assets (203.72%) (71.02%) 0.00%
Return on invested capital (2.02%) 0.00% 0.00%

Growth

Metric AIFC LIDR Software Infrastructure median
Revenue growth (TTM) (0.98%) 90.68% 13.41%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (774.34%) 69.94% —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR (6.68%) (31.80%) 15.81%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric AIFC LIDR Software Infrastructure median
Debt to equity 0.04 0.00 0.06
Current ratio 0.60 10.83 1.55
Net debt to EBITDA (0.16) 2.70 0.08

Dividend

Metric AIFC LIDR Software Infrastructure median
Dividend yield — — 1.53%
Payout ratio 0.00 0.00 0.00

Size

Metric AIFC LIDR Software Infrastructure median
Market cap 75.51m 56.48m 835.96m

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