Ainos, Inc. (AIMD) vs Astrotech Corporation (ASTC)

Ainos, Inc. and Astrotech Corporation are both Scientific & Technical Instruments companies. Astrotech Corporation is the larger, with a market value of $11.0M against $7.1M — 1.5× the size. Astrotech Corporation grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: −13.0% against −91.0%. Astrotech Corporation has the higher net margin (−1,580.2% vs −105,507.3%) and the higher return on invested capital (−182.6% vs −462.3%). Across the 17 metrics below, Astrotech Corporation leads on 12 and Ainos, Inc. on 5.

Valuation

Metric AIMD ASTC Scientific & Technical Instruments median
P/E n/m n/m 33.25
P/S 504.79 9.18 4.50
P/B 2.11 0.52 2.90
Price to free cash flow n/m n/m 24.81
EV/EBITDA n/m 0.19 17.92
EV/Sales 1,130.85 (2.65) 4.71
Earnings yield (268.09%) (172.21%) 0.60%
Free cash flow yield (65.23%) (171.01%) 1.27%

Profitability

Metric AIMD ASTC Scientific & Technical Instruments median
Gross margin 78.10% 23.77% 45.75%
Operating margin (100,471.53%) (1,548.52%) 7.34%
Net margin (105,507.30%) (1,580.18%) 1.56%
Free cash flow margin (32,793.43%) (1,569.77%) 5.84%
Return on equity (196.30%) (75.39%) 2.87%
Return on assets (66.48%) (60.75%) 0.99%
Return on invested capital (462.25%) (182.64%) 3.88%

Growth

Metric AIMD ASTC Scientific & Technical Instruments median
Revenue growth (TTM) (90.96%) (12.96%) 11.15%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 55.64% (2.04%) 11.47%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 49.56% 22.28% 7.89%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric AIMD ASTC Scientific & Technical Instruments median
Debt to equity 0.00 0.00 0.00
Current ratio 0.13 7.06 2.24
Net debt to EBITDA (1.15) 0.87 0.44

Dividend

Metric AIMD ASTC Scientific & Technical Instruments median
Dividend yield — — 0.58%
Payout ratio — — 0.36

Size

Metric AIMD ASTC Scientific & Technical Instruments median
Market cap 7.09m 10.96m 444.25m

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