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 $15.2M against $10.6M — 1.4× the size. Astrotech Corporation grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 11.6% against −91.0%. Astrotech Corporation has the higher net margin (−1,397.8% vs −105,507.3%) and the higher return on invested capital (−154.9% 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 35.93
P/S 719.59 11.83 4.46
P/B 3.00 0.98 3.00
Price to free cash flow n/m n/m 24.96
EV/EBITDA n/m n/m 19.60
EV/Sales 1,345.66 5.83 4.98
Earnings yield (188.06%) (118.28%) 0.53%
Free cash flow yield (45.76%) (123.55%) 1.12%

Profitability

Metric AIMD ASTC Scientific & Technical Instruments median
Gross margin 78.10% 33.43% 45.75%
Operating margin (100,471.53%) (1,369.84%) 7.34%
Net margin (105,507.30%) (1,397.82%) 1.56%
Free cash flow margin (32,793.43%) (1,461.41%) 5.84%
Return on equity (196.30%) (76.35%) 2.87%
Return on assets (66.48%) (64.54%) 0.99%
Return on invested capital (462.25%) (154.85%) 3.88%

Growth

Metric AIMD ASTC Scientific & Technical Instruments median
Revenue growth (TTM) (90.96%) 11.63% 11.28%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 55.64% (16.85%) —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 49.56% 16.54% 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 6.17 2.24
Net debt to EBITDA (1.15) 1.34 0.44

Dividend

Metric AIMD ASTC Scientific & Technical Instruments median
Dividend yield — — 0.72%
Payout ratio 0.00 0.00 0.00

Size

Metric AIMD ASTC Scientific & Technical Instruments median
Market cap 10.63m 15.15m 483.67m

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