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 $8.4M against $4.6M — 1.8× 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 28.21
P/S 370.54 7.82 4.46
P/B 1.55 0.44 3.10
Price to free cash flow n/m n/m 24.15
EV/EBITDA n/m 0.28 18.28
EV/Sales 996.60 (4.01) 4.64
Earnings yield (365.22%) (202.14%) 0.68%
Free cash flow yield (88.86%) (200.73%) 1.98%

Profitability

Metric AIMD ASTC Scientific & Technical Instruments median
Gross margin 78.10% 23.77% 47.24%
Operating margin (100,471.53%) (1,548.52%) 8.96%
Net margin (105,507.30%) (1,580.18%) 1.92%
Free cash flow margin (32,793.43%) (1,569.77%) 10.59%
Return on equity (196.30%) (75.39%) 2.66%
Return on assets (66.48%) (60.75%) 1.12%
Return on invested capital (462.25%) (182.64%) 4.79%

Growth

Metric AIMD ASTC Scientific & Technical Instruments median
Revenue growth (TTM) (90.96%) (12.96%) 9.26%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 55.64% (2.04%) 13.24%
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 2.30
Net debt to EBITDA (1.15) 0.87 0.45

Dividend

Metric AIMD ASTC Scientific & Technical Instruments median
Dividend yield — — 0.62%
Payout ratio — — 0.22

Size

Metric AIMD ASTC Scientific & Technical Instruments median
Market cap 4.64m 8.37m 549.07m

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