Ainos, Inc. (AIMD) vs MIND Technology, Inc. (MIND)

Ainos, Inc. and MIND Technology, Inc. are both Scientific & Technical Instruments companies. MIND Technology, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $29.7M against $4.6M — 6.4× the size. MIND Technology, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: −28.5% against −91.0%. MIND Technology, Inc. has the higher net margin (−6.77% vs −105,507.3%) and the higher return on invested capital (−2.37% vs −462.3%). Across the 17 metrics below, MIND Technology, Inc. leads on 14 and Ainos, Inc. on 3.

Valuation

Metric AIMD MIND Scientific & Technical Instruments median
P/E n/m n/m 28.21
P/S 370.54 0.88 4.46
P/B 1.55 0.76 3.10
Price to free cash flow n/m n/m 24.15
EV/EBITDA n/m n/m 18.28
EV/Sales 996.60 0.64 4.64
Earnings yield (365.22%) (7.78%) 0.68%
Free cash flow yield (88.86%) (12.60%) 1.98%

Profitability

Metric AIMD MIND Scientific & Technical Instruments median
Gross margin 78.10% 42.24% 47.24%
Operating margin (100,471.53%) (2.67%) 8.96%
Net margin (105,507.30%) (6.77%) 1.92%
Free cash flow margin (32,793.43%) (11.10%) 10.59%
Return on equity (196.30%) (6.81%) 2.66%
Return on assets (66.48%) (5.71%) 1.12%
Return on invested capital (462.25%) (2.37%) 4.79%

Growth

Metric AIMD MIND Scientific & Technical Instruments median
Revenue growth (TTM) (90.96%) (28.46%) 9.26%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 55.64% (92.77%) 13.24%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 49.56% 14.06% 7.89%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric AIMD MIND Scientific & Technical Instruments median
Debt to equity 0.00 0.00 0.00
Current ratio 0.13 6.92 2.30
Net debt to EBITDA (1.15) (5.11) 0.45

Dividend

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

Size

Metric AIMD MIND Scientific & Technical Instruments median
Market cap 4.64m 29.72m 549.07m

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