Arteris, Inc. (AIP) vs nLight (LASR)

Arteris, Inc. and nLight are both Semiconductors companies. nLight is the larger, with a market value of $2.4B against $1.2B — 2.0× the size. nLight grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 43.2% against 33.8%. nLight has the higher net margin (−4.02% vs −46.7%) and the lower return on invested capital (−9.70% vs 0.00%). Across the 19 metrics below, nLight leads on 15 and Arteris, Inc. on 4.

Valuation

Metric AIP LASR Semiconductors median
P/E n/m n/m 49.41
P/S 13.35 7.40 8.58
P/B 16.69 5.23 5.49
Price to free cash flow 166.93 54.80 47.02
EV/EBITDA n/m n/m 30.78
EV/Sales 11.95 6.41 8.79
Earnings yield (3.64%) (0.62%) 0.62%
Free cash flow yield 0.60% 1.82% 0.59%

Profitability

Metric AIP LASR Semiconductors median
Gross margin 87.61% 31.52% 52.25%
Operating margin (47.73%) (5.47%) 4.85%
Net margin (46.70%) (4.02%) 4.77%
Free cash flow margin 8.00% 13.50% 8.65%
Return on equity (131.41%) (3.80%) 3.11%
Return on assets (23.84%) (3.07%) 1.91%
Return on invested capital 0.00% (9.70%) 2.46%

Growth

Metric AIP LASR Semiconductors median
Revenue growth (TTM) 33.81% 43.24% 16.66%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 4.65% 62.99% —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 17.28% 3.24% 5.60%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric AIP LASR Semiconductors median
Debt to equity 0.05 0.00 0.05
Current ratio 1.57 8.17 3.35
Net debt to EBITDA 1.71 10.87 0.58

Dividend

Metric AIP LASR Semiconductors median
Dividend yield — — 1.93%
Payout ratio 0.00 0.00 0.00

Size

Metric AIP LASR Semiconductors median
Market cap 1.20b 2.37b 5.67b

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