AquaBounty Technologies, Inc. (AQB) vs Local Bounti Corporation (LOCL)

AquaBounty Technologies, Inc. and Local Bounti Corporation are both Farm Products companies. Local Bounti Corporation is the larger, with a market value of $24.8M against $4.5M — 5.5× the size. Local Bounti Corporation grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 17.8% against −46.9%. AquaBounty Technologies, Inc. has the higher net margin (0.00% vs −130.5%) and the lower return on invested capital (−208.5% vs −13.1%). Across the 17 metrics below, Local Bounti Corporation leads on 11 and AquaBounty Technologies, Inc. on 6.

Valuation

Metric AQB LOCL Farm Products median
P/E n/m n/m 21.24
P/S 3.89 0.61 0.50
P/B 1.74 n/m 1.20
Price to free cash flow n/m n/m 13.98
EV/EBITDA n/m n/m 8.14
EV/Sales 11.68 10.25 0.58
Earnings yield (483.13%) (254.13%) 0.56%
Free cash flow yield (1.04%) (89.51%) (3.01%)

Profitability

Metric AQB LOCL Farm Products median
Gross margin (724.56%) 10.62% 6.87%
Operating margin 0.00% (114.43%) 0.11%
Net margin 0.00% (130.52%) 0.63%
Free cash flow margin 0.00% (54.71%) 0.00%
Return on equity (223.48%) 41.06% 1.52%
Return on assets (95.67%) (16.32%) 0.02%
Return on invested capital (208.52%) (13.12%) 0.00%

Growth

Metric AQB LOCL Farm Products median
Revenue growth (TTM) (46.90%) 17.77% 7.27%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 87.66% 60.33% —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 96.45% 258.21% 8.40%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric AQB LOCL Farm Products median
Debt to equity 0.00 (2.49) 0.24
Current ratio 4.26 1.07 1.43
Net debt to EBITDA (0.74) (11.01) (0.04)

Dividend

Metric AQB LOCL Farm Products median
Dividend yield — — 3.06%
Payout ratio 0.00 0.00 0.17

Size

Metric AQB LOCL Farm Products median
Market cap 4.54m 24.78m 293.80m

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