Arbe Robotics Ltd. (ARBE) vs Sono-Tek Corporation (SOTK)

Arbe Robotics Ltd. and Sono-Tek Corporation are both Scientific & Technical Instruments companies. Arbe Robotics Ltd. is the larger, with a market value of $90.2M against $75.0M — 1.2× the size. Arbe Robotics Ltd. has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; Sono-Tek Corporation trades at 38.0×. Arbe Robotics Ltd. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 250.0% against 4.04%. Sono-Tek Corporation has the higher net margin (9.62% vs −2,183.4%) and the higher return on invested capital (35.4% vs −123.0%). Across the 19 metrics below, Sono-Tek Corporation leads on 16 and Arbe Robotics Ltd. on 3.

Valuation

Metric ARBE SOTK Scientific & Technical Instruments median
P/E n/m 38.00 35.93
P/S 43.89 3.62 4.46
P/B 2.03 3.77 3.00
Price to free cash flow n/m 13.31 24.96
EV/EBITDA n/m 21.88 19.60
EV/Sales 34.38 2.93 4.98
Earnings yield (53.13%) 2.63% 0.53%
Free cash flow yield (49.82%) 7.51% 1.12%

Profitability

Metric ARBE SOTK Scientific & Technical Instruments median
Gross margin (24.09%) 51.82% 45.75%
Operating margin (2,374.31%) 10.44% 7.34%
Net margin (2,183.42%) 9.62% 1.56%
Free cash flow margin (2,186.35%) 27.31% 5.84%
Return on equity (83.18%) 10.61% 2.87%
Return on assets (55.34%) 8.37% 0.99%
Return on invested capital (123.01%) 35.35% 3.88%

Growth

Metric ARBE SOTK Scientific & Technical Instruments median
Revenue growth (TTM) 250.00% 4.04% 11.28%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 32.79% 37.50% —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 25.31% 7.11% 7.89%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 10.01% 0.00%

Health

Metric ARBE SOTK Scientific & Technical Instruments median
Debt to equity 0.59 0.00 0.00
Current ratio 2.30 4.37 2.24
Net debt to EBITDA 0.42 (5.94) 0.44

Dividend

Metric ARBE SOTK Scientific & Technical Instruments median
Dividend yield — — 0.72%
Payout ratio 0.00 0.00 0.00

Size

Metric ARBE SOTK Scientific & Technical Instruments median
Market cap 90.18m 74.97m 483.67m

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