Astrotech Corporation (ASTC) vs MIND Technology, Inc. (MIND)

Astrotech Corporation and MIND Technology, Inc. are both Scientific & Technical Instruments companies. MIND Technology, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $41.2M against $15.2M — 2.7× the size. Astrotech Corporation grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 11.6% against −28.5%. MIND Technology, Inc. has the higher net margin (−6.77% vs −1,397.8%) and the higher return on invested capital (−2.37% vs −154.9%). Across the 17 metrics below, MIND Technology, Inc. leads on 13 and Astrotech Corporation on 4.

Valuation

Metric ASTC MIND Scientific & Technical Instruments median
P/E n/m n/m 35.93
P/S 11.83 1.16 4.46
P/B 0.98 1.00 3.00
Price to free cash flow n/m n/m 24.96
EV/EBITDA n/m n/m 19.60
EV/Sales 5.83 0.75 4.98
Earnings yield (118.28%) (5.93%) 0.53%
Free cash flow yield (123.55%) (9.61%) 1.12%

Profitability

Metric ASTC MIND Scientific & Technical Instruments median
Gross margin 33.43% 42.24% 45.75%
Operating margin (1,369.84%) (2.67%) 7.34%
Net margin (1,397.82%) (6.77%) 1.56%
Free cash flow margin (1,461.41%) (11.10%) 5.84%
Return on equity (76.35%) (6.81%) 2.87%
Return on assets (64.54%) (5.71%) 0.99%
Return on invested capital (154.85%) (2.37%) 3.88%

Growth

Metric ASTC MIND Scientific & Technical Instruments median
Revenue growth (TTM) 11.63% (28.46%) 11.28%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (16.85%) (92.77%) —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 16.54% 12.12% 7.89%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric ASTC MIND Scientific & Technical Instruments median
Debt to equity 0.00 0.00 0.00
Current ratio 6.17 6.92 2.24
Net debt to EBITDA 1.34 (5.11) 0.44

Dividend

Metric ASTC MIND Scientific & Technical Instruments median
Dividend yield — — 0.72%
Payout ratio 0.00 0.00 0.00

Size

Metric ASTC MIND Scientific & Technical Instruments median
Market cap 15.15m 41.17m 483.67m

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