Astrotech Corporation (ASTC) vs Microvision, Inc. (MVIS)

Astrotech Corporation and Microvision, Inc. are both Scientific & Technical Instruments companies. Microvision, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $47.2M against $15.2M — 3.1× the size. Astrotech Corporation grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 11.6% against 11.2%. Astrotech Corporation has the higher net margin (−1,397.8% vs −3,976.7%) and the lower return on invested capital (−154.9% vs 0.00%). Across the 18 metrics below, Astrotech Corporation leads on 15 and Microvision, Inc. on 3.

Valuation

Metric ASTC MVIS Scientific & Technical Instruments median
P/E n/m n/m 35.93
P/S 11.83 12.42 4.46
P/B 0.98 1.73 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 3.63 4.98
Earnings yield (118.28%) (338.01%) 0.53%
Free cash flow yield (123.55%) (191.46%) 1.12%

Profitability

Metric ASTC MVIS Scientific & Technical Instruments median
Gross margin 33.43% (550.59%) 45.75%
Operating margin (1,369.84%) (3,545.86%) 7.34%
Net margin (1,397.82%) (3,976.67%) 1.56%
Free cash flow margin (1,461.41%) (2,378.17%) 5.84%
Return on equity (76.35%) (233.74%) 2.87%
Return on assets (64.54%) (99.65%) 0.99%
Return on invested capital (154.85%) 0.00% 3.88%

Growth

Metric ASTC MVIS Scientific & Technical Instruments median
Revenue growth (TTM) 11.63% 11.15% 11.28%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (16.85%) 23.91% —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 16.54% (17.13%) 7.89%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric ASTC MVIS Scientific & Technical Instruments median
Debt to equity 0.00 0.00 0.00
Current ratio 6.17 0.68 2.24
Net debt to EBITDA 1.34 1.38 0.44

Dividend

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

Size

Metric ASTC MVIS Scientific & Technical Instruments median
Market cap 15.15m 47.24m 483.67m

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