Ascent Solar Technologies Inc. (ASTI) vs Beam Global (BEEM)

Ascent Solar Technologies Inc. and Beam Global are both Solar companies. Ascent Solar Technologies Inc. and Beam Global are of similar size ($28.3M and $28.2M). Ascent Solar Technologies Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 364.1% against −20.5%. Beam Global has the higher net margin (−64.6% vs −4,237.0%) and the higher return on invested capital (−55.7% vs −704.2%). Across the 18 metrics below, Beam Global leads on 12 and Ascent Solar Technologies Inc. on 6.

Valuation

Metric ASTI BEEM Solar median
P/E n/m n/m 10.93
P/S 146.41 0.98 0.54
P/B 1.83 1.29 1.44
Price to free cash flow n/m n/m 9.91
EV/EBITDA n/m n/m 9.90
EV/Sales 121.02 0.97 0.74
Earnings yield (50.68%) (68.91%) 0.00%
Free cash flow yield (26.45%) (49.88%) 0.00%

Profitability

Metric ASTI BEEM Solar median
Gross margin (96.13%) 10.17% 31.92%
Operating margin (4,313.23%) (64.95%) (9.70%)
Net margin (4,236.98%) (64.60%) (8.48%)
Free cash flow margin (3,844.98%) (48.99%) (2.95%)
Return on equity (86.62%) (72.69%) 5.34%
Return on assets (65.09%) (40.37%) (5.36%)
Return on invested capital (704.24%) (55.72%) (5.27%)

Growth

Metric ASTI BEEM Solar median
Revenue growth (TTM) 364.08% (20.49%) 16.97%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 70.23% (109.09%) —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 2.89% 35.37% 14.00%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric ASTI BEEM Solar median
Debt to equity 0.00 0.00 0.09
Current ratio 6.31 1.46 1.33
Net debt to EBITDA 0.38 0.07 0.03

Dividend

Metric ASTI BEEM Solar median
Dividend yield — — —
Payout ratio — 0.00 0.00

Size

Metric ASTI BEEM Solar median
Market cap 28.17m 28.30m 43.46m

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