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Ascent Solar Technologies Inc. (ASTI) vs SPI Energy Co., Ltd. (SPIEQ)

Ascent Solar Technologies Inc. and SPI Energy Co., Ltd. are both Solar companies. SPI Energy Co., Ltd. is the larger, with a market value of $24.2M against $18.6M — 1.3× the size. Ascent Solar Technologies Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 364.1% against 21.2%. SPI Energy Co., Ltd. has the higher net margin (−11.8% vs −4,237.0%) and the higher return on invested capital (−16.2% vs −704.2%). Across the 16 metrics below, SPI Energy Co., Ltd. leads on 11 and Ascent Solar Technologies Inc. on 5.

Valuation

Metric ASTI SPIEQ Solar median
P/E n/m n/m 10.61
P/S 92.76 n/m 0.47
P/B 1.16 n/m 0.99
Price to free cash flow n/m n/m 9.56
EV/EBITDA n/m n/m 9.36
EV/Sales 82.19 0.21 0.63
Earnings yield (80.00%) 0.00% 0.00%
Free cash flow yield (41.74%) 0.00% 0.00%

Profitability

Metric ASTI SPIEQ Solar median
Gross margin (96.13%) 13.08% 31.92%
Operating margin (4,313.23%) (7.32%) (9.70%)
Net margin (4,236.98%) (11.75%) (8.48%)
Free cash flow margin (3,844.98%) (2.70%) (2.95%)
Return on equity (86.62%) (122.93%) 5.34%
Return on assets (65.09%) (10.87%) (5.36%)
Return on invested capital (704.24%) (16.17%) (5.27%)

Growth

Metric ASTI SPIEQ Solar median
Revenue growth (TTM) 364.08% 21.20% 16.97%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 70.23% 33.68% 47.20%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 2.89% 7.87% 14.00%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric ASTI SPIEQ Solar median
Debt to equity 0.00 3.21 0.09
Current ratio 6.31 0.41 1.33
Net debt to EBITDA 0.38 (1.90) 0.03

Dividend

Metric ASTI SPIEQ Solar median
Dividend yield — — —
Payout ratio — — —

Size

Metric ASTI SPIEQ Solar median
Market cap 18.56m 24.21m 31.62m

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