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Ascent Solar Technologies Inc. (ASTI) vs CSLM Acquisition Corp. (SPWR)

Ascent Solar Technologies Inc. and CSLM Acquisition Corp. are both Solar companies. CSLM Acquisition Corp. is the larger, with a market value of $78.6M against $14.5M — 5.4× the size. Ascent Solar Technologies Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 364.1% against 18.6%. CSLM Acquisition Corp. has the higher net margin (−3.77% vs −4,237.0%) and the higher return on invested capital (−38.2% vs −704.2%). Across the 16 metrics below, CSLM Acquisition Corp. leads on 12 and Ascent Solar Technologies Inc. on 4.

Valuation

Metric ASTI SPWR Solar median
P/E n/m n/m 11.37
P/S 75.71 0.13 0.60
P/B 0.95 n/m 0.90
Price to free cash flow n/m n/m 15.06
EV/EBITDA n/m n/m 10.71
EV/Sales 65.14 0.55 0.85
Earnings yield (107.27%) (56.84%) (16.54%)
Free cash flow yield (51.14%) (164.94%) (1.15%)

Profitability

Metric ASTI SPWR Solar median
Gross margin (96.13%) 52.17% 28.56%
Operating margin (4,313.23%) (20.11%) (7.89%)
Net margin (4,236.98%) (3.77%) (7.34%)
Free cash flow margin (3,844.98%) (21.35%) (1.48%)
Return on equity (86.62%) 15.27% 7.14%
Return on assets (65.09%) (5.36%) (3.25%)
Return on invested capital (704.24%) (38.19%) (4.96%)

Growth

Metric ASTI SPWR Solar median
Revenue growth (TTM) 364.08% 18.59% 10.49%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 70.23% 57.32% 51.53%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 2.89% — 13.86%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric ASTI SPWR Solar median
Debt to equity 0.00 (4.70) 0.01
Current ratio 6.31 0.82 1.50
Net debt to EBITDA 0.38 (60.25) 0.19

Dividend

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

Size

Metric ASTI SPWR Solar median
Market cap 14.48m 78.60m 76.52m

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