Ascent Solar Technologies Inc. (ASTI) vs Sunworks, Inc. (SUNWQ)

Ascent Solar Technologies Inc. and Sunworks, Inc. are both Solar companies. Ascent Solar Technologies Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $28.2M against $3.4M — 8.3× the size. Ascent Solar Technologies Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 364.1% against 10.6%. Sunworks, Inc. has the higher net margin (−40.4% vs −4,237.0%) and the higher return on invested capital (−167.2% vs −704.2%). Across the 16 metrics below, Sunworks, Inc. leads on 10 and Ascent Solar Technologies Inc. on 6.

Valuation

Metric ASTI SUNWQ Solar median
P/E n/m n/m 10.93
P/S 146.41 n/m 0.54
P/B 1.83 n/m 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 0.02 0.74
Earnings yield (50.68%) 0.00% 0.00%
Free cash flow yield (26.45%) 0.00% 0.00%

Profitability

Metric ASTI SUNWQ Solar median
Gross margin (96.13%) 34.60% 31.92%
Operating margin (4,313.23%) (41.67%) (9.70%)
Net margin (4,236.98%) (40.36%) (8.48%)
Free cash flow margin (3,844.98%) (14.81%) (2.95%)
Return on equity (86.62%) (135.47%) 5.34%
Return on assets (65.09%) (66.18%) (5.36%)
Return on invested capital (704.24%) (167.19%) (5.27%)

Growth

Metric ASTI SUNWQ Solar median
Revenue growth (TTM) 364.08% 10.63% 16.97%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 70.23% 13.13% —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 2.89% 15.90% 14.00%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric ASTI SUNWQ Solar median
Debt to equity 0.00 0.23 0.09
Current ratio 6.31 1.24 1.33
Net debt to EBITDA 0.38 0.22 0.03

Dividend

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

Size

Metric ASTI SUNWQ Solar median
Market cap 28.17m 3.41m 43.46m

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