Aether Holdings, Inc. (ATHR) vs SoundThinking, Inc. (SSTI)

Aether Holdings, Inc. and SoundThinking, Inc. are both Software Application companies. SoundThinking, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $72.0M against $51.9M — 1.4× the size. Aether Holdings, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: −3.33% against −5.72%. SoundThinking, Inc. has the higher net margin (−16.9% vs −381.2%) and the higher return on invested capital (−17.0% vs −232.0%). Across the 17 metrics below, SoundThinking, Inc. leads on 13 and Aether Holdings, Inc. on 4.

Valuation

Metric ATHR SSTI Software Application median
P/E n/m n/m 24.79
P/S 33.40 0.75 2.67
P/B 44.54 1.13 3.01
Price to free cash flow n/m n/m 16.59
EV/EBITDA n/m n/m 14.40
EV/Sales 33.70 0.71 2.62
Earnings yield (11.62%) (22.87%) 0.00%
Free cash flow yield (14.47%) (1.47%) 1.91%

Profitability

Metric ATHR SSTI Software Application median
Gross margin 79.29% 50.07% 67.03%
Operating margin (386.07%) (16.43%) 0.00%
Net margin (381.24%) (16.92%) 0.00%
Free cash flow margin (483.17%) (1.10%) 4.32%
Return on equity (147.62%) (23.66%) 0.00%
Return on assets (91.93%) (13.10%) 0.00%
Return on invested capital (232.03%) (17.01%) 0.00%

Growth

Metric ATHR SSTI Software Application median
Revenue growth (TTM) (3.33%) (5.72%) 12.40%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (188.77%) (2.78%) —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR — 17.89% 13.72%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR — 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric ATHR SSTI Software Application median
Debt to equity 2.78 0.00 0.02
Current ratio 3.37 0.74 1.55
Net debt to EBITDA 1.36 (14.15) 0.06

Dividend

Metric ATHR SSTI Software Application median
Dividend yield — — 1.25%
Payout ratio — 0.00 0.00

Size

Metric ATHR SSTI Software Application median
Market cap 51.89m 72.01m 396.11m

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