Aurelion Inc. (AURE) vs Institutional Financial Markets, Inc. (COHN)

Aurelion Inc. and Institutional Financial Markets, Inc. are both Capital Markets companies. Aurelion Inc. and Institutional Financial Markets, Inc. are of similar size ($35.0M and $34.7M). Aurelion Inc. has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; Institutional Financial Markets, Inc. trades at 1.1×. Institutional Financial Markets, Inc. has the higher net margin (5.65% vs 0.00%) and the higher return on invested capital (7.99% vs 0.00%). Across the 14 metrics below, Institutional Financial Markets, Inc. leads on 9 and Aurelion Inc. on 5.

Valuation

Metric AURE COHN Capital Markets median
P/E n/m 1.05 14.20
P/S n/m 0.07 2.00
P/B 0.29 0.21 1.51
Price to free cash flow n/m n/m 6.36
EV/EBITDA — — —
EV/Sales — — —
Earnings yield (45.36%) 95.19% (3.94%)
Free cash flow yield (15.56%) (35.30%) (1.62%)

Profitability

Metric AURE COHN Capital Markets median
Gross margin — 100.00% 62.80%
Operating margin — 22.06% 0.00%
Net margin 0.00% 5.65% (0.55%)
Free cash flow margin 0.00% (2.58%) 0.00%
Return on equity 0.00% 17.61% 0.00%
Return on assets (14.00%) 1.84% 0.00%
Return on invested capital 0.00% 7.99% 0.00%

Growth

Metric AURE COHN Capital Markets median
Revenue growth (TTM) — 126.39% 20.70%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 35.29% 5,537.50% 22.92%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR (3.06%) 16.19% 18.16%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.32% 0.00%

Health

Metric AURE COHN Capital Markets median
Debt to equity 0.47 4.33 0.08
Current ratio 41.62 0.86 1.50
Net debt to EBITDA 0.00 6.20 (0.24)

Dividend

Metric AURE COHN Capital Markets median
Dividend yield — 9.82% 1.36%
Payout ratio — 0.18 0.19

Size

Metric AURE COHN Capital Markets median
Market cap 34.96m 34.74m 565.91m

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