Azenta, Inc. (AZTA) vs Kestra Medical Technologies, Ltd. (KMTS)

Azenta, Inc. and Kestra Medical Technologies, Ltd. are both Medical Instruments & Supplies companies. Azenta, Inc. and Kestra Medical Technologies, Ltd. are of similar size ($1.7B and $1.6B). Kestra Medical Technologies, Ltd. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 60.7% against 4.80%. Azenta, Inc. has the higher net margin (−20.0% vs −140.4%) and the higher return on invested capital (−9.27% vs −93.5%). Across the 17 metrics below, Azenta, Inc. leads on 14 and Kestra Medical Technologies, Ltd. on 3.

Valuation

Metric AZTA KMTS Medical Instruments & Supplies median
P/E n/m n/m 33.75
P/S 2.52 14.95 2.52
P/B 1.02 7.17 2.48
Price to free cash flow 156.24 n/m 25.19
EV/EBITDA 45.05 n/m 14.62
EV/Sales 2.06 13.76 2.88
Earnings yield (8.07%) (9.80%) (2.67%)
Free cash flow yield 0.64% (7.71%) 0.09%

Profitability

Metric AZTA KMTS Medical Instruments & Supplies median
Gross margin 44.05% 53.89% 54.29%
Operating margin (28.56%) (134.48%) 1.07%
Net margin (20.02%) (140.43%) (1.61%)
Free cash flow margin 1.61% (115.31%) 1.08%
Return on equity (7.72%) (73.74%) (1.32%)
Return on assets (6.31%) (48.85%) 0.00%
Return on invested capital (9.27%) (93.49%) 0.00%

Growth

Metric AZTA KMTS Medical Instruments & Supplies median
Revenue growth (TTM) 4.80% 60.72% 8.85%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 57.93% 52.63% 8.65%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 8.85% — 9.17%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% — 0.00%

Health

Metric AZTA KMTS Medical Instruments & Supplies median
Debt to equity 0.00 0.33 0.10
Current ratio 2.50 4.69 2.48
Net debt to EBITDA (10.47) 1.24 0.89

Dividend

Metric AZTA KMTS Medical Instruments & Supplies median
Dividend yield — — 1.11%
Payout ratio — — 0.27

Size

Metric AZTA KMTS Medical Instruments & Supplies median
Market cap 1.60b 1.71b 619.84m

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