Azenta, Inc. (AZTA) vs Pulse Biosciences, Inc (PLSE)

Azenta, Inc. and Pulse Biosciences, Inc are both Medical Instruments & Supplies companies. Pulse Biosciences, Inc is the larger, with a market value of $3.3B against $1.6B — 2.1× the size. Azenta, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 4.80% against −23.3%. Azenta, Inc. has the higher net margin (−20.0% vs −6,755.8%) and the lower return on invested capital (−9.27% vs 0.00%). Across the 16 metrics below, Azenta, Inc. leads on 13 and Pulse Biosciences, Inc on 3.

Valuation

Metric AZTA PLSE Medical Instruments & Supplies median
P/E n/m n/m 33.75
P/S 2.52 2,585.22 2.52
P/B 1.02 30.79 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 2,554.99 2.88
Earnings yield (8.07%) (2.67%) (2.67%)
Free cash flow yield 0.64% (2.00%) 0.09%

Profitability

Metric AZTA PLSE Medical Instruments & Supplies median
Gross margin 44.05% 0.25% 54.29%
Operating margin (28.56%) (7,007.76%) 1.07%
Net margin (20.02%) (6,755.78%) (1.61%)
Free cash flow margin 1.61% (5,180.42%) 1.08%
Return on equity (7.72%) (78.49%) (1.32%)
Return on assets (6.31%) (67.90%) 0.00%
Return on invested capital (9.27%) 0.00% 0.00%

Growth

Metric AZTA PLSE Medical Instruments & Supplies median
Revenue growth (TTM) 4.80% (23.25%) 8.85%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 57.93% (17.39%) 8.65%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 8.85% — 9.17%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric AZTA PLSE Medical Instruments & Supplies median
Debt to equity 0.00 0.00 0.10
Current ratio 2.50 9.63 2.48
Net debt to EBITDA (10.47) 1.06 0.89

Dividend

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

Size

Metric AZTA PLSE Medical Instruments & Supplies median
Market cap 1.60b 3.31b 619.84m

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