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 $3.9B against $1.6B — 2.4× the size. Pulse Biosciences, Inc grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 90.1% against 4.80%. Azenta, Inc. has the higher net margin (−20.0% vs −5,609.4%) and the higher return on invested capital (−9.27% vs −37.0%). 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 30.28
P/S 2.76 2,558.93 2.49
P/B 1.12 20.83 2.34
Price to free cash flow 171.73 n/m 23.49
EV/EBITDA 50.50 n/m 14.87
EV/Sales 2.31 2,578.39 2.75
Earnings yield (7.13%) (2.28%) 0.00%
Free cash flow yield 0.58% (5.65%) 0.59%

Profitability

Metric AZTA PLSE Medical Instruments & Supplies median
Gross margin 44.05% 26.77% 53.60%
Operating margin (28.56%) (5,821.08%) 1.97%
Net margin (20.02%) (5,609.44%) 0.00%
Free cash flow margin 1.61% (14,462.52%) 2.36%
Return on equity (7.72%) (60.67%) 0.00%
Return on assets (6.31%) (54.01%) 0.00%
Return on invested capital (9.27%) (37.01%) 0.13%

Growth

Metric AZTA PLSE Medical Instruments & Supplies median
Revenue growth (TTM) 4.80% 90.08% 8.97%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 60.52% (17.39%) 6.51%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 8.85% — 8.85%
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 14.35 2.47
Net debt to EBITDA (10.47) 1.06 0.97

Dividend

Metric AZTA PLSE Medical Instruments & Supplies median
Dividend yield — — 1.02%
Payout ratio — — 0.27

Size

Metric AZTA PLSE Medical Instruments & Supplies median
Market cap 1.64b 3.86b 1.71b

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