Bridger Aerospace Group Holdings, Inc. (BAER) vs BIO-key International Inc. (BKYI)

Bridger Aerospace Group Holdings, Inc. and BIO-key International Inc. are both Security & Protection Services companies. Bridger Aerospace Group Holdings, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $12.0M against $4.8M — 2.5× the size. BIO-key International Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: −3.07% against −8.74%. Bridger Aerospace Group Holdings, Inc. has the higher net margin (−35.0% vs −90.1%) and the higher return on invested capital (0.18% vs −121.9%). Across the 16 metrics below, BIO-key International Inc. leads on 9 and Bridger Aerospace Group Holdings, Inc. on 7.

Valuation

Metric BAER BKYI Security & Protection Services median
P/E n/m n/m 22.53
P/S 0.10 0.37 1.17
P/B n/m 0.57 2.09
Price to free cash flow n/m n/m 19.49
EV/EBITDA 12.76 n/m 11.17
EV/Sales 2.08 0.32 1.97
Earnings yield (360.00%) (281.76%) 3.26%
Free cash flow yield (801.44%) (248.87%) 1.46%

Profitability

Metric BAER BKYI Security & Protection Services median
Gross margin 38.10% 81.32% 38.10%
Operating margin 0.67% (86.43%) 9.80%
Net margin (35.04%) (90.10%) 2.88%
Free cash flow margin (78.37%) (62.06%) 0.00%
Return on equity 10.96% (107.91%) 8.74%
Return on assets (13.41%) (67.07%) 1.21%
Return on invested capital 0.18% (121.93%) 1.98%

Growth

Metric BAER BKYI Security & Protection Services median
Revenue growth (TTM) (8.74%) (3.07%) 7.23%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 48.15% 48.73% 35.69%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR — 15.92% 7.09%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric BAER BKYI Security & Protection Services median
Debt to equity 6.88 0.00 0.20
Current ratio 1.73 1.26 1.92
Net debt to EBITDA 5.69 0.44 1.55

Dividend

Metric BAER BKYI Security & Protection Services median
Dividend yield — — 1.65%
Payout ratio — — 0.28

Size

Metric BAER BKYI Security & Protection Services median
Market cap 11.97m 4.82m 408.73m

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