Blink Charging Co. (BLNK) vs INNOVATE Corp. (VATE)

Blink Charging Co. and INNOVATE Corp. are both Engineering & Construction companies. INNOVATE Corp. is the larger, with a market value of $67.8M against $59.3M — 1.1× the size. INNOVATE Corp. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 52.4% against −7.86%. INNOVATE Corp. has the higher net margin (−1.58% vs −52.5%) and the higher return on invested capital (13.1% vs −231.9%). Across the 17 metrics below, INNOVATE Corp. leads on 11 and Blink Charging Co. on 6.

Valuation

Metric BLNK VATE Engineering & Construction median
P/E n/m n/m 27.65
P/S 0.61 0.04 0.85
P/B 1.24 n/m 3.04
Price to free cash flow n/m 0.64 19.05
EV/EBITDA n/m 4.91 11.89
EV/Sales 0.26 0.39 1.20
Earnings yield (97.76%) (36.29%) 2.77%
Free cash flow yield (10.24%) 156.76% 2.00%

Profitability

Metric BLNK VATE Engineering & Construction median
Gross margin 29.71% 15.93% 18.76%
Operating margin (52.99%) 4.28% 6.43%
Net margin (52.48%) (1.58%) 2.14%
Free cash flow margin (6.27%) 7.01% 1.12%
Return on equity (85.48%) 11.03% 6.05%
Return on assets (34.85%) (2.53%) 1.19%
Return on invested capital (231.88%) 13.11% 2.52%

Growth

Metric BLNK VATE Engineering & Construction median
Revenue growth (TTM) (7.86%) 52.38% 18.09%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 61.22% (57.14%) 13.42%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 75.43% 11.69% 12.23%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric BLNK VATE Engineering & Construction median
Debt to equity 0.00 (2.81) 0.41
Current ratio 1.17 0.44 1.37
Net debt to EBITDA 0.70 6.64 0.38

Dividend

Metric BLNK VATE Engineering & Construction median
Dividend yield — — 0.68%
Payout ratio — — 0.18

Size

Metric BLNK VATE Engineering & Construction median
Market cap 59.25m 67.80m 1.13b

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