China BAK Battery, Inc. (CBAT) vs RF Industries, Ltd. (RFIL)

China BAK Battery, Inc. and RF Industries, Ltd. are both Electrical Equipment & Parts companies. China BAK Battery, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $90.4M against $71.1M — 1.3× the size. China BAK Battery, Inc. has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; RF Industries, Ltd. trades at 29.3×. China BAK Battery, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 50.5% against 13.0%. RF Industries, Ltd. has the higher net margin (2.83% vs −7.43%) and the higher return on invested capital (6.18% vs −139.1%). Across the 19 metrics below, RF Industries, Ltd. leads on 10 and China BAK Battery, Inc. on 9.

Valuation

Metric CBAT RFIL Electrical Equipment & Parts median
P/E n/m 29.29 24.14
P/S 0.40 0.83 2.33
P/B 0.90 1.86 2.49
Price to free cash flow 2.57 22.24 22.24
EV/EBITDA n/m 12.75 12.18
EV/Sales 0.06 0.96 1.79
Earnings yield (17.48%) 3.41% (6.07%)
Free cash flow yield 38.86% 4.50% (5.34%)

Profitability

Metric CBAT RFIL Electrical Equipment & Parts median
Gross margin 6.38% 35.08% 29.92%
Operating margin (11.00%) 4.56% 0.00%
Net margin (7.43%) 2.83% 0.00%
Free cash flow margin 16.04% 3.73% 0.00%
Return on equity (15.47%) 6.67% 0.00%
Return on assets (4.26%) 3.36% 0.00%
Return on invested capital (139.05%) 6.18% 0.00%

Growth

Metric CBAT RFIL Electrical Equipment & Parts median
Revenue growth (TTM) 50.51% 13.04% 10.59%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (176.92%) 101.11% 24.08%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 39.04% 13.36% 9.92%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric CBAT RFIL Electrical Equipment & Parts median
Debt to equity 0.08 0.15 0.15
Current ratio 0.65 2.02 2.34
Net debt to EBITDA 9.10 0.62 0.26

Dividend

Metric CBAT RFIL Electrical Equipment & Parts median
Dividend yield — — 0.33%
Payout ratio — — 0.09

Size

Metric CBAT RFIL Electrical Equipment & Parts median
Market cap 90.42m 71.05m 159.94m

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