Comtech Telecommunications Corp. (CMTL) vs Energous Corporation (WATT)

Comtech Telecommunications Corp. and Energous Corporation are both Communication Equipment companies. Energous Corporation is the larger, with a market value of $72.7M against $40.5M — 1.8× the size. Energous Corporation grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 430.5% against −8.31%. Comtech Telecommunications Corp. has the higher net margin (−14.5% vs −76.4%) and the higher return on invested capital (−0.73% vs −58.8%). Across the 18 metrics below, Comtech Telecommunications Corp. leads on 11 and Energous Corporation on 7.

Valuation

Metric CMTL WATT Communication Equipment median
P/E n/m n/m 33.61
P/S 0.09 7.33 2.16
P/B 0.80 1.92 2.40
Price to free cash flow 2.72 n/m 25.02
EV/EBITDA 4.07 n/m 13.78
EV/Sales 0.50 4.38 2.27
Earnings yield (158.99%) (10.90%) (0.65%)
Free cash flow yield 36.76% (20.88%) 1.61%

Profitability

Metric CMTL WATT Communication Equipment median
Gross margin 32.97% 26.59% 39.47%
Operating margin (1.16%) (82.64%) 2.39%
Net margin (14.48%) (76.37%) (0.74%)
Free cash flow margin 3.38% (153.06%) 1.39%
Return on equity (78.33%) (32.77%) (1.91%)
Return on assets (9.11%) (27.74%) (0.20%)
Return on invested capital (0.73%) (58.80%) 0.72%

Growth

Metric CMTL WATT Communication Equipment median
Revenue growth (TTM) (8.31%) 430.52% 11.48%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (47.87%) 91.63% —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR (4.13%) 76.64% 4.92%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric CMTL WATT Communication Equipment median
Debt to equity 0.82 0.01 0.06
Current ratio 1.61 8.79 2.01
Net debt to EBITDA (1.96) 1.05 0.67

Dividend

Metric CMTL WATT Communication Equipment median
Dividend yield 1.39% — 2.63%
Payout ratio 4.00 0.00 0.00

Size

Metric CMTL WATT Communication Equipment median
Market cap 40.45m 72.74m 563.45m

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