Dawson Geophysical Company (DWSN) vs Recon Technology, Ltd. (RCON)

Dawson Geophysical Company and Recon Technology, Ltd. are both Oil & Gas Equipment & Services companies. Dawson Geophysical Company is the larger, with a market value of $69.6M against $2.2M — 31.9× the size. Recon Technology, Ltd. trades at the lower P/E: 3.3× against 18.6×. Dawson Geophysical Company grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 86.3% against 36.4%. Recon Technology, Ltd. has the higher net margin (28.2% vs 3.49%) and the lower return on invested capital (0.00% vs 12.4%). Across the 18 metrics below, Recon Technology, Ltd. leads on 12 and Dawson Geophysical Company on 6.

Valuation

Metric DWSN RCON Oil & Gas Equipment & Services median
P/E 18.58 3.30 22.50
P/S 0.66 n/m 1.17
P/B 3.46 n/m 1.82
Price to free cash flow n/m n/m 13.72
EV/EBITDA 6.11 0.27 8.68
EV/Sales 0.70 (0.25) 1.34
Earnings yield 5.38% 30.30% 3.94%
Free cash flow yield (6.07%) (1,219,898.99%) 5.66%

Profitability

Metric DWSN RCON Oil & Gas Equipment & Services median
Gross margin 22.31% 25.29% 23.26%
Operating margin 4.59% 0.00% 9.34%
Net margin 3.49% 28.18% 4.69%
Free cash flow margin (4.03%) 0.00% 5.35%
Return on equity 19.96% 0.00% 4.92%
Return on assets 7.20% 0.00% 2.37%
Return on invested capital 12.43% 0.00% 4.32%

Growth

Metric DWSN RCON Oil & Gas Equipment & Services median
Revenue growth (TTM) 86.31% 36.41% 6.08%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 53.85% 69.78% (13.00%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR (2.56%) 16.89% 14.44%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric DWSN RCON Oil & Gas Equipment & Services median
Debt to equity 0.51 0.08 0.46
Current ratio 0.87 4.24 2.07
Net debt to EBITDA 1.51 0.19 0.75

Dividend

Metric DWSN RCON Oil & Gas Equipment & Services median
Dividend yield 0.00% — 1.51%
Payout ratio 0.00 — 0.38

Size

Metric DWSN RCON Oil & Gas Equipment & Services median
Market cap 69.56m 2.18m 1.63b

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