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 $49.1M against $1.7M — 28.9× the size. Recon Technology, Ltd. trades at the lower P/E: 2.8× against 13.5×. 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 13.50 2.83 20.53
P/S 0.48 n/m 1.08
P/B 2.51 n/m 1.64
Price to free cash flow n/m n/m 12.36
EV/EBITDA 4.53 0.27 8.00
EV/Sales 0.52 (0.25) 1.29
Earnings yield 7.41% 35.29% 3.88%
Free cash flow yield (8.36%) (1,420,823.53%) 5.18%

Profitability

Metric DWSN RCON Oil & Gas Equipment & Services median
Gross margin 22.31% 25.29% 22.88%
Operating margin 4.59% 0.00% 7.44%
Net margin 3.49% 28.18% 4.12%
Free cash flow margin (4.03%) 0.00% 3.10%
Return on equity 19.96% 0.00% 5.46%
Return on assets 7.20% 0.00% 2.63%
Return on invested capital 12.43% 0.00% 4.26%

Growth

Metric DWSN RCON Oil & Gas Equipment & Services median
Revenue growth (TTM) 86.31% 36.41% 4.65%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 53.85% 69.78% (13.00%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR (2.56%) 16.89% 12.57%
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 0.44
Current ratio 0.87 4.24 2.04
Net debt to EBITDA 1.51 0.19 1.12

Dividend

Metric DWSN RCON Oil & Gas Equipment & Services median
Dividend yield 0.00% — 1.49%
Payout ratio 0.00 — 0.36

Size

Metric DWSN RCON Oil & Gas Equipment & Services median
Market cap 49.06m 1.70m 1.44b

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