DZS Inc. (DZSIQ) vs Franklin Wireless Corp. (FKWL)

DZS Inc. and Franklin Wireless Corp. are both Communication Equipment companies. Franklin Wireless Corp. is the larger, with a market value of $28.2M against $6.7M — 4.2× the size. DZS Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 21.0% against −22.6%. Franklin Wireless Corp. has the higher net margin (−2.07% vs −30.7%) and the higher return on invested capital (−39.6% vs −160.0%). Across the 16 metrics below, Franklin Wireless Corp. leads on 10 and DZS Inc. on 6.

Valuation

Metric DZSIQ FKWL Communication Equipment median
P/E n/m n/m 33.61
P/S n/m 0.81 2.16
P/B n/m 0.78 2.40
Price to free cash flow n/m n/m 25.02
EV/EBITDA n/m 2.92 13.78
EV/Sales 0.12 (0.13) 2.27
Earnings yield 0.00% (2.49%) (0.65%)
Free cash flow yield 0.00% (14.29%) 1.61%

Profitability

Metric DZSIQ FKWL Communication Equipment median
Gross margin 19.93% 19.25% 39.47%
Operating margin (45.20%) (6.25%) 2.39%
Net margin (30.69%) (2.07%) (0.74%)
Free cash flow margin (17.85%) (11.51%) 1.39%
Return on equity (155.14%) (1.94%) (1.91%)
Return on assets (32.19%) (1.45%) (0.20%)
Return on invested capital (160.03%) (39.59%) 0.72%

Growth

Metric DZSIQ FKWL Communication Equipment median
Revenue growth (TTM) 20.98% (22.60%) 11.48%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (222.56%) 94.12% —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR (2.83%) (9.30%) 4.92%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric DZSIQ FKWL Communication Equipment median
Debt to equity 0.51 0.00 0.06
Current ratio 1.22 3.38 2.01
Net debt to EBITDA (0.34) 20.28 0.67

Dividend

Metric DZSIQ FKWL Communication Equipment median
Dividend yield — — 2.63%
Payout ratio 0.00 0.00 0.00

Size

Metric DZSIQ FKWL Communication Equipment median
Market cap 6.65m 28.22m 563.45m

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