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Frequency Electronics, Inc. (FEIM) vs Harmonic Inc. (HLIT)

Frequency Electronics, Inc. and Harmonic Inc. are both Communication Equipment companies. Harmonic Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $1.0B against $611.5M — 1.7× the size. Harmonic Inc. has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; Frequency Electronics, Inc. trades at 218×. Frequency Electronics, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 6.30% against −16.0%. Frequency Electronics, Inc. has the higher net margin (3.68% vs −7.81%) and the lower return on invested capital (1.96% vs 15.9%). Across the 19 metrics below, Frequency Electronics, Inc. leads on 12 and Harmonic Inc. on 7.

Valuation

Metric FEIM HLIT Communication Equipment median
P/E 218.04 n/m 29.86
P/S 7.65 2.27 1.68
P/B 4.65 2.72 1.72
Price to free cash flow n/m n/m 21.71
EV/EBITDA 275.40 7.61 14.04
EV/Sales 6.94 2.03 1.76
Earnings yield 0.46% (3.26%) (0.87%)
Free cash flow yield (0.03%) (2.42%) 0.68%

Profitability

Metric FEIM HLIT Communication Equipment median
Gross margin 33.03% 49.29% 39.34%
Operating margin 2.52% 15.15% 2.43%
Net margin 3.68% (7.81%) (0.64%)
Free cash flow margin (0.25%) (5.50%) 0.27%
Return on equity 3.04% (8.60%) 0.00%
Return on assets 2.17% (5.22%) (0.10%)
Return on invested capital 1.96% 15.85% 1.29%

Growth

Metric FEIM HLIT Communication Equipment median
Revenue growth (TTM) 6.30% (16.04%) 9.66%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (103.63%) (215.15%) 31.29%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 3.11% (0.99%) 4.92%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric FEIM HLIT Communication Equipment median
Debt to equity 0.00 0.10 0.05
Current ratio 5.34 2.43 1.99
Net debt to EBITDA (0.92) (0.15) 0.93

Dividend

Metric FEIM HLIT Communication Equipment median
Dividend yield 0.00% — 1.10%
Payout ratio 0.00 — 0.44

Size

Metric FEIM HLIT Communication Equipment median
Market cap 611.46m 1.01b 495.24m

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