Franklin Wireless Corp. (FKWL) vs Inseego (INSG)

Franklin Wireless Corp. and Inseego are both Communication Equipment companies. Inseego is the larger, with a market value of $65.7M against $28.2M — 2.3× the size. Inseego grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: −0.81% against −22.6%. Inseego has the higher net margin (1.27% vs −2.07%) and the higher return on invested capital (−25.7% vs −39.6%). Across the 18 metrics below, Franklin Wireless Corp. leads on 9 and Inseego on 9.

Valuation

Metric FKWL INSG Communication Equipment median
P/E n/m n/m 33.61
P/S 0.81 0.36 2.16
P/B 0.78 n/m 2.40
Price to free cash flow n/m n/m 25.02
EV/EBITDA 2.92 122.90 13.78
EV/Sales (0.13) 0.67 2.27
Earnings yield (2.49%) (21.33%) (0.65%)
Free cash flow yield (14.29%) (37.07%) 1.61%

Profitability

Metric FKWL INSG Communication Equipment median
Gross margin 19.25% 41.10% 39.47%
Operating margin (6.25%) (4.25%) 2.39%
Net margin (2.07%) 1.27% (0.74%)
Free cash flow margin (11.51%) (11.53%) 1.39%
Return on equity (1.94%) (10.72%) (1.91%)
Return on assets (1.45%) 2.54% (0.20%)
Return on invested capital (39.59%) (25.71%) 0.72%

Growth

Metric FKWL INSG Communication Equipment median
Revenue growth (TTM) (22.60%) (0.81%) 11.48%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 94.12% (280.00%) —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR (9.30%) (11.94%) 4.92%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric FKWL INSG Communication Equipment median
Debt to equity 0.00 (1.65) 0.06
Current ratio 3.38 1.07 2.01
Net debt to EBITDA 20.28 1.33 0.67

Dividend

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

Size

Metric FKWL INSG Communication Equipment median
Market cap 28.22m 65.68m 563.45m

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