Franklin Wireless Corp. (FKWL) vs Energous Corporation (WATT)

Franklin Wireless Corp. and Energous Corporation are both Communication Equipment companies. Energous Corporation is the larger, with a market value of $72.7M against $28.2M — 2.6× the size. Energous Corporation grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 430.5% against −22.6%. Franklin Wireless Corp. has the higher net margin (−2.07% vs −76.4%) and the higher return on invested capital (−39.6% vs −58.8%). Across the 18 metrics below, Franklin Wireless Corp. leads on 13 and Energous Corporation on 5.

Valuation

Metric FKWL WATT Communication Equipment median
P/E n/m n/m 33.61
P/S 0.81 7.33 2.16
P/B 0.78 1.92 2.40
Price to free cash flow n/m n/m 25.02
EV/EBITDA 2.92 n/m 13.78
EV/Sales (0.13) 4.38 2.27
Earnings yield (2.49%) (10.90%) (0.65%)
Free cash flow yield (14.29%) (20.88%) 1.61%

Profitability

Metric FKWL WATT Communication Equipment median
Gross margin 19.25% 26.59% 39.47%
Operating margin (6.25%) (82.64%) 2.39%
Net margin (2.07%) (76.37%) (0.74%)
Free cash flow margin (11.51%) (153.06%) 1.39%
Return on equity (1.94%) (32.77%) (1.91%)
Return on assets (1.45%) (27.74%) (0.20%)
Return on invested capital (39.59%) (58.80%) 0.72%

Growth

Metric FKWL WATT Communication Equipment median
Revenue growth (TTM) (22.60%) 430.52% 11.48%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 94.12% 91.63% —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR (9.30%) 76.64% 4.92%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric FKWL WATT Communication Equipment median
Debt to equity 0.00 0.01 0.06
Current ratio 3.38 8.79 2.01
Net debt to EBITDA 20.28 1.05 0.67

Dividend

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

Size

Metric FKWL WATT Communication Equipment median
Market cap 28.22m 72.74m 563.45m

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