Geospace Technologies Corporation (GEOS) vs Recon Technology, Ltd. (RCON)

Geospace Technologies Corporation and Recon Technology, Ltd. are both Oil & Gas Equipment & Services companies. Geospace Technologies Corporation is the larger, with a market value of $64.9M against $2.8M — 23.4× the size. Geospace Technologies Corporation has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; Recon Technology, Ltd. trades at 4.7×. Recon Technology, Ltd. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 36.4% against −20.5%. Recon Technology, Ltd. has the higher net margin (28.2% vs −43.1%) and the higher return on invested capital (0.00% vs −28.2%). Across the 18 metrics below, Recon Technology, Ltd. leads on 13 and Geospace Technologies Corporation on 5.

Valuation

Metric GEOS RCON Oil & Gas Equipment & Services median
P/E n/m 4.67 24.78
P/S 0.70 2.11 1.28
P/B 0.67 0.74 1.85
Price to free cash flow n/m n/m 15.03
EV/EBITDA n/m n/m 8.93
EV/Sales 0.65 1.86 1.40
Earnings yield (61.72%) 21.43% 3.12%
Free cash flow yield (28.69%) (22.00%) 5.01%

Profitability

Metric GEOS RCON Oil & Gas Equipment & Services median
Gross margin 8.00% 25.29% 23.27%
Operating margin (44.65%) 0.00% 9.34%
Net margin (43.10%) 28.18% 4.69%
Free cash flow margin (20.17%) 0.00% 5.05%
Return on equity (34.42%) 0.00% 4.92%
Return on assets (28.79%) 0.00% 2.37%
Return on invested capital (28.21%) 0.00% 4.32%

Growth

Metric GEOS RCON Oil & Gas Equipment & Services median
Revenue growth (TTM) (20.50%) 36.41% 6.08%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (52.00%) 52.21% —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 4.76% (0.10%) 10.60%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric GEOS RCON Oil & Gas Equipment & Services median
Debt to equity 0.00 0.08 0.46
Current ratio 2.44 4.24 2.11
Net debt to EBITDA 20.12 1.31 0.76

Dividend

Metric GEOS RCON Oil & Gas Equipment & Services median
Dividend yield — — 2.12%
Payout ratio 0.00 0.00 0.00

Size

Metric GEOS RCON Oil & Gas Equipment & Services median
Market cap 64.94m 2.77m 1.81b

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