Genasys Inc. (GNSS) vs Microvision, Inc. (MVIS)

Genasys Inc. and Microvision, Inc. are both Scientific & Technical Instruments companies. Genasys Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $59.7M against $38.8M — 1.5× the size. Microvision, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 90.9% against 86.7%. Genasys Inc. has the higher net margin (−10.9% vs −2,230.6%) and the lower return on invested capital (−35.0% vs 0.00%). Across the 17 metrics below, Genasys Inc. leads on 12 and Microvision, Inc. on 5.

Valuation

Metric GNSS MVIS Scientific & Technical Instruments median
P/E n/m n/m 28.21
P/S 1.11 6.37 4.46
P/B n/m 1.41 3.10
Price to free cash flow n/m n/m 24.15
EV/EBITDA 40.90 n/m 18.28
EV/Sales 1.19 0.58 4.64
Earnings yield (9.64%) (436.62%) 0.68%
Free cash flow yield (4.14%) (208.11%) 1.98%

Profitability

Metric GNSS MVIS Scientific & Technical Instruments median
Gross margin 54.03% (276.25%) 47.24%
Operating margin (3.16%) (2,195.57%) 8.96%
Net margin (10.86%) (2,230.59%) 1.92%
Free cash flow margin (4.59%) (1,325.54%) 10.59%
Return on equity (672.00%) (197.81%) 2.66%
Return on assets (10.69%) (92.88%) 1.12%
Return on invested capital (35.04%) 0.00% 4.79%

Growth

Metric GNSS MVIS Scientific & Technical Instruments median
Revenue growth (TTM) 86.72% 90.93% 9.26%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 44.44% 23.91% 13.24%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR (1.07%) (17.13%) 7.89%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric GNSS MVIS Scientific & Technical Instruments median
Debt to equity (5.75) 0.00 0.00
Current ratio 0.76 0.80 2.30
Net debt to EBITDA 0.60 1.38 0.45

Dividend

Metric GNSS MVIS Scientific & Technical Instruments median
Dividend yield — — 0.62%
Payout ratio — — 0.22

Size

Metric GNSS MVIS Scientific & Technical Instruments median
Market cap 59.66m 38.82m 549.07m

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