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 $67.9M against $47.2M — 1.4× the size. Genasys Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 86.7% against 11.2%. Genasys Inc. has the higher net margin (−10.9% vs −3,976.7%) and the lower return on invested capital (−35.0% vs 0.00%). Across the 17 metrics below, Genasys Inc. leads on 15 and Microvision, Inc. on 2.

Valuation

Metric GNSS MVIS Scientific & Technical Instruments median
P/E n/m n/m 35.93
P/S 1.18 12.42 4.46
P/B n/m 1.73 3.00
Price to free cash flow n/m n/m 24.96
EV/EBITDA 43.37 n/m 19.60
EV/Sales 1.26 3.63 4.98
Earnings yield (9.05%) (338.01%) 0.53%
Free cash flow yield (3.89%) (191.46%) 1.12%

Profitability

Metric GNSS MVIS Scientific & Technical Instruments median
Gross margin 54.03% (550.59%) 45.75%
Operating margin (3.16%) (3,545.86%) 7.34%
Net margin (10.86%) (3,976.67%) 1.56%
Free cash flow margin (4.59%) (2,378.17%) 5.84%
Return on equity (672.00%) (233.74%) 2.87%
Return on assets (10.69%) (99.65%) 0.99%
Return on invested capital (35.04%) 0.00% 3.88%

Growth

Metric GNSS MVIS Scientific & Technical Instruments median
Revenue growth (TTM) 86.72% 11.15% 11.28%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 44.44% 23.91% —
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 0.68 2.24
Net debt to EBITDA 0.60 1.38 0.44

Dividend

Metric GNSS MVIS Scientific & Technical Instruments median
Dividend yield — — 0.72%
Payout ratio 0.00 0.00 0.00

Size

Metric GNSS MVIS Scientific & Technical Instruments median
Market cap 67.86m 47.24m 483.67m

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