Harvard Bioscience, Inc. (HBIO) vs NexGel, Inc. (NXGL)

Harvard Bioscience, Inc. and NexGel, Inc. are both Medical Instruments & Supplies companies. Harvard Bioscience, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $37.8M against $15.9M — 2.4× the size. NexGel, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 3.38% against −1.06%. Harvard Bioscience, Inc. has the higher net margin (−11.9% vs −51.3%) and the higher return on invested capital (−0.41% vs −45.3%). Across the 18 metrics below, Harvard Bioscience, Inc. leads on 12 and NexGel, Inc. on 6.

Valuation

Metric HBIO NXGL Medical Instruments & Supplies median
P/E n/m n/m 33.75
P/S 0.42 4.18 2.52
P/B 4.94 9.22 2.48
Price to free cash flow n/m n/m 25.19
EV/EBITDA 14.24 n/m 14.62
EV/Sales 1.15 4.35 2.88
Earnings yield (28.55%) (12.70%) (2.67%)
Free cash flow yield (5.00%) (6.63%) 0.09%

Profitability

Metric HBIO NXGL Medical Instruments & Supplies median
Gross margin 58.16% 35.08% 54.29%
Operating margin (0.28%) (44.77%) 1.07%
Net margin (11.86%) (51.26%) (1.61%)
Free cash flow margin (2.09%) (27.66%) 1.08%
Return on equity (89.95%) (117.57%) (1.32%)
Return on assets (13.32%) (34.21%) 0.00%
Return on invested capital (0.41%) (45.29%) 0.00%

Growth

Metric HBIO NXGL Medical Instruments & Supplies median
Revenue growth (TTM) (1.06%) 3.38% 8.85%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (357.14%) 24.00% 8.65%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR (3.25%) 76.12% 9.17%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric HBIO NXGL Medical Instruments & Supplies median
Debt to equity 4.95 0.68 0.10
Current ratio 1.87 0.43 2.48
Net debt to EBITDA 4.11 0.13 0.89

Dividend

Metric HBIO NXGL Medical Instruments & Supplies median
Dividend yield — — 1.11%
Payout ratio — — 0.27

Size

Metric HBIO NXGL Medical Instruments & Supplies median
Market cap 37.83m 15.92m 619.84m

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