Harvard Bioscience, Inc. (HBIO) vs Precision Optics Corp. (POCI)

Harvard Bioscience, Inc. and Precision Optics Corp. are both Medical Instruments & Supplies companies. Precision Optics Corp. is the larger, with a market value of $47.7M against $37.8M — 1.3× the size. Precision Optics Corp. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 65.2% against −1.06%. Precision Optics Corp. has the higher net margin (−11.5% vs −11.9%) and the lower return on invested capital (−18.6% vs −0.41%). Across the 18 metrics below, Precision Optics Corp. leads on 11 and Harvard Bioscience, Inc. on 7.

Valuation

Metric HBIO POCI Medical Instruments & Supplies median
P/E n/m n/m 33.75
P/S 0.42 1.15 2.52
P/B 4.94 1.79 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 0.88 2.88
Earnings yield (28.55%) (9.92%) (2.67%)
Free cash flow yield (5.00%) (5.45%) 0.09%

Profitability

Metric HBIO POCI Medical Instruments & Supplies median
Gross margin 58.16% 17.22% 54.29%
Operating margin (0.28%) (11.13%) 1.07%
Net margin (11.86%) (11.51%) (1.61%)
Free cash flow margin (2.09%) (6.28%) 1.08%
Return on equity (89.95%) (22.26%) (1.32%)
Return on assets (13.32%) (13.93%) 0.00%
Return on invested capital (0.41%) (18.59%) 0.00%

Growth

Metric HBIO POCI Medical Instruments & Supplies median
Revenue growth (TTM) (1.06%) 65.16% 8.85%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (357.14%) 49.94% 8.65%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR (3.25%) 24.19% 9.17%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric HBIO POCI Medical Instruments & Supplies median
Debt to equity 4.95 0.06 0.10
Current ratio 1.87 2.28 2.48
Net debt to EBITDA 4.11 2.65 0.89

Dividend

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

Size

Metric HBIO POCI Medical Instruments & Supplies median
Market cap 37.83m 47.73m 619.84m

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