Harvard Bioscience, Inc. (HBIO) vs Retractable Technologies, Inc. (RVP)

Harvard Bioscience, Inc. and Retractable Technologies, Inc. are both Medical Instruments & Supplies companies. Harvard Bioscience, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $36.5M against $20.5M — 1.8× the size. Harvard Bioscience, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: −1.06% against −11.2%. Retractable Technologies, Inc. has the higher net margin (−10.6% vs −11.9%) and the lower return on invested capital (−42.1% vs −0.41%). Across the 19 metrics below, Retractable Technologies, Inc. leads on 11 and Harvard Bioscience, Inc. on 8.

Valuation

Metric HBIO RVP Medical Instruments & Supplies median
P/E n/m n/m 34.17
P/S 0.41 0.62 2.83
P/B 4.86 0.29 2.82
Price to free cash flow n/m n/m 25.69
EV/EBITDA 14.15 1.22 16.08
EV/Sales 1.14 (0.54) 3.06
Earnings yield (29.02%) (17.14%) (1.84%)
Free cash flow yield (5.09%) (24.37%) 0.17%

Profitability

Metric HBIO RVP Medical Instruments & Supplies median
Gross margin 58.16% (1.45%) 54.62%
Operating margin (0.28%) (66.90%) 1.64%
Net margin (11.86%) (10.62%) 0.00%
Free cash flow margin (2.09%) (15.07%) 1.61%
Return on equity (89.95%) (4.84%) 0.00%
Return on assets (13.32%) (2.49%) 0.00%
Return on invested capital (0.41%) (42.05%) 0.00%

Growth

Metric HBIO RVP Medical Instruments & Supplies median
Revenue growth (TTM) (1.06%) (11.16%) 9.20%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (357.14%) (7.50%) —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR (3.25%) (14.11%) 9.48%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric HBIO RVP Medical Instruments & Supplies median
Debt to equity 4.95 0.01 0.08
Current ratio 1.87 4.93 2.49
Net debt to EBITDA 4.11 2.69 0.83

Dividend

Metric HBIO RVP Medical Instruments & Supplies median
Dividend yield — — 0.99%
Payout ratio 0.00 0.00 0.00

Size

Metric HBIO RVP Medical Instruments & Supplies median
Market cap 36.51m 20.45m 938.39m

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