Harvard Bioscience, Inc. (HBIO) vs Stereotaxis Inc. (STXS)

Harvard Bioscience, Inc. and Stereotaxis Inc. are both Medical Instruments & Supplies companies. Stereotaxis Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $105.2M against $38.5M — 2.7× the size. Harvard Bioscience, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: −1.06% against −5.46%. Harvard Bioscience, Inc. has the higher net margin (−11.9% vs −78.5%) and the higher return on invested capital (−0.41% vs −203.6%). Across the 18 metrics below, Harvard Bioscience, Inc. leads on 13 and Stereotaxis Inc. on 5.

Valuation

Metric HBIO STXS Medical Instruments & Supplies median
P/E n/m n/m 30.28
P/S 0.44 3.46 2.49
P/B 5.22 8.50 2.34
Price to free cash flow n/m n/m 23.49
EV/EBITDA 14.53 n/m 14.87
EV/Sales 1.17 3.22 2.75
Earnings yield (27.02%) (23.08%) 0.00%
Free cash flow yield (4.73%) (14.90%) 0.59%

Profitability

Metric HBIO STXS Medical Instruments & Supplies median
Gross margin 58.16% 55.57% 53.60%
Operating margin (0.28%) (75.68%) 1.97%
Net margin (11.86%) (78.45%) 0.00%
Free cash flow margin (2.09%) (51.56%) 2.36%
Return on equity (89.95%) (344.36%) 0.00%
Return on assets (13.32%) (48.76%) 0.00%
Return on invested capital (0.41%) (203.58%) 0.13%

Growth

Metric HBIO STXS Medical Instruments & Supplies median
Revenue growth (TTM) (1.06%) (5.46%) 8.97%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (357.14%) 16.67% 6.51%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR (3.25%) 3.99% 8.85%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric HBIO STXS Medical Instruments & Supplies median
Debt to equity 4.95 0.00 0.10
Current ratio 1.87 1.42 2.47
Net debt to EBITDA 4.11 0.65 0.97

Dividend

Metric HBIO STXS Medical Instruments & Supplies median
Dividend yield — — 1.02%
Payout ratio — — 0.27

Size

Metric HBIO STXS Medical Instruments & Supplies median
Market cap 38.52m 105.21m 1.71b

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