Harvard Bioscience, Inc. (HBIO) vs Zentek Ltd. (ZTEKF)

Harvard Bioscience, Inc. and Zentek Ltd. are both Medical Instruments & Supplies companies. Zentek Ltd. is the larger, with a market value of $62.3M against $37.8M — 1.6× the size. Harvard Bioscience, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: −1.06% against −80.8%. Zentek Ltd. has the higher net margin (0.00% vs −11.9%) and the lower return on invested capital (−68.6% vs −0.41%). Across the 17 metrics below, Zentek Ltd. leads on 10 and Harvard Bioscience, Inc. on 7.

Valuation

Metric HBIO ZTEKF Medical Instruments & Supplies median
P/E n/m n/m 33.75
P/S 0.42 374.43 2.52
P/B 4.94 2.47 2.48
Price to free cash flow n/m n/m 25.19
EV/EBITDA 14.24 n/m 14.62
EV/Sales 1.15 287.65 2.88
Earnings yield (28.55%) (19.05%) (2.67%)
Free cash flow yield (5.00%) (10.13%) 0.09%

Profitability

Metric HBIO ZTEKF Medical Instruments & Supplies median
Gross margin 58.16% 0.00% 54.29%
Operating margin (0.28%) 0.00% 1.07%
Net margin (11.86%) 0.00% (1.61%)
Free cash flow margin (2.09%) 0.00% 1.08%
Return on equity (89.95%) (53.33%) (1.32%)
Return on assets (13.32%) (42.42%) 0.00%
Return on invested capital (0.41%) (68.55%) 0.00%

Growth

Metric HBIO ZTEKF Medical Instruments & Supplies median
Revenue growth (TTM) (1.06%) (80.83%) 8.85%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (357.14%) 0.00% 8.65%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR (3.25%) — 9.17%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric HBIO ZTEKF Medical Instruments & Supplies median
Debt to equity 4.95 0.07 0.10
Current ratio 1.87 4.65 2.48
Net debt to EBITDA 4.11 (0.04) 0.89

Dividend

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

Size

Metric HBIO ZTEKF Medical Instruments & Supplies median
Market cap 37.83m 62.30m 619.84m

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