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 $36.5M — 1.7× 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 34.17
P/S 0.41 499.24 2.83
P/B 4.86 3.29 2.82
Price to free cash flow n/m n/m 25.69
EV/EBITDA 14.15 n/m 16.08
EV/Sales 1.14 412.46 3.06
Earnings yield (29.02%) (14.29%) (1.84%)
Free cash flow yield (5.09%) (7.60%) 0.17%

Profitability

Metric HBIO ZTEKF Medical Instruments & Supplies median
Gross margin 58.16% 0.00% 54.62%
Operating margin (0.28%) 0.00% 1.64%
Net margin (11.86%) 0.00% 0.00%
Free cash flow margin (2.09%) 0.00% 1.61%
Return on equity (89.95%) (53.33%) 0.00%
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%) 9.20%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (357.14%) 0.00% —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR (3.25%) — 9.48%
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 0.08
Current ratio 1.87 4.65 2.49
Net debt to EBITDA 4.11 (0.04) 0.83

Dividend

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

Size

Metric HBIO ZTEKF Medical Instruments & Supplies median
Market cap 36.51m 62.30m 938.39m

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