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 $38.5M — 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 30.28
P/S 0.44 345.63 2.49
P/B 5.22 2.28 2.34
Price to free cash flow n/m n/m 23.49
EV/EBITDA 14.53 n/m 14.87
EV/Sales 1.17 258.85 2.75
Earnings yield (27.02%) (20.64%) 0.00%
Free cash flow yield (4.73%) (10.97%) 0.59%

Profitability

Metric HBIO ZTEKF Medical Instruments & Supplies median
Gross margin 58.16% 0.00% 53.60%
Operating margin (0.28%) 0.00% 1.97%
Net margin (11.86%) 0.00% 0.00%
Free cash flow margin (2.09%) 0.00% 2.36%
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%) 0.13%

Growth

Metric HBIO ZTEKF Medical Instruments & Supplies median
Revenue growth (TTM) (1.06%) (80.83%) 8.97%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (357.14%) 0.00% 6.51%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR (3.25%) — 8.85%
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 2.47
Net debt to EBITDA 4.11 (0.04) 0.97

Dividend

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

Size

Metric HBIO ZTEKF Medical Instruments & Supplies median
Market cap 38.52m 62.30m 1.71b

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