Healthy Choice Wellness Corp. (HOST) vs AEye, Inc. (LIDR)

Healthy Choice Wellness Corp. and AEye, Inc. are both Software Infrastructure companies. Healthy Choice Wellness Corp. is the larger, with a market value of $50.6M against $41.3M — 1.2× the size. AEye, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 397.8% against −7.33%. Healthy Choice Wellness Corp. has the higher net margin (−13.3% vs −4,078.7%) and the lower return on invested capital (−52.8% vs 0.00%). Across the 17 metrics below, AEye, Inc. leads on 9 and Healthy Choice Wellness Corp. on 8.

Valuation

Metric HOST LIDR Software Infrastructure median
P/E n/m n/m 24.52
P/S 0.02 43.66 2.78
P/B 0.42 0.66 2.84
Price to free cash flow n/m n/m 18.22
EV/EBITDA n/m 0.64 13.98
EV/Sales 0.07 (25.70) 2.92
Earnings yield (772.92%) (110.31%) 0.00%
Free cash flow yield (181.83%) (80.48%) 0.37%

Profitability

Metric HOST LIDR Software Infrastructure median
Gross margin 38.64% (65.01%) 57.91%
Operating margin (8.67%) (4,357.51%) 0.00%
Net margin (13.26%) (4,078.70%) 0.00%
Free cash flow margin (3.69%) (3,467.99%) 0.00%
Return on equity (207.80%) (53.46%) 0.00%
Return on assets (30.02%) (46.81%) 0.00%
Return on invested capital (52.80%) 0.00% 0.00%

Growth

Metric HOST LIDR Software Infrastructure median
Revenue growth (TTM) (7.33%) 397.80% 14.42%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 50.00% 69.94% 17.35%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR — (31.80%) 16.15%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR — 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric HOST LIDR Software Infrastructure median
Debt to equity 1.38 0.00 0.02
Current ratio 0.51 7.51 1.53
Net debt to EBITDA 1.49 2.70 0.05

Dividend

Metric HOST LIDR Software Infrastructure median
Dividend yield — — 1.04%
Payout ratio — — 0.29

Size

Metric HOST LIDR Software Infrastructure median
Market cap 50.60m 41.34m 606.60m

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