Ituran Location and Control Ltd. (ITRN) vs Mesa Laboratories, Inc. (MLAB)

Ituran Location and Control Ltd. and Mesa Laboratories, Inc. are both Scientific & Technical Instruments companies. Ituran Location and Control Ltd. is the larger, with a market value of $1.0B against $769.4M — 1.3× the size. Ituran Location and Control Ltd. trades at the lower P/E: 16.0× against 156×. Ituran Location and Control Ltd. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 15.8% against 3.04%. Ituran Location and Control Ltd. has the higher net margin (16.3% vs 1.92%) and the higher return on invested capital (44.0% vs 4.67%). Both pay a dividend; Ituran Location and Control Ltd. yields more (2.66% vs 0.69%). Across the 23 metrics below, Ituran Location and Control Ltd. leads on 18 and Mesa Laboratories, Inc. on 5.

Valuation

Metric ITRN MLAB Scientific & Technical Instruments median
P/E 15.98 155.86 35.93
P/S 2.60 3.04 4.46
P/B 4.54 4.02 3.00
Price to free cash flow 12.72 14.34 24.96
EV/EBITDA 8.76 19.16 19.60
EV/Sales 2.34 3.49 4.98
Earnings yield 6.26% 0.64% 0.53%
Free cash flow yield 7.86% 6.97% 1.12%

Profitability

Metric ITRN MLAB Scientific & Technical Instruments median
Gross margin 49.95% 64.21% 45.75%
Operating margin 21.83% 9.00% 7.34%
Net margin 16.28% 1.92% 1.56%
Free cash flow margin 20.47% 21.17% 5.84%
Return on equity 30.72% 2.66% 2.87%
Return on assets 16.57% 1.12% 0.99%
Return on invested capital 44.04% 4.67% 3.88%

Growth

Metric ITRN MLAB Scientific & Technical Instruments median
Revenue growth (TTM) 15.79% 3.04% 11.28%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 8.15% 436.11% —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 7.89% 13.22% 7.89%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 29.17% 15.44% 0.00%

Health

Metric ITRN MLAB Scientific & Technical Instruments median
Debt to equity 0.00 0.76 0.00
Current ratio 2.03 1.79 2.24
Net debt to EBITDA (1.12) 2.98 0.44

Dividend

Metric ITRN MLAB Scientific & Technical Instruments median
Dividend yield 2.66% 0.69% 0.72%
Payout ratio 0.27 1.88 0.00

Size

Metric ITRN MLAB Scientific & Technical Instruments median
Market cap 1.03b 769.43m 483.67m

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