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 $990.4M against $667.6M — 1.5× the size. Ituran Location and Control Ltd. trades at the lower P/E: 15.4× against 148×. 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 (6.02% vs 0.50%). 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 15.37 147.88 28.21
P/S 2.50 2.88 4.46
P/B 4.37 3.81 3.10
Price to free cash flow 12.23 13.61 24.15
EV/EBITDA 8.39 18.30 18.28
EV/Sales 2.24 3.33 4.64
Earnings yield 6.51% 0.68% 0.68%
Free cash flow yield 8.17% 7.35% 1.98%

Profitability

Metric ITRN MLAB Scientific & Technical Instruments median
Gross margin 49.95% 64.21% 47.24%
Operating margin 21.83% 9.00% 8.96%
Net margin 16.28% 1.92% 1.92%
Free cash flow margin 20.47% 21.17% 10.59%
Return on equity 30.72% 2.66% 2.66%
Return on assets 16.57% 1.12% 1.12%
Return on invested capital 44.04% 4.67% 4.79%

Growth

Metric ITRN MLAB Scientific & Technical Instruments median
Revenue growth (TTM) 15.79% 3.04% 9.26%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 8.15% 436.11% 13.24%
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 2.30
Net debt to EBITDA (1.12) 2.98 0.45

Dividend

Metric ITRN MLAB Scientific & Technical Instruments median
Dividend yield 6.02% 0.50% 0.62%
Payout ratio 0.93 0.76 0.22

Size

Metric ITRN MLAB Scientific & Technical Instruments median
Market cap 990.39m 667.58m 549.07m

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