Aquaron Acquisition Corp. (JXG) vs Xcel Brands, Inc (XELB)

Aquaron Acquisition Corp. and Xcel Brands, Inc are both Apparel Manufacturing companies. Aquaron Acquisition Corp. is the larger, with a market value of $84.4M against $5.2M — 16.3× the size. Aquaron Acquisition Corp. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 515.3% against −21.2%. Aquaron Acquisition Corp. has the higher net margin (−63.8% vs −343.7%) and the higher return on invested capital (0.00% vs −34.3%). Across the 18 metrics below, Aquaron Acquisition Corp. leads on 13 and Xcel Brands, Inc on 5.

Valuation

Metric JXG XELB Apparel Manufacturing median
P/E n/m n/m 17.21
P/S 0.28 1.07 0.44
P/B 2.47 0.42 1.58
Price to free cash flow 13.43 n/m 9.18
EV/EBITDA n/m n/m 8.64
EV/Sales 0.29 3.64 0.54
Earnings yield (2,663.73%) (429.11%) 0.00%
Free cash flow yield 7.44% (123.58%) 9.25%

Profitability

Metric JXG XELB Apparel Manufacturing median
Gross margin 3.74% 100.00% 48.31%
Operating margin 0.00% (282.55%) 2.46%
Net margin (63.76%) (343.68%) (0.46%)
Free cash flow margin 0.00% (130.89%) 5.26%
Return on equity 0.00% (91.42%) 4.29%
Return on assets 0.00% (39.27%) 0.00%
Return on invested capital 0.00% (34.32%) 0.00%

Growth

Metric JXG XELB Apparel Manufacturing median
Revenue growth (TTM) 515.32% (21.18%) 0.02%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (237.35%) 48.37% —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 50.13% (30.03%) 6.76%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric JXG XELB Apparel Manufacturing median
Debt to equity 0.06 1.03 0.23
Current ratio 2.09 0.28 1.81
Net debt to EBITDA (0.15) (1.27) (0.43)

Dividend

Metric JXG XELB Apparel Manufacturing median
Dividend yield — — 2.76%
Payout ratio 0.00 0.00 0.07

Size

Metric JXG XELB Apparel Manufacturing median
Market cap 84.42m 5.18m 402.31m

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