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nLight (LASR) vs Synaptics Incorporated (SYNA)

nLight and Synaptics Incorporated are both Semiconductors companies. Synaptics Incorporated is the larger, with a market value of $4.7B against $2.5B — 1.9× the size. nLight grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 39.6% against 8.08%. nLight has the higher net margin (−4.02% vs −40.7%) and the lower return on invested capital (−8.99% vs −2.55%). Across the 19 metrics below, nLight leads on 12 and Synaptics Incorporated on 7.

Valuation

Metric LASR SYNA Semiconductors median
P/E n/m n/m 43.12
P/S 7.57 3.89 6.62
P/B 5.42 5.08 5.08
Price to free cash flow 109.68 156.49 54.01
EV/EBITDA n/m 65.73 21.87
EV/Sales 6.65 4.28 6.49
Earnings yield (0.55%) (10.62%) 0.87%
Free cash flow yield 0.91% 0.64% 0.89%

Profitability

Metric LASR SYNA Semiconductors median
Gross margin 31.99% 45.98% 52.12%
Operating margin (5.95%) (4.72%) 7.30%
Net margin (4.02%) (40.70%) 3.87%
Free cash flow margin 6.89% 2.49% 5.02%
Return on equity (3.86%) (42.09%) 1.66%
Return on assets (3.08%) (21.07%) 2.03%
Return on invested capital (8.99%) (2.55%) 2.28%

Growth

Metric LASR SYNA Semiconductors median
Revenue growth (TTM) 39.64% 8.08% 17.84%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 62.99% (934.43%) 27.88%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 3.24% (2.22%) 5.14%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric LASR SYNA Semiconductors median
Debt to equity 0.01 0.91 0.12
Current ratio 7.71 1.15 3.34
Net debt to EBITDA 10.87 4.77 0.58

Dividend

Metric LASR SYNA Semiconductors median
Dividend yield — — 1.50%
Payout ratio — — 0.40

Size

Metric LASR SYNA Semiconductors median
Market cap 2.51b 4.69b 5.66b

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