SemiLEDS Corporation (LEDS) vs Sequans Communications S.A. (SQNS)

SemiLEDS Corporation and Sequans Communications S.A. are both Semiconductors companies. Sequans Communications S.A. is the larger, with a market value of $43.5M against $19.0M — 2.3× the size. SemiLEDS Corporation grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: −16.6% against −36.7%. SemiLEDS Corporation has the higher net margin (−3.92% vs −664.7%) and the higher return on invested capital (0.00% vs −438.9%). Across the 18 metrics below, SemiLEDS Corporation leads on 13 and Sequans Communications S.A. on 5.

Valuation

Metric LEDS SQNS Semiconductors median
P/E n/m n/m 49.41
P/S 0.71 1.81 8.58
P/B 6.01 1.02 5.49
Price to free cash flow 5.15 n/m 47.02
EV/EBITDA n/m n/m 30.78
EV/Sales 0.54 2.77 8.79
Earnings yield (5.80%) (462.02%) 0.62%
Free cash flow yield 19.43% (103.26%) 0.59%

Profitability

Metric LEDS SQNS Semiconductors median
Gross margin 10.46% 35.60% 52.25%
Operating margin (5.50%) (652.66%) 4.85%
Net margin (3.92%) (664.66%) 4.77%
Free cash flow margin 13.87% (172.82%) 8.65%
Return on equity (28.73%) (377.82%) 3.11%
Return on assets (4.99%) (182.82%) 1.91%
Return on invested capital 0.00% (438.91%) 2.46%

Growth

Metric LEDS SQNS Semiconductors median
Revenue growth (TTM) (16.64%) (36.66%) 16.66%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 53.13% (158.76%) —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 47.95% (12.36%) 5.60%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric LEDS SQNS Semiconductors median
Debt to equity 0.43 0.03 0.05
Current ratio 1.03 1.39 3.35
Net debt to EBITDA 1.01 (0.53) 0.58

Dividend

Metric LEDS SQNS Semiconductors median
Dividend yield — — 1.93%
Payout ratio 0.00 0.00 0.00

Size

Metric LEDS SQNS Semiconductors median
Market cap 19.03m 43.46m 5.67b

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