LGL Group, Inc. (The) (LGL) vs MIND Technology, Inc. (MIND)

LGL Group, Inc. (The) and MIND Technology, Inc. are both Scientific & Technical Instruments companies. LGL Group, Inc. (The) is the larger, with a market value of $84.5M against $38.9M — 2.2× the size. LGL Group, Inc. (The) grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 9.26% against −28.5%. LGL Group, Inc. (The) has the higher net margin (−5.04% vs −6.77%) and the lower return on invested capital (−29.4% vs −2.37%). Across the 18 metrics below, LGL Group, Inc. (The) leads on 13 and MIND Technology, Inc. on 5.

Valuation

Metric LGL MIND Scientific & Technical Instruments median
P/E n/m n/m 33.25
P/S 9.35 1.13 4.50
P/B 0.90 0.97 2.90
Price to free cash flow n/m n/m 24.81
EV/EBITDA 2.86 n/m 17.92
EV/Sales (0.61) 0.88 4.71
Earnings yield (0.21%) (6.09%) 0.60%
Free cash flow yield (1.48%) (9.85%) 1.27%

Profitability

Metric LGL MIND Scientific & Technical Instruments median
Gross margin 68.85% 42.24% 45.75%
Operating margin (21.75%) (2.67%) 7.34%
Net margin (5.04%) (6.77%) 1.56%
Free cash flow margin 0.61% (11.10%) 5.84%
Return on equity (0.52%) (6.81%) 2.87%
Return on assets (0.50%) (5.71%) 0.99%
Return on invested capital (29.40%) (2.37%) 3.88%

Growth

Metric LGL MIND Scientific & Technical Instruments median
Revenue growth (TTM) 9.26% (28.46%) 11.15%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 37.50% (92.77%) 11.47%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR (33.12%) 14.06% 7.89%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR (6.60%) 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric LGL MIND Scientific & Technical Instruments median
Debt to equity 0.00 0.00 0.00
Current ratio 25.96 6.92 2.24
Net debt to EBITDA (153.89) (5.11) 0.44

Dividend

Metric LGL MIND Scientific & Technical Instruments median
Dividend yield — — 0.58%
Payout ratio — — 0.36

Size

Metric LGL MIND Scientific & Technical Instruments median
Market cap 84.51m 38.90m 444.25m

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