LGL Group, Inc. (The) (LGL) vs Microvision, Inc. (MVIS)

LGL Group, Inc. (The) and Microvision, Inc. are both Scientific & Technical Instruments companies. LGL Group, Inc. (The) is the larger, with a market value of $84.5M against $37.6M — 2.2× the size. Microvision, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 11.2% against 9.26%. LGL Group, Inc. (The) has the higher net margin (−5.04% vs −3,976.7%) and the lower return on invested capital (−29.4% vs 0.00%). Across the 20 metrics below, LGL Group, Inc. (The) leads on 13 and Microvision, Inc. on 7.

Valuation

Metric LGL MVIS Scientific & Technical Instruments median
P/E n/m n/m 33.25
P/S 9.35 8.93 4.50
P/B 0.90 1.24 2.90
Price to free cash flow n/m n/m 24.81
EV/EBITDA 2.86 0.03 17.92
EV/Sales (0.61) (0.70) 4.71
Earnings yield (0.21%) (470.27%) 0.60%
Free cash flow yield (1.48%) (266.38%) 1.27%

Profitability

Metric LGL MVIS Scientific & Technical Instruments median
Gross margin 68.85% (550.59%) 45.75%
Operating margin (21.75%) (3,545.86%) 7.34%
Net margin (5.04%) (3,976.67%) 1.56%
Free cash flow margin 0.61% (2,378.17%) 5.84%
Return on equity (0.52%) (233.74%) 2.87%
Return on assets (0.50%) (99.65%) 0.99%
Return on invested capital (29.40%) 0.00% 3.88%

Growth

Metric LGL MVIS Scientific & Technical Instruments median
Revenue growth (TTM) 9.26% 11.15% 11.15%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 37.50% 23.91% 11.47%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR (33.12%) (17.13%) 7.89%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR (6.60%) 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric LGL MVIS Scientific & Technical Instruments median
Debt to equity 0.00 0.00 0.00
Current ratio 25.96 0.68 2.24
Net debt to EBITDA (153.89) 1.38 0.44

Dividend

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

Size

Metric LGL MVIS Scientific & Technical Instruments median
Market cap 84.51m 37.63m 444.25m

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