LeMaitre Vascular, Inc. (LMAT) vs STAAR Surgical Company (STAA)

LeMaitre Vascular, Inc. and STAAR Surgical Company are both Medical Instruments & Supplies companies. LeMaitre Vascular, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $1.9B against $1.1B — 1.7× the size. LeMaitre Vascular, Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 27.9× against 304×. STAAR Surgical Company grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 51.3% against 11.9%. LeMaitre Vascular, Inc. has the higher net margin (25.0% vs 1.13%) and the higher return on invested capital (22.7% vs 4.67%). Across the 21 metrics below, LeMaitre Vascular, Inc. leads on 15 and STAAR Surgical Company on 6.

Valuation

Metric LMAT STAA Medical Instruments & Supplies median
P/E 27.87 303.86 33.75
P/S 7.04 3.15 2.52
P/B 4.40 2.93 2.48
Price to free cash flow 25.03 n/m 25.19
EV/EBITDA 18.52 39.68 14.62
EV/Sales 6.26 2.71 2.88
Earnings yield 3.59% 0.33% (2.67%)
Free cash flow yield 3.99% (0.64%) 0.09%

Profitability

Metric LMAT STAA Medical Instruments & Supplies median
Gross margin 72.90% 76.62% 54.29%
Operating margin 29.46% 4.04% 1.07%
Net margin 25.02% 1.13% (1.61%)
Free cash flow margin 28.13% (1.99%) 1.08%
Return on equity 16.77% 1.09% (1.32%)
Return on assets 10.78% 0.84% 0.00%
Return on invested capital 22.67% 4.67% 0.00%

Growth

Metric LMAT STAA Medical Instruments & Supplies median
Revenue growth (TTM) 11.85% 51.30% 8.85%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 30.57% (295.12%) 8.65%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 14.05% 7.93% 9.17%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 22.16% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric LMAT STAA Medical Instruments & Supplies median
Debt to equity 0.40 0.00 0.10
Current ratio 16.31 4.66 2.48
Net debt to EBITDA (2.40) 2.25 0.89

Dividend

Metric LMAT STAA Medical Instruments & Supplies median
Dividend yield 1.18% — 1.11%
Payout ratio 0.33 — 0.27

Size

Metric LMAT STAA Medical Instruments & Supplies median
Market cap 1.90b 1.12b 619.84m

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