Lucid Diagnostics Inc. (LUCD) vs MaxCyte, Inc. (MXCT)

Lucid Diagnostics Inc. and MaxCyte, Inc. are both Medical Devices companies. MaxCyte, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $134.2M against $105.7M — 1.3× the size. Lucid Diagnostics Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 24.9% against −13.2%. MaxCyte, Inc. has the higher net margin (−114.8% vs −1,193.9%) and the higher return on invested capital (−49.2% vs −3,096.5%). Across the 17 metrics below, MaxCyte, Inc. leads on 13 and Lucid Diagnostics Inc. on 4.

Valuation

Metric LUCD MXCT Medical Devices median
P/E n/m n/m 23.22
P/S 16.14 4.47 2.34
P/B 8.04 0.87 2.33
Price to free cash flow n/m n/m 23.72
EV/EBITDA n/m n/m 11.54
EV/Sales 14.32 1.23 2.24
Earnings yield (97.92%) (25.38%) (10.09%)
Free cash flow yield (53.68%) (17.02%) (8.47%)

Profitability

Metric LUCD MXCT Medical Devices median
Gross margin (21.69%) 79.23% 56.01%
Operating margin (930.84%) (134.59%) (15.03%)
Net margin (1,193.87%) (114.77%) (20.40%)
Free cash flow margin (866.56%) (76.14%) (7.24%)
Return on equity 364.89% (20.39%) (15.32%)
Return on assets (167.51%) (17.62%) (19.72%)
Return on invested capital (3,096.53%) (49.23%) (10.33%)

Growth

Metric LUCD MXCT Medical Devices median
Revenue growth (TTM) 24.89% (13.15%) 8.80%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 34.29% (7.69%) 29.03%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR — 4.76% 15.47%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric LUCD MXCT Medical Devices median
Debt to equity 2.15 0.00 0.07
Current ratio 1.33 12.26 2.50
Net debt to EBITDA 0.22 2.21 0.49

Dividend

Metric LUCD MXCT Medical Devices median
Dividend yield — — 1.16%
Payout ratio — — 0.36

Size

Metric LUCD MXCT Medical Devices median
Market cap 105.71m 134.17m 167.06m

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