Innovative Eyewear, Inc. (LUCY) vs NexGel, Inc. (NXGL)

Innovative Eyewear, Inc. and NexGel, Inc. are both Medical Instruments & Supplies companies. NexGel, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $12.7M against $7.2M — 1.8× the size. Innovative Eyewear, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 72.5% against 3.38%. NexGel, Inc. has the higher net margin (−51.3% vs −225.3%) and the higher return on invested capital (−45.3% vs −168.1%). Across the 18 metrics below, NexGel, Inc. leads on 10 and Innovative Eyewear, Inc. on 8.

Valuation

Metric LUCY NXGL Medical Instruments & Supplies median
P/E n/m n/m 30.84
P/S 1.56 0.13 2.54
P/B 0.77 0.30 2.36
Price to free cash flow n/m n/m 23.46
EV/EBITDA n/m n/m 14.70
EV/Sales 0.48 0.31 2.78
Earnings yield (163.18%) (394.44%) 0.25%
Free cash flow yield (142.17%) (205.73%) 0.57%

Profitability

Metric LUCY NXGL Medical Instruments & Supplies median
Gross margin 22.78% 35.08% 53.46%
Operating margin (249.03%) (44.77%) 2.26%
Net margin (225.28%) (51.26%) 0.16%
Free cash flow margin (214.21%) (27.66%) 4.10%
Return on equity (84.58%) (117.57%) 0.00%
Return on assets (79.21%) (34.21%) 0.00%
Return on invested capital (168.07%) (45.29%) 0.13%

Growth

Metric LUCY NXGL Medical Instruments & Supplies median
Revenue growth (TTM) 72.50% 3.38% 8.97%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 63.39% 24.00% 6.51%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 115.70% 76.12% 8.85%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric LUCY NXGL Medical Instruments & Supplies median
Debt to equity 0.00 0.68 0.10
Current ratio 12.06 0.43 2.42
Net debt to EBITDA 0.78 0.13 0.97

Dividend

Metric LUCY NXGL Medical Instruments & Supplies median
Dividend yield — — 1.03%
Payout ratio — — 0.25

Size

Metric LUCY NXGL Medical Instruments & Supplies median
Market cap 7.15m 12.65m 1.64b

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