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

Innovative Eyewear, Inc. and NexGel, Inc. are both Medical Instruments & Supplies companies. Innovative Eyewear, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $8.0M against $3.0M — 2.7× 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 34.17
P/S 1.78 0.13 2.83
P/B 0.88 0.28 2.82
Price to free cash flow n/m n/m 25.69
EV/EBITDA n/m n/m 16.08
EV/Sales 0.71 0.30 3.06
Earnings yield (135.79%) (417.65%) (1.84%)
Free cash flow yield (124.21%) (217.86%) 0.17%

Profitability

Metric LUCY NXGL Medical Instruments & Supplies median
Gross margin 22.78% 35.08% 54.62%
Operating margin (249.03%) (44.77%) 1.64%
Net margin (225.28%) (51.26%) 0.00%
Free cash flow margin (214.21%) (27.66%) 1.61%
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%) 0.00%

Growth

Metric LUCY NXGL Medical Instruments & Supplies median
Revenue growth (TTM) 72.50% 3.38% 9.20%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 63.39% 24.00% —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 115.70% 76.12% 9.48%
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 0.08
Current ratio 12.06 0.43 2.49
Net debt to EBITDA 0.78 0.13 0.83

Dividend

Metric LUCY NXGL Medical Instruments & Supplies median
Dividend yield — — 0.99%
Payout ratio — 0.00 0.00

Size

Metric LUCY NXGL Medical Instruments & Supplies median
Market cap 8.01m 2.96m 938.39m

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