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 $15.9M against $7.3M — 2.2× 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, Innovative Eyewear, Inc. leads on 9 and NexGel, Inc. on 9.

Valuation

Metric LUCY NXGL Medical Instruments & Supplies median
P/E n/m n/m 33.75
P/S 1.48 4.18 2.52
P/B 0.73 9.22 2.48
Price to free cash flow n/m n/m 25.19
EV/EBITDA n/m n/m 14.62
EV/Sales 0.41 4.35 2.88
Earnings yield (163.29%) (12.70%) (2.67%)
Free cash flow yield (149.37%) (6.63%) 0.09%

Profitability

Metric LUCY NXGL Medical Instruments & Supplies median
Gross margin 22.78% 35.08% 54.29%
Operating margin (249.03%) (44.77%) 1.07%
Net margin (225.28%) (51.26%) (1.61%)
Free cash flow margin (214.21%) (27.66%) 1.08%
Return on equity (84.58%) (117.57%) (1.32%)
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% 8.85%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 63.39% 24.00% 8.65%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 115.70% 76.12% 9.17%
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 2.48
Net debt to EBITDA 0.78 0.13 0.89

Dividend

Metric LUCY NXGL Medical Instruments & Supplies median
Dividend yield — — 1.11%
Payout ratio — — 0.27

Size

Metric LUCY NXGL Medical Instruments & Supplies median
Market cap 7.34m 15.92m 619.84m

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