LSI Industries Inc. (LYTS) vs M-tron Industries, Inc. (MPTI)

LSI Industries Inc. and M-tron Industries, Inc. are both Electronic Components companies. LSI Industries Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $754.7M against $293.3M — 2.6× the size. M-tron Industries, Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 22.6× against 28.6×. LSI Industries Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 20.2% against 11.9%. M-tron Industries, Inc. has the higher net margin (16.4% vs 3.28%) and the higher return on invested capital (29.9% vs 3.98%). Across the 22 metrics below, M-tron Industries, Inc. leads on 14 and LSI Industries Inc. on 8.

Valuation

Metric LYTS MPTI Electronic Components median
P/E 28.58 22.59 30.82
P/S 0.94 4.63 2.84
P/B 1.80 2.27 2.93
Price to free cash flow 16.56 28.42 28.42
EV/EBITDA 16.19 14.50 16.22
EV/Sales 1.29 2.97 2.94
Earnings yield 3.50% 4.43% 1.67%
Free cash flow yield 6.04% 3.52% 0.58%

Profitability

Metric LYTS MPTI Electronic Components median
Gross margin 25.15% 44.28% 33.21%
Operating margin 5.57% 18.49% 3.90%
Net margin 3.28% 16.35% 2.90%
Free cash flow margin 5.68% 16.28% 0.20%
Return on equity 7.64% 12.40% 2.60%
Return on assets 3.68% 11.49% 2.50%
Return on invested capital 3.98% 29.94% 2.28%

Growth

Metric LYTS MPTI Electronic Components median
Revenue growth (TTM) 20.23% 11.85% 12.21%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (15.19%) (1.13%) 42.31%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 16.91% 12.66% 7.19%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 30.93% 29.60% 0.00%

Health

Metric LYTS MPTI Electronic Components median
Debt to equity 0.71 0.00 0.13
Current ratio 1.97 16.63 2.41
Net debt to EBITDA 4.40 (1.84) 0.34

Dividend

Metric LYTS MPTI Electronic Components median
Dividend yield 1.01% — 0.91%
Payout ratio 0.30 — 0.29

Size

Metric LYTS MPTI Electronic Components median
Market cap 754.67m 293.30m 707.24m

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