MultiSensor AI Holdings, Inc. (MSAI) vs Research Frontiers Incorporated (REFR)

MultiSensor AI Holdings, Inc. and Research Frontiers Incorporated are both Electronic Components companies. Research Frontiers Incorporated is the larger, with a market value of $12.9M against $6.7M — 1.9× the size. MultiSensor AI Holdings, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 12.2% against −69.7%. MultiSensor AI Holdings, Inc. has the higher net margin (−141.7% vs −662.2%) and the lower return on invested capital (−77.4% vs 0.00%). Across the 16 metrics below, MultiSensor AI Holdings, Inc. leads on 12 and Research Frontiers Incorporated on 4.

Valuation

Metric MSAI REFR Electronic Components median
P/E n/m n/m 24.82
P/S 1.01 34.70 2.28
P/B 0.22 21.05 2.86
Price to free cash flow n/m n/m 22.99
EV/EBITDA 1.53 n/m 14.69
EV/Sales (1.92) 32.97 2.38
Earnings yield (206.36%) (17.68%) 2.68%
Free cash flow yield (145.35%) (14.43%) 1.70%

Profitability

Metric MSAI REFR Electronic Components median
Gross margin 56.99% (528.07%) 32.78%
Operating margin (147.84%) (670.31%) 4.90%
Net margin (141.70%) (662.16%) 3.46%
Free cash flow margin (146.29%) (500.49%) 1.66%
Return on equity (46.47%) (233.07%) 5.59%
Return on assets (37.04%) (104.13%) 4.13%
Return on invested capital (77.39%) 0.00% 4.66%

Growth

Metric MSAI REFR Electronic Components median
Revenue growth (TTM) 12.16% (69.71%) 13.94%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 71.03% (50.00%) 35.44%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR — 6.24% 6.70%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR — 0.00% 7.53%

Health

Metric MSAI REFR Electronic Components median
Debt to equity 0.00 0.00 0.11
Current ratio 7.19 2.21 2.50
Net debt to EBITDA 2.27 0.34 0.41

Dividend

Metric MSAI REFR Electronic Components median
Dividend yield — — 1.10%
Payout ratio — — 0.28

Size

Metric MSAI REFR Electronic Components median
Market cap 6.73m 12.86m 1.16b

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