NETGEAR, Inc. (NTGR) vs Silicom Ltd (SILC)

NETGEAR, Inc. and Silicom Ltd are both Communication Equipment companies. NETGEAR, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $630.6M against $326.7M — 1.9× the size. Silicom Ltd grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 28.6% against −0.50%. NETGEAR, Inc. has the higher net margin (−3.71% vs −13.0%) and the lower return on invested capital (−11.2% vs −8.00%). Across the 17 metrics below, Silicom Ltd leads on 9 and NETGEAR, Inc. on 8.

Valuation

Metric NTGR SILC Communication Equipment median
P/E n/m n/m 35.34
P/S 0.92 4.46 2.31
P/B 1.39 2.93 2.32
Price to free cash flow n/m 110.94 27.50
EV/EBITDA n/m n/m 14.17
EV/Sales 0.53 4.04 2.42
Earnings yield (3.96%) (2.91%) (0.46%)
Free cash flow yield (2.71%) 0.90% 1.06%

Profitability

Metric NTGR SILC Communication Equipment median
Gross margin 40.03% 30.16% 39.47%
Operating margin (4.87%) (14.17%) 2.39%
Net margin (3.71%) (12.98%) (0.80%)
Free cash flow margin (2.48%) 0.00% 1.39%
Return on equity (5.26%) (8.28%) (1.91%)
Return on assets (3.23%) (6.30%) (0.20%)
Return on invested capital (11.22%) (8.00%) 0.72%

Growth

Metric NTGR SILC Communication Equipment median
Revenue growth (TTM) (0.50%) 28.60% 11.48%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (250.00%) (1.01%) 27.59%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR (11.03%) (10.43%) 4.92%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric NTGR SILC Communication Equipment median
Debt to equity 0.00 0.00 0.06
Current ratio 2.48 3.06 2.01
Net debt to EBITDA 12.06 4.51 0.67

Dividend

Metric NTGR SILC Communication Equipment median
Dividend yield — — 0.94%
Payout ratio — — 0.34

Size

Metric NTGR SILC Communication Equipment median
Market cap 630.56m 326.69m 610.30m

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