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Optical Cable Corporation (OCC) vs Silicom Ltd (SILC)

Optical Cable Corporation and Silicom Ltd are both Communication Equipment companies. Silicom Ltd is the larger, with a market value of $250.5M against $125.6M — 2.0× the size. Silicom Ltd has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; Optical Cable Corporation trades at 44.5×. Silicom Ltd grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 28.6% against 13.9%. Optical Cable Corporation has the higher net margin (3.10% vs −13.0%) and the higher return on invested capital (12.7% vs −8.00%). Across the 19 metrics below, Optical Cable Corporation leads on 12 and Silicom Ltd on 7.

Valuation

Metric OCC SILC Communication Equipment median
P/E 44.52 n/m 33.49
P/S 1.38 3.06 1.81
P/B 7.74 2.01 1.96
Price to free cash flow 278.25 76.09 22.91
EV/EBITDA 27.34 n/m 11.76
EV/Sales 1.41 2.64 2.02
Earnings yield 2.25% (4.24%) (0.54%)
Free cash flow yield 0.36% 1.31% 1.31%

Profitability

Metric OCC SILC Communication Equipment median
Gross margin 34.28% 30.16% 39.48%
Operating margin 4.20% (14.17%) 2.39%
Net margin 3.10% (12.98%) (0.80%)
Free cash flow margin 0.50% 0.00% 1.39%
Return on equity 15.56% (8.28%) (1.91%)
Return on assets 6.03% (6.30%) (0.20%)
Return on invested capital 12.73% (8.00%) 0.72%

Growth

Metric OCC SILC Communication Equipment median
Revenue growth (TTM) 13.86% 28.60% 11.48%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 66.67% (1.01%) 30.93%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 5.73% (10.43%) 4.92%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric OCC SILC Communication Equipment median
Debt to equity 0.18 0.00 0.06
Current ratio 2.17 3.06 2.01
Net debt to EBITDA 6.59 4.51 0.90

Dividend

Metric OCC SILC Communication Equipment median
Dividend yield — — 1.04%
Payout ratio — — 0.34

Size

Metric OCC SILC Communication Equipment median
Market cap 125.55m 250.54m 532.08m

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