Peraso Inc. (PRSO) vs Pixelworks, Inc. (PXLW)

Peraso Inc. and Pixelworks, Inc. are both Semiconductors companies. Pixelworks, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $43.3M against $7.8M — 5.6× the size. Peraso Inc. has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; Pixelworks, Inc. trades at 0.6×. Pixelworks, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 106.3% against −38.5%. Pixelworks, Inc. has the higher net margin (6,681.7% vs −85.6%) and the higher return on invested capital (0.00% vs −280.3%). Across the 17 metrics below, Pixelworks, Inc. leads on 11 and Peraso Inc. on 6.

Valuation

Metric PRSO PXLW Semiconductors median
P/E n/m 0.63 49.41
P/S 0.86 41.78 8.58
P/B 1.46 0.84 5.49
Price to free cash flow n/m 1.54 47.02
EV/EBITDA n/m 0.59 30.78
EV/Sales 0.52 (7.33) 8.79
Earnings yield (133.33%) 158.22% 0.62%
Free cash flow yield (96.09%) 64.90% 0.59%

Profitability

Metric PRSO PXLW Semiconductors median
Gross margin 56.59% 74.33% 52.25%
Operating margin (85.85%) (1,362.64%) 4.85%
Net margin (85.62%) 6,681.70% 4.77%
Free cash flow margin (82.02%) (1,530.17%) 8.65%
Return on equity (181.24%) 266.18% 3.11%
Return on assets (116.42%) 131.73% 1.91%
Return on invested capital (280.29%) 0.00% 2.46%

Growth

Metric PRSO PXLW Semiconductors median
Revenue growth (TTM) (38.46%) 106.27% 16.66%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 81.23% 30.64% —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 6.05% (55.75%) 5.60%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric PRSO PXLW Semiconductors median
Debt to equity 0.00 0.00 0.05
Current ratio 3.17 35.56 3.35
Net debt to EBITDA 0.64 1.25 0.58

Dividend

Metric PRSO PXLW Semiconductors median
Dividend yield — — 1.93%
Payout ratio 0.00 0.00 0.00

Size

Metric PRSO PXLW Semiconductors median
Market cap 7.76m 43.31m 5.67b

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