CompX International Inc.

CIX Industrials Security & Protection Services

CompX International Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $158.3 million, up 8.46% from fiscal 2024. In the quarter to June 2026, revenue grew 8.05%, EPS grew 34.1% and free cash flow grew 79.7%, each against the same quarter a year earlier.

35.95 1.33 −3.57%
Market cap
$459.9M
P/E
20.1×
Fwd P/E
12.8×
Dividend yield
3.34%
F-score
7/9
Altman Z
12.69
Beneish M
−2.67
Dividend safety
24/100

Insider Decisions trades per month

Total sells 0.04
Totals in millions of $.
Dec 25 Mar 26 Jun 26 Sep 26
Buy — — — — — — — — — — — —
Sell — — — — — — — — — 1 — —
Insider Ownership 87.67%

Capital & Financial Ratios $m

Market Cap 459.91
Revenue 161.83
Net Income 22.01
Free Cash Flow 21.22
Net Debt (52.42)
Current Ratio 6.69 (at or above 1.5: strong)
Debt/Equity 0.00 (at or below 0.5: strong)
P/E ratio 20.08
Fwd P/E 12.80
P/S ratio 2.74
P/B ratio 3.06
Past 5Y EPS Growth 13.74%
This Y EPS Growth —
Next Y EPS Growth —
Next Y revenue growth 1,380.48% (at or above 10%: strong)
Next 5Y EPS Growth —

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Valuation vs history

P/E against its own 10 years 94.40%
10-year low 10-year high
P/S against its own 10 years 98.97%
10-year low 10-year high
P/B against its own 10 years 99.12%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/Sales against its own 10 years 99.08%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/FCF against its own 10 years 87.06%
10-year low 10-year high

Dividends

Payout Ratio 0.67
Annual Dividend Rate 1.20
Annual Dividend Yield 3.34%
total individual payouts
2026 0.65
0.30
0.30
0.30
2025 0.63
0.30
0.30
1.00
0.30
0.30
2024 1.20
0.30
0.30
2.00
0.30
0.30
2023 1.00
0.25
0.25
0.25
0.25
2022 1.00
0.25
0.25
1.75
0.25
0.25
2021 0.80
0.20
0.20
0.20
0.20
2020 0.40
0.10
0.10
0.10
0.10
2019 0.28
0.07
0.07
0.07
0.07
2018 0.20
0.05
0.05
0.05
0.05
2017 0.20
0.05
0.05
0.05
0.05
2016 0.20
0.05
0.05
0.05
0.05
predictions special payouts not included in total or ratios

Assets vs Liabilities $m

2023 2024 2025 Q'26
Cash 77 61 54 52
Receivables 17 14 14 20
Inventory 31 28 30 32
Other — — — —
127 105 100 106
2023 2024 2025 Q'26
Payables 16 15 15 14
ST’ Debt — — — —
Other — — — —
17 16 17 16

Compound Annual Growth %

10y 5y 3y
Sales 3.80% 6.68% (1.68%)
Cash Flow 5.43% 8.09% 10.63%
Earnings 7.89% 13.54% (2.28%)
Book Value 1.65% (3.73%) (4.35%)

Revenue $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 41 44 — — —
’25 40 40 40 38 158
’24 38 36 34 38 146
’23 41 37 40 43 161
’22 42 42 43 40 167
’21 36 36 35 34 141
’20 32 24 28 30 115
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Operating Cash Flow $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 (1) 7 — — —
’25 0 5 6 12 23
’24 2 10 4 7 23
’23 3 7 2 14 26
’22 (2) 4 7 9 17
’21 (2) 6 5 2 10
’20 0 5 4 6 16
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Free Cash Flow $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 (2) 6 — — —
’25 (1) 3 5 11 19
’24 1 9 4 7 22
’23 3 6 2 13 25
’22 (4) 3 6 8 13
’21 (3) 5 4 1 6
’20 (1) 5 4 6 14
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

EPS $

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 0.48 0.59 — — —
’25 0.42 0.44 0.34 0.38 1.58
’24 0.31 0.39 0.28 0.37 1.35
’23 0.49 0.33 0.47 0.54 1.84
’22 0.40 0.50 0.40 0.39 1.69
’21 0.38 0.37 0.33 0.25 1.34
’20 0.34 0.17 0.15 0.17 0.83
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Target Price Range

Analyst price targets

Recommendation Rating

1Buy 2 3Hold 4 5Sell

Ten years at a glance Fiscal years to December

Group Line 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 Trend 2026e 2027e 2028e
Price, $
Price, $ Low 8.46 12.50 11.95 13.01 10.53 13.67 16.01 16.25 20.60 17.89

Analyst estimates 2026–2028

Powerpack
High 16.70 16.63 16.50 17.05 17.57 25.98 28.75 27.82 39.91 32.30
People
People Employees 516 520 547 547 513 570 609 555 510 549
Revenue/emp, $m 0.21 0.22 0.22 0.23 0.22 0.25 0.27 0.29 0.29 0.29
Income, $m
Income, $m Revenue 109 112 118 124 115 141 167 161 146 158
Gross margin, % 32.29 31.08 32.37 31.36 28.68 30.36 29.30 30.52 28.34 30.44
EBT 16 17 20 21 13 22 27 30 22 26
EBT margin, % 14.66 15.32 17.32 16.85 11.78 15.43 16.40 18.35 14.89 16.32
Net income 10 13 15 16 10 17 21 23 17 19
Depreciation 4 4 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
Per share, $
Per share, $ Revenue 8.77 9.02 9.51 9.99 9.20 11.35 13.50 13.10 11.85 12.85
Earnings 0.84 1.06 1.23 1.29 0.83 1.34 1.69 1.84 1.35 1.58
Cash flow 1.12 1.01 1.38 1.48 1.25 0.84 1.37 2.10 1.86 1.86
Capex (0.26) (0.23) (0.25) (0.24) (0.14) (0.33) (0.29) (0.09) (0.12) (0.30)
Free cash flow 0.86 0.79 1.13 1.24 1.11 0.51 1.08 2.00 1.75 1.55
Book value 10.13 10.99 12.03 13.04 13.47 13.95 12.84 13.72 11.87 11.25
Shares, m 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12
Valuation, ×
Valuation, × P/E 18.06 12.59 10.98 11.40 17.14 16.89 10.65 14.21 19.37 14.73
P/S 1.75 1.48 1.43 1.46 1.55 1.98 1.33 1.98 2.21 1.81
P/B 1.52 1.21 1.13 1.12 1.06 1.61 1.40 1.90 2.20 2.07
EV/Sales 1.45 1.22 1.05 0.95 0.93 1.44 0.97 1.51 1.79 1.47
EV/FCF 14.73 13.92 8.81 7.67 7.74 31.70 12.17 9.86 12.15 12.16
Cash, $m
Cash, $m Operating cash flow 14 13 17 18 16 10 17 26 23 23
Capex (3) (3) (3) (3) (2) (4) (4) (1) (1) (4)
Free cash flow 11 10 14 15 14 6 13 25 22 19
Balance, $m
Balance, $m Working capital 46 45 63 82 88 104 95 109 90 83
Total debt — — — — — — — — — —
Net debt (33) (30) (45) (63) (71) (77) (60) (77) (61) (54)
Shareholders’ equity 126 137 150 162 168 173 158 169 146 139
Returns, %
Returns, % ROA 7.50 8.95 9.66 9.27 5.69 8.80 11.29 12.38 9.46 12.20
ROIC 10.51 8.90 10.69 11.16 7.61 13.29 16.13 17.26 12.46 16.71
ROE 8.59 10.06 10.71 10.26 6.26 9.72 12.59 13.81 10.53 13.68
Negative figures in brackets.

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Fiscal years to Dec 2025 · latest quarter Jun 2026

Charts ten years each

CompX International Inc. vs peers in Security & Protection Services (Q) = latest quarter vs a year earlier

Company Market cap P/E Fwd P/E Revenue growth (Q) EPS growth (Q) FCF growth (Q) Gross margin (Q) EBIT margin (Q) Compare
GEO Geo Group Inc (The) $3.9B 13.4× 20.6× +15.08% (above 0%: growing) +71.43% (above 0%: growing) +2,422.02% (above 0%: growing) 27.51% 13.89% Compare
CXW CoreCivic, Inc. $3.1B 24.1× 14.7× +27.27% (above 0%: growing) +8.57% (above 0%: growing) +55.25% (above 0%: growing) 21.74% 10.07% Compare
NSSC NAPCO Security Technologies, Inc. $1.3B 29.4× 21.5× +10.02% (above 0%: growing) +51.52% (above 0%: growing) +19.89% (above 0%: growing) 61.31% 33.02% Compare
EVLV Evolv Technologies Holdings, Inc. $757.1M — (loss-making) — (loss-making) +34.44% (above 0%: growing) n/m +203.88% (above 0%: growing) 50.17% (24.11%) Compare
MG Mistras Group Inc $658.6M 25.0× 17.0× +4.17% (above 0%: growing) +140.00% (above 0%: growing) +156.37% (above 0%: growing) 29.23% 6.70% Compare
CIX CompX International Inc. $459.9M 20.1× 12.8× +8.05% (above 0%: growing) +34.09% (above 0%: growing) +79.73% (above 0%: growing) 35.62% 20.45%
NL NLI Holdings, Inc. $330.1M — (loss-making) 9.8× +8.05% (above 0%: growing) +1,700.00% (above 0%: growing) +65.68% (above 0%: growing) 35.62% 14.06% Compare
CIGL Concorde International Group Ltd. $62.3M — — — — −980.96% (below 0%: shrinking) — — Compare
SPCB SuperCom, Ltd. $58.4M — (loss-making) 16.6× +13.28% (above 0%: growing) −20.00% (below 0%: shrinking) −109.90% (below 0%: shrinking) 60.37% 10.61% Compare
Median of peers $707.8M 24.6× 16.8× +13.28% +61.48% +60.47% 35.62% 10.61%

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CompX International Inc. (CIX) key facts

  • Strength: CompX International Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $158.3 million, up 8.46% from fiscal 2024.
  • Strength: Net income was $19.5 million, or $1.58 per share (basic), a net margin of 12.3%.
  • CompX International Inc. (CIX) is a Security & Protection Services company in the Industrials sector, listed on NYSE American.
  • As of October 16, 2026, CIX traded at $35.95, a market capitalization of $459.9 million.
  • At that price the stock trades at 20.1× trailing-twelve-month earnings and 2.7× sales; its P/E is higher than 94% of its own readings over the past ten years.
  • CompX International Inc. pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share, a yield of 3.34%, with a payout ratio of 67.0%.
  • Return on equity was 13.7% and debt-to-equity 0.00.
  • Its Piotroski F-score is 7 out of 9 and its Altman Z-score is 12.69 (safe zone) for fiscal 2025.

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