Applied Aerospace & Defense, Inc. (AADX) vs Ducommun Incorporated (DCO)

Applied Aerospace & Defense, Inc. and Ducommun Incorporated are both Aerospace & Defense companies. Ducommun Incorporated is the larger, with a market value of $2.5B against $1.9B — 1.3× the size. Ducommun Incorporated has the higher net margin (−2.45% vs −34.4%) and the higher return on invested capital (−0.97% vs −3.69%). Across the 16 metrics below, Ducommun Incorporated leads on 12 and Applied Aerospace & Defense, Inc. on 4.

Valuation

Metric AADX DCO Aerospace & Defense median
P/E n/m n/m 31.60
P/S 3.14 2.92 3.36
P/B 1.99 3.66 2.99
Price to free cash flow n/m n/m 33.23
EV/EBITDA n/m 143.94 19.00
EV/Sales 3.92 3.20 3.37
Earnings yield (656,473.99%) (0.86%) 0.90%
Free cash flow yield (7.54%) (0.96%) 0.00%

Profitability

Metric AADX DCO Aerospace & Defense median
Gross margin 25.40% 27.43% 25.95%
Operating margin (13.91%) (1.66%) 1.21%
Net margin (34.42%) (2.45%) 2.11%
Free cash flow margin (23.64%) (2.81%) 0.00%
Return on equity 0.00% (3.03%) 2.67%
Return on assets 0.00% (1.79%) 1.90%
Return on invested capital (3.69%) (0.97%) 0.25%

Growth

Metric AADX DCO Aerospace & Defense median
Revenue growth (TTM) — 9.24% 18.25%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 51.03% (273.14%) 24.80%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR — 5.57% 9.73%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR — 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric AADX DCO Aerospace & Defense median
Debt to equity 0.52 0.40 0.18
Current ratio 2.51 3.36 2.85
Net debt to EBITDA 6.60 (124.40) 1.29

Dividend

Metric AADX DCO Aerospace & Defense median
Dividend yield — — 0.87%
Payout ratio — — 0.30

Size

Metric AADX DCO Aerospace & Defense median
Market cap 1.91b 2.52b 1.94b

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