Applied Aerospace & Defense, Inc. (AADX) vs Intuitive Machines, Inc. (LUNR)

Applied Aerospace & Defense, Inc. and Intuitive Machines, Inc. are both Aerospace & Defense companies. Intuitive Machines, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $2.4B against $1.9B — 1.3× the size. Intuitive Machines, Inc. has the higher net margin (−26.8% vs −34.4%) and the higher return on invested capital (0.00% vs −3.69%). Across the 15 metrics below, Intuitive Machines, Inc. leads on 8 and Applied Aerospace & Defense, Inc. on 7.

Valuation

Metric AADX LUNR Aerospace & Defense median
P/E n/m n/m 31.60
P/S 3.14 3.45 3.36
P/B 1.99 n/m 2.99
Price to free cash flow n/m n/m 33.23
EV/EBITDA n/m n/m 19.00
EV/Sales 3.92 3.37 3.37
Earnings yield (656,473.99%) (9.10%) 0.90%
Free cash flow yield (7.54%) (11.09%) 0.00%

Profitability

Metric AADX LUNR Aerospace & Defense median
Gross margin 25.40% 16.35% 25.95%
Operating margin (13.91%) (27.51%) 1.21%
Net margin (34.42%) (26.77%) 2.11%
Free cash flow margin (23.64%) (38.31%) 0.00%
Return on equity 0.00% 39.21% 2.67%
Return on assets 0.00% (11.10%) 1.90%
Return on invested capital (3.69%) 0.00% 0.25%

Growth

Metric AADX LUNR Aerospace & Defense median
Revenue growth (TTM) — 116.89% 18.25%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 51.03% 84.23% 24.80%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR — — 9.73%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR — — 0.00%

Health

Metric AADX LUNR Aerospace & Defense median
Debt to equity 0.52 (1.16) 0.18
Current ratio 2.51 1.66 2.85
Net debt to EBITDA 6.60 3.02 1.29

Dividend

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

Size

Metric AADX LUNR Aerospace & Defense median
Market cap 1.91b 2.40b 1.94b

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