Archer Aviation Inc. (ACHR) vs Firefly Aerospace, Inc. (FLY)

Archer Aviation Inc. and Firefly Aerospace, Inc. are both Aerospace & Defense companies. Archer Aviation Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $3.0B against $2.5B — 1.2× the size. Archer Aviation Inc. has the higher net margin (0.00% vs −129.1%) and the lower return on invested capital (−127.0% vs −34.8%). Across the 14 metrics below, Firefly Aerospace, Inc. leads on 8 and Archer Aviation Inc. on 6.

Valuation

Metric ACHR FLY Aerospace & Defense median
P/E n/m n/m 28.48
P/S n/m 8.63 2.95
P/B 1.58 2.03 2.68
Price to free cash flow n/m n/m 31.70
EV/EBITDA n/m n/m 16.85
EV/Sales n/m 6.49 2.74
Earnings yield (27.84%) (19.20%) 0.89%
Free cash flow yield (22.62%) (13.17%) 0.00%

Profitability

Metric ACHR FLY Aerospace & Defense median
Gross margin 0.00% 22.92% 26.41%
Operating margin 0.00% (117.99%) 3.69%
Net margin 0.00% (129.06%) 2.74%
Free cash flow margin 0.00% (113.66%) 0.00%
Return on equity (44.47%) (242.95%) 4.44%
Return on assets (38.52%) (35.18%) 1.90%
Return on invested capital (126.95%) (34.77%) 0.26%

Growth

Metric ACHR FLY Aerospace & Defense median
Revenue growth (TTM) — 179.17% 18.03%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 30.28% 76.71% 24.80%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR — — 9.73%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% — 0.00%

Health

Metric ACHR FLY Aerospace & Defense median
Debt to equity 0.06 0.02 0.20
Current ratio 10.21 2.73 2.85
Net debt to EBITDA 2.62 2.57 1.29

Dividend

Metric ACHR FLY Aerospace & Defense median
Dividend yield — — 0.91%
Payout ratio — — 0.30

Size

Metric ACHR FLY Aerospace & Defense median
Market cap 2.98b 2.54b 1.78b

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