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AAR Corp. (AIR) vs BETA Technologies, Inc. (BETA)

AAR Corp. and BETA Technologies, Inc. are both Aerospace & Defense companies. BETA Technologies, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $4.4B against $3.9B — 1.1× the size. BETA Technologies, Inc. has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; AAR Corp. trades at 20.1×. AAR Corp. has the higher net margin (5.55% vs −2,343.9%) and the higher return on invested capital (7.10% vs −101.7%). Across the 16 metrics below, AAR Corp. leads on 13 and BETA Technologies, Inc. on 3.

Valuation

Metric AIR BETA Aerospace & Defense median
P/E 20.08 n/m 31.81
P/S 1.12 93.27 3.55
P/B 2.25 2.59 2.59
Price to free cash flow 21.18 n/m 31.99
EV/EBITDA 12.81 n/m 18.08
EV/Sales 1.34 64.19 3.37
Earnings yield 4.98% (72.21%) 1.38%
Free cash flow yield 4.72% (10.07%) 0.21%

Profitability

Metric AIR BETA Aerospace & Defense median
Gross margin 19.06% 60.06% 25.48%
Operating margin 8.17% (1,129.31%) 4.54%
Net margin 5.55% (2,343.89%) 2.22%
Free cash flow margin 5.30% (939.05%) 1.43%
Return on equity 12.93% (328.55%) 6.43%
Return on assets 6.09% (83.66%) 2.70%
Return on invested capital 7.10% (101.73%) 1.56%

Growth

Metric AIR BETA Aerospace & Defense median
Revenue growth (TTM) 21.97% — 18.43%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 1,288.57% (110.89%) 24.27%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 14.89% — 9.73%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 39.60% — 0.00%

Health

Metric AIR BETA Aerospace & Defense median
Debt to equity 0.50 0.11 0.24
Current ratio 2.83 14.47 2.72
Net debt to EBITDA 2.23 4.36 1.12

Dividend

Metric AIR BETA Aerospace & Defense median
Dividend yield — — 0.90%
Payout ratio — — 0.32

Size

Metric AIR BETA Aerospace & Defense median
Market cap 3.94b 4.40b 2.19b

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