Apogee Enterprises, Inc. (APOG) vs Aspen Aerogels, Inc. (ASPN)

Apogee Enterprises, Inc. and Aspen Aerogels, Inc. are both Building Products & Equipment companies. Apogee Enterprises, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $862.2M against $448.1M — 1.9× the size. Aspen Aerogels, Inc. has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; Apogee Enterprises, Inc. trades at 12.9×. Apogee Enterprises, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 3.01% against −49.1%. Apogee Enterprises, Inc. has the higher net margin (4.68% vs −62.5%) and the higher return on invested capital (7.83% vs −58.1%). Across the 19 metrics below, Apogee Enterprises, Inc. leads on 13 and Aspen Aerogels, Inc. on 6.

Valuation

Metric APOG ASPN Building Products & Equipment median
P/E 12.93 n/m 23.15
P/S 0.60 2.13 2.02
P/B 1.64 2.24 2.81
Price to free cash flow n/m 12.51 16.84
EV/EBITDA 7.86 n/m 12.85
EV/Sales 0.81 1.83 2.04
Earnings yield 7.73% (29.48%) 2.76%
Free cash flow yield (10.05%) 7.99% 4.23%

Profitability

Metric APOG ASPN Building Products & Equipment median
Gross margin 23.22% 2.68% 29.19%
Operating margin 7.18% (61.04%) 6.99%
Net margin 4.68% (62.45%) 4.05%
Free cash flow margin 6.75% 17.01% 7.60%
Return on equity 13.11% (50.36%) 9.28%
Return on assets 5.59% (27.49%) 2.88%
Return on invested capital 7.83% (58.13%) 5.16%

Growth

Metric APOG ASPN Building Products & Equipment median
Revenue growth (TTM) 3.01% (49.12%) 3.11%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (35.22%) (2,882.35%) (34.13%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 2.68% 22.01% 5.37%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 28.52% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric APOG ASPN Building Products & Equipment median
Debt to equity 0.64 0.49 0.43
Current ratio 1.78 2.52 1.82
Net debt to EBITDA 1.43 0.16 0.98

Dividend

Metric APOG ASPN Building Products & Equipment median
Dividend yield 3.24% — 1.43%
Payout ratio 0.42 — 0.29

Size

Metric APOG ASPN Building Products & Equipment median
Market cap 862.16m 448.14m 1.17b

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