Arxis, Inc. (ARXS) vs Rocket Lab Corporation (RKLB)

Arxis, Inc. and Rocket Lab Corporation are both Aerospace & Defense companies. Rocket Lab Corporation is the larger, with a market value of $35.4B against $23.7B — 1.5× the size. Arxis, Inc. has the higher net margin (0.85% vs −21.5%) and the higher return on invested capital (3.14% vs −11.5%). Across the 14 metrics below, Arxis, Inc. leads on 11 and Rocket Lab Corporation on 3.

Valuation

Metric ARXS RKLB Aerospace & Defense median
P/E — n/m 32.30
P/S 11.73 44.99 3.38
P/B 4.57 9.91 2.87
Price to free cash flow 50.94 n/m 31.68
EV/EBITDA 42.14 n/m 18.91
EV/Sales 12.43 42.06 3.33
Earnings yield — (0.49%) 0.95%
Free cash flow yield 1.96% (1.07%) (0.02%)

Profitability

Metric ARXS RKLB Aerospace & Defense median
Gross margin 49.31% 37.26% 25.48%
Operating margin 16.45% (29.06%) 2.45%
Net margin 0.85% (21.51%) 1.96%
Free cash flow margin 23.02% (48.13%) 0.00%
Return on equity 0.00% (7.92%) 4.20%
Return on assets 0.42% (5.76%) 1.29%
Return on invested capital 3.14% (11.46%) 0.25%

Growth

Metric ARXS RKLB Aerospace & Defense median
Revenue growth (TTM) — 52.53% 18.08%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) — 2.63% 24.80%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR — 76.47% 9.73%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR — 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric ARXS RKLB Aerospace & Defense median
Debt to equity 0.38 0.01 0.20
Current ratio 5.21 5.48 2.85
Net debt to EBITDA 4.76 4.66 1.32

Dividend

Metric ARXS RKLB Aerospace & Defense median
Dividend yield — — 1.00%
Payout ratio — — 0.32

Size

Metric ARXS RKLB Aerospace & Defense median
Market cap 23.66b 35.37b 2.17b

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