Aspen Aerogels, Inc. (ASPN) vs Gibraltar Industries, Inc. (ROCK)

Aspen Aerogels, Inc. and Gibraltar Industries, Inc. are both Building Products & Equipment companies. Gibraltar Industries, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $1.2B against $448.1M — 2.6× the size. Gibraltar Industries, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 42.7% against −49.1%. Gibraltar Industries, Inc. has the higher net margin (−10.4% vs −62.5%) and the higher return on invested capital (3.28% vs −58.1%). Across the 19 metrics below, Gibraltar Industries, Inc. leads on 13 and Aspen Aerogels, Inc. on 6.

Valuation

Metric ASPN ROCK Building Products & Equipment median
P/E n/m n/m 23.15
P/S 2.13 0.78 2.02
P/B 2.24 1.27 2.81
Price to free cash flow 12.51 26.43 16.84
EV/EBITDA n/m 14.62 12.85
EV/Sales 1.83 1.61 2.04
Earnings yield (29.48%) (13.33%) 2.76%
Free cash flow yield 7.99% 3.78% 4.23%

Profitability

Metric ASPN ROCK Building Products & Equipment median
Gross margin 2.68% 24.80% 29.19%
Operating margin (61.04%) 7.61% 6.99%
Net margin (62.45%) (10.43%) 4.05%
Free cash flow margin 17.01% 2.95% 7.60%
Return on equity (50.36%) (15.61%) 9.28%
Return on assets (27.49%) (7.06%) 2.88%
Return on invested capital (58.13%) 3.28% 5.16%

Growth

Metric ASPN ROCK Building Products & Equipment median
Revenue growth (TTM) (49.12%) 42.68% 3.11%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (2,882.35%) (133.18%) (34.13%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 22.01% 1.92% 5.37%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric ASPN ROCK Building Products & Equipment median
Debt to equity 0.49 1.37 0.43
Current ratio 2.52 1.46 1.82
Net debt to EBITDA 0.16 (0.76) 0.98

Dividend

Metric ASPN ROCK Building Products & Equipment median
Dividend yield — — 1.43%
Payout ratio — — 0.29

Size

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

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