Astronics Corporation (ATRO) vs Intuitive Machines, Inc. (LUNR)

Astronics Corporation and Intuitive Machines, Inc. are both Aerospace & Defense companies. Astronics Corporation is the larger, with a market value of $2.3B against $2.0B — 1.2× the size. Intuitive Machines, Inc. has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; Astronics Corporation trades at 28.7×. Intuitive Machines, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 116.9% against 14.5%. Astronics Corporation has the higher net margin (8.40% vs −26.8%) and the higher return on invested capital (15.8% vs 0.00%). Across the 16 metrics below, Astronics Corporation leads on 12 and Intuitive Machines, Inc. on 4.

Valuation

Metric ATRO LUNR Aerospace & Defense median
P/E 28.68 n/m 28.48
P/S 2.42 2.90 2.95
P/B 11.48 n/m 2.68
Price to free cash flow 37.50 n/m 31.70
EV/EBITDA 16.92 n/m 16.85
EV/Sales 2.74 2.81 2.74
Earnings yield 3.49% (10.86%) 0.89%
Free cash flow yield 2.67% (13.23%) 0.00%

Profitability

Metric ATRO LUNR Aerospace & Defense median
Gross margin 32.54% 16.35% 26.41%
Operating margin 13.40% (27.51%) 3.69%
Net margin 8.40% (26.77%) 2.74%
Free cash flow margin 6.44% (38.31%) 0.00%
Return on equity 33.68% 39.21% 4.44%
Return on assets 11.24% (11.10%) 1.90%
Return on invested capital 15.79% 0.00% 0.26%

Growth

Metric ATRO LUNR Aerospace & Defense median
Revenue growth (TTM) 14.49% 116.89% 18.03%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 276.10% 84.23% 24.80%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 11.40% — 9.73%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% — 0.00%

Health

Metric ATRO LUNR Aerospace & Defense median
Debt to equity 1.57 (1.16) 0.20
Current ratio 2.97 1.66 2.85
Net debt to EBITDA 3.12 3.02 1.29

Dividend

Metric ATRO LUNR Aerospace & Defense median
Dividend yield — — 0.91%
Payout ratio — — 0.30

Size

Metric ATRO LUNR Aerospace & Defense median
Market cap 2.28b 1.97b 1.78b

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