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AeroVironment, Inc. (AVAV) vs BETA Technologies, Inc. (BETA)

AeroVironment, Inc. and BETA Technologies, Inc. are both Aerospace & Defense companies. AeroVironment, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $6.3B against $5.5B — 1.1× the size. BETA Technologies, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 94.6% against 84.4%. AeroVironment, Inc. has the higher net margin (−10.1% vs −1,340.3%) and the higher return on invested capital (−3.47% vs −198.8%). Across the 17 metrics below, AeroVironment, Inc. leads on 11 and BETA Technologies, Inc. on 6.

Valuation

Metric AVAV BETA Aerospace & Defense median
P/E n/m n/m 31.60
P/S 3.08 102.50 3.36
P/B 1.40 3.40 2.99
Price to free cash flow n/m n/m 33.23
EV/EBITDA 28.45 n/m 19.00
EV/Sales 3.16 78.14 3.37
Earnings yield (3.29%) (15.78%) 0.90%
Free cash flow yield (0.75%) (8.72%) 0.00%

Profitability

Metric AVAV BETA Aerospace & Defense median
Gross margin 26.47% 62.49% 25.95%
Operating margin (12.61%) (1,032.98%) 1.21%
Net margin (10.13%) (1,340.32%) 2.11%
Free cash flow margin (2.24%) (894.23%) 0.00%
Return on equity (4.60%) 0.00% 2.67%
Return on assets (3.57%) (49.09%) 1.90%
Return on invested capital (3.47%) (198.83%) 0.25%

Growth

Metric AVAV BETA Aerospace & Defense median
Revenue growth (TTM) 84.44% 94.55% 18.25%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (448.39%) (89.81%) 24.80%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 38.00% — 9.73%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% — 0.00%

Health

Metric AVAV BETA Aerospace & Defense median
Debt to equity 0.17 0.00 0.18
Current ratio 4.26 11.51 2.85
Net debt to EBITDA 0.47 4.36 1.29

Dividend

Metric AVAV BETA Aerospace & Defense median
Dividend yield — — 0.87%
Payout ratio — — 0.30

Size

Metric AVAV BETA Aerospace & Defense median
Market cap 6.28b 5.53b 1.94b

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