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AeroVironment, Inc. (AVAV) vs Mercury Systems Inc (MRCY)

AeroVironment, Inc. and Mercury Systems Inc are both Aerospace & Defense companies. AeroVironment, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $6.3B against $4.9B — 1.3× the size. AeroVironment, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 84.4% against 7.85%. Mercury Systems Inc has the higher net margin (−3.02% vs −10.1%) and the higher return on invested capital (0.01% vs −3.47%). Across the 19 metrics below, Mercury Systems Inc leads on 10 and AeroVironment, Inc. on 9.

Valuation

Metric AVAV MRCY Aerospace & Defense median
P/E n/m n/m 31.60
P/S 3.08 4.85 3.36
P/B 1.40 3.19 2.99
Price to free cash flow n/m 70.11 33.23
EV/EBITDA 28.45 68.67 19.00
EV/Sales 3.16 5.09 3.37
Earnings yield (3.29%) (0.62%) 0.90%
Free cash flow yield (0.75%) 1.43% 0.00%

Profitability

Metric AVAV MRCY Aerospace & Defense median
Gross margin 26.47% 28.58% 25.95%
Operating margin (12.61%) 0.03% 1.21%
Net margin (10.13%) (3.02%) 2.11%
Free cash flow margin (2.24%) 6.92% 0.00%
Return on equity (4.60%) (2.00%) 2.67%
Return on assets (3.57%) (1.25%) 1.90%
Return on invested capital (3.47%) 0.01% 0.25%

Growth

Metric AVAV MRCY Aerospace & Defense median
Revenue growth (TTM) 84.44% 7.85% 18.25%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (448.39%) 23.08% 24.80%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 38.00% 1.26% 9.73%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric AVAV MRCY Aerospace & Defense median
Debt to equity 0.17 0.29 0.18
Current ratio 4.26 2.96 2.85
Net debt to EBITDA 0.47 3.11 1.29

Dividend

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

Size

Metric AVAV MRCY Aerospace & Defense median
Market cap 6.28b 4.89b 1.94b

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