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AeroVironment, Inc. (AVAV) vs Planet Labs PBC (PL)

AeroVironment, Inc. and Planet Labs PBC are both Aerospace & Defense companies. AeroVironment, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $5.2B against $4.1B — 1.3× the size. AeroVironment, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 84.4% against 44.1%. AeroVironment, Inc. has the higher net margin (−10.1% vs −95.1%) and the higher return on invested capital (−3.47% vs −44.2%). Across the 18 metrics below, AeroVironment, Inc. leads on 14 and Planet Labs PBC on 4.

Valuation

Metric AVAV PL Aerospace & Defense median
P/E n/m n/m 28.48
P/S 2.55 10.90 2.95
P/B 1.16 7.31 2.68
Price to free cash flow n/m 207.56 31.70
EV/EBITDA 23.69 n/m 16.85
EV/Sales 2.63 9.82 2.74
Earnings yield (3.97%) (9.59%) 0.89%
Free cash flow yield (0.90%) 0.48% 0.00%

Profitability

Metric AVAV PL Aerospace & Defense median
Gross margin 26.47% 55.42% 26.41%
Operating margin (12.61%) (27.16%) 3.69%
Net margin (10.13%) (95.13%) 2.74%
Free cash flow margin (2.24%) 5.25% 0.00%
Return on equity (4.60%) (71.97%) 4.44%
Return on assets (3.57%) (33.83%) 1.90%
Return on invested capital (3.47%) (44.19%) 0.26%

Growth

Metric AVAV PL Aerospace & Defense median
Revenue growth (TTM) 84.44% 44.12% 18.03%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (448.39%) (90.48%) 24.80%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 38.00% 22.15% 9.73%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric AVAV PL Aerospace & Defense median
Debt to equity 0.17 0.79 0.20
Current ratio 4.26 2.84 2.85
Net debt to EBITDA 0.47 3.64 1.29

Dividend

Metric AVAV PL Aerospace & Defense median
Dividend yield — — 0.91%
Payout ratio — — 0.30

Size

Metric AVAV PL Aerospace & Defense median
Market cap 5.19b 4.14b 1.78b

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