AEVEX Corp. (AVEX) vs HawkEye 360 Inc. (HAWK)

AEVEX Corp. and HawkEye 360 Inc. are both Aerospace & Defense companies. AEVEX Corp. and HawkEye 360 Inc. are of similar size ($1.5B and $1.4B). AEVEX Corp. has the higher net margin (−3.02% vs −10.7%) and the higher return on invested capital (0.00% vs −3.95%). Across the 12 metrics below, AEVEX Corp. leads on 8 and HawkEye 360 Inc. on 4.

Valuation

Metric AVEX HAWK Aerospace & Defense median
P/E — n/m 31.60
P/S 1.11 5.99 3.36
P/B n/m 1.13 2.99
Price to free cash flow n/m n/m 33.23
EV/EBITDA 11.89 32.07 19.00
EV/Sales 0.90 2.93 3.37
Earnings yield — (8.95%) 0.90%
Free cash flow yield (4.18%) (1.56%) 0.00%

Profitability

Metric AVEX HAWK Aerospace & Defense median
Gross margin 21.92% 66.22% 25.95%
Operating margin 3.69% (12.35%) 1.21%
Net margin (3.02%) (10.67%) 2.11%
Free cash flow margin (4.62%) (9.35%) 0.00%
Return on equity 0.00% 0.00% 2.67%
Return on assets (3.65%) 0.00% 1.90%
Return on invested capital 0.00% (3.95%) 0.25%

Growth

Metric AVEX HAWK Aerospace & Defense median
Revenue growth (TTM) — — 18.25%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) — 104.17% 24.80%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR — — 9.73%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR — — 0.00%

Health

Metric AVEX HAWK Aerospace & Defense median
Debt to equity (0.19) 0.00 0.18
Current ratio 5.66 9.80 2.85
Net debt to EBITDA — (2.47) 1.29

Dividend

Metric AVEX HAWK Aerospace & Defense median
Dividend yield — — 0.87%
Payout ratio — — 0.30

Size

Metric AVEX HAWK Aerospace & Defense median
Market cap 1.51b 1.43b 1.94b

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