AEVEX Corp. (AVEX) vs Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. (RGR)

AEVEX Corp. and Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. are both Aerospace & Defense companies. AEVEX Corp. is the larger, with a market value of $1.3B against $797.8M — 1.6× the size. Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. has the higher net margin (2.74% vs −3.02%) and the higher return on invested capital (4.91% vs 0.00%). Across the 13 metrics below, AEVEX Corp. leads on 7 and Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. on 6.

Valuation

Metric AVEX RGR Aerospace & Defense median
P/E — 48.30 29.42
P/S 0.94 1.33 3.05
P/B n/m 2.72 2.91
Price to free cash flow n/m 28.83 29.52
EV/EBITDA 9.71 17.81 17.23
EV/Sales 0.74 1.16 3.25
Earnings yield — 2.07% 0.95%
Free cash flow yield (4.92%) 3.47% 0.00%

Profitability

Metric AVEX RGR Aerospace & Defense median
Gross margin 21.92% 19.95% 26.41%
Operating margin 3.69% 2.52% 3.69%
Net margin (3.02%) 2.74% 2.74%
Free cash flow margin (4.62%) 4.62% 0.73%
Return on equity 0.00% 5.73% 5.39%
Return on assets (3.65%) 4.53% 2.18%
Return on invested capital 0.00% 4.91% 0.64%

Growth

Metric AVEX RGR Aerospace & Defense median
Revenue growth (TTM) — 10.60% 18.03%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) — (115.25%) 24.80%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR — (0.82%) 9.73%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR — 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric AVEX RGR Aerospace & Defense median
Debt to equity (0.19) 0.00 0.18
Current ratio 5.66 3.02 2.85
Net debt to EBITDA — (8.75) 1.29

Dividend

Metric AVEX RGR Aerospace & Defense median
Dividend yield — 0.88% 0.89%
Payout ratio — 0.44 0.30

Size

Metric AVEX RGR Aerospace & Defense median
Market cap 1.29b 797.79m 1.52b

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