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Axon Enterprise, Inc (AXON) vs Woodward, Inc. (WWD)

Axon Enterprise, Inc and Woodward, Inc. are both Aerospace & Defense companies. Axon Enterprise, Inc is the larger, with a market value of $33.9B against $19.7B — 1.7× the size. Woodward, Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 35.5× against 157×. Axon Enterprise, Inc grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 34.6% against 22.4%. Woodward, Inc. has the higher net margin (13.2% vs 6.19%) and the higher return on invested capital (12.3% vs 0.32%). Across the 22 metrics below, Woodward, Inc. leads on 16 and Axon Enterprise, Inc on 6.

Valuation

Metric AXON WWD Aerospace & Defense median
P/E 157.38 35.52 31.81
P/S 9.77 4.66 3.55
P/B 8.56 7.90 2.59
Price to free cash flow 237.94 51.87 31.99
EV/EBITDA 243.98 26.29 18.08
EV/Sales 10.09 4.87 3.37
Earnings yield 0.64% 2.82% 1.38%
Free cash flow yield 0.42% 1.93% 0.21%

Profitability

Metric AXON WWD Aerospace & Defense median
Gross margin 59.41% 29.47% 25.48%
Operating margin 0.74% 15.64% 4.54%
Net margin 6.19% 13.17% 2.22%
Free cash flow margin 4.14% 8.98% 1.43%
Return on equity 6.22% 22.34% 6.43%
Return on assets 2.91% 11.14% 2.70%
Return on invested capital 0.32% 12.27% 1.56%

Growth

Metric AXON WWD Aerospace & Defense median
Revenue growth (TTM) 34.60% 22.35% 18.43%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (68.54%) 19.63% 24.27%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 32.48% 7.41% 9.73%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 12.96% 0.00%

Health

Metric AXON WWD Aerospace & Defense median
Debt to equity 0.47 0.54 0.24
Current ratio 2.15 1.65 2.72
Net debt to EBITDA (0.17) 0.63 1.12

Dividend

Metric AXON WWD Aerospace & Defense median
Dividend yield — 0.38% 0.90%
Payout ratio — 0.14 0.32

Size

Metric AXON WWD Aerospace & Defense median
Market cap 33.89b 19.68b 2.19b

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