China BAK Battery, Inc. (CBAT) vs Espey Mfg. & Electronics Corp. (ESP)

China BAK Battery, Inc. and Espey Mfg. & Electronics Corp. are both Electrical Equipment & Parts companies. Espey Mfg. & Electronics Corp. is the larger, with a market value of $171.0M against $101.1M — 1.7× the size. China BAK Battery, Inc. has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; Espey Mfg. & Electronics Corp. trades at 13.8×. China BAK Battery, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 50.5% against 4.95%. Espey Mfg. & Electronics Corp. has the higher net margin (24.2% vs −7.43%) and the higher return on invested capital (47.9% vs −139.1%). Across the 19 metrics below, Espey Mfg. & Electronics Corp. leads on 11 and China BAK Battery, Inc. on 8.

Valuation

Metric CBAT ESP Electrical Equipment & Parts median
P/E n/m 13.79 31.20
P/S 0.40 3.34 2.28
P/B 0.90 2.54 3.19
Price to free cash flow 2.57 59.52 27.15
EV/EBITDA n/m 8.96 15.80
EV/Sales 0.06 2.35 2.38
Earnings yield (17.48%) 7.25% (5.87%)
Free cash flow yield 38.86% 1.68% 0.00%

Profitability

Metric CBAT ESP Electrical Equipment & Parts median
Gross margin 6.38% 35.30% 25.38%
Operating margin (11.00%) 25.14% 0.00%
Net margin (7.43%) 24.24% 0.00%
Free cash flow margin 16.04% 5.61% 0.00%
Return on equity (15.47%) 20.07% 0.14%
Return on assets (4.26%) 12.68% (1.50%)
Return on invested capital (139.05%) 47.90% 0.00%

Growth

Metric CBAT ESP Electrical Equipment & Parts median
Revenue growth (TTM) 50.51% 4.95% 7.92%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (176.92%) 28.81% 27.37%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 39.04% 10.71% 9.92%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric CBAT ESP Electrical Equipment & Parts median
Debt to equity 0.08 0.00 0.16
Current ratio 0.65 2.50 2.31
Net debt to EBITDA 9.10 (3.75) 0.26

Dividend

Metric CBAT ESP Electrical Equipment & Parts median
Dividend yield — 1.80% 0.48%
Payout ratio — 0.26 0.10

Size

Metric CBAT ESP Electrical Equipment & Parts median
Market cap 101.06m 171.04m 157.22m

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