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 $192.1M against $123.2M — 1.6× the size. China BAK Battery, Inc. has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; Espey Mfg. & Electronics Corp. trades at 16.6×. China BAK Battery, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 50.5% against −8.09%. Espey Mfg. & Electronics Corp. has the higher net margin (25.5% vs −7.43%) and the higher return on invested capital (68.9% vs −139.1%). Across the 20 metrics below, Espey Mfg. & Electronics Corp. leads on 12 and China BAK Battery, Inc. on 8.

Valuation

Metric CBAT ESP Electrical Equipment & Parts median
P/E n/m 16.62 36.10
P/S 0.49 4.33 2.73
P/B 1.09 3.24 3.57
Price to free cash flow 3.12 41.41 33.31
EV/EBITDA n/m 12.11 18.07
EV/Sales 0.24 3.23 2.75
Earnings yield (14.40%) 6.02% (5.84%)
Free cash flow yield 32.02% 2.41% 0.00%

Profitability

Metric CBAT ESP Electrical Equipment & Parts median
Gross margin 6.38% 36.52% 25.38%
Operating margin (11.00%) 25.45% 0.00%
Net margin (7.43%) 25.49% 0.00%
Free cash flow margin 16.04% 10.45% 0.00%
Return on equity (15.47%) 20.97% 0.94%
Return on assets (4.26%) 12.76% (1.50%)
Return on invested capital (139.05%) 68.89% 0.00%

Growth

Metric CBAT ESP Electrical Equipment & Parts median
Revenue growth (TTM) 50.51% (8.09%) 9.28%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (176.92%) 31.88% —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 29.95% 6.87% 9.80%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 47.57% 0.00%

Health

Metric CBAT ESP Electrical Equipment & Parts median
Debt to equity 0.08 0.00 0.08
Current ratio 0.65 2.28 2.18
Net debt to EBITDA 9.10 (5.08) 0.26

Dividend

Metric CBAT ESP Electrical Equipment & Parts median
Dividend yield — 2.21% 0.84%
Payout ratio 0.00 0.13 0.00

Size

Metric CBAT ESP Electrical Equipment & Parts median
Market cap 123.18m 192.08m 177.98m

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