Cadre Holdings, Inc. (CDRE) vs Intuitive Machines, Inc. (LUNR)

Cadre Holdings, Inc. and Intuitive Machines, Inc. are both Aerospace & Defense companies. Intuitive Machines, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $2.0B against $1.4B — 1.4× the size. Intuitive Machines, Inc. has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; Cadre Holdings, Inc. trades at 33.7×. Intuitive Machines, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 116.9% against 18.4%. Cadre Holdings, Inc. has the higher net margin (5.61% vs −26.8%) and the higher return on invested capital (7.36% vs 0.00%). Across the 16 metrics below, Cadre Holdings, Inc. leads on 12 and Intuitive Machines, Inc. on 4.

Valuation

Metric CDRE LUNR Aerospace & Defense median
P/E 33.67 n/m 29.42
P/S 1.92 3.47 3.05
P/B 3.83 n/m 2.91
Price to free cash flow 18.37 n/m 29.52
EV/EBITDA 15.76 n/m 17.23
EV/Sales 2.33 3.39 3.25
Earnings yield 2.97% (9.06%) 0.95%
Free cash flow yield 5.44% (11.04%) 0.00%

Profitability

Metric CDRE LUNR Aerospace & Defense median
Gross margin 42.04% 16.35% 26.41%
Operating margin 10.75% (27.51%) 3.69%
Net margin 5.61% (26.77%) 2.74%
Free cash flow margin 10.43% (38.31%) 0.73%
Return on equity 11.63% 39.21% 5.39%
Return on assets 4.79% (11.10%) 2.18%
Return on invested capital 7.36% 0.00% 0.64%

Growth

Metric CDRE LUNR Aerospace & Defense median
Revenue growth (TTM) 18.35% 116.89% 18.03%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 13.33% 84.23% 24.80%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 8.57% — 9.73%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 2.80% — 0.00%

Health

Metric CDRE LUNR Aerospace & Defense median
Debt to equity 1.01 (1.16) 0.18
Current ratio 2.35 1.66 2.85
Net debt to EBITDA 2.05 3.02 1.29

Dividend

Metric CDRE LUNR Aerospace & Defense median
Dividend yield 1.22% — 0.89%
Payout ratio 0.42 — 0.30

Size

Metric CDRE LUNR Aerospace & Defense median
Market cap 1.38b 1.97b 1.52b

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