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CompX International Inc. (CIX) vs CoreCivic, Inc. (CXW)

CompX International Inc. and CoreCivic, Inc. are both Security & Protection Services companies. CoreCivic, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $2.8B against $451.8M — 6.2× the size. CoreCivic, Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 1.8× against 19.2×. CoreCivic, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 26.9% against 4.32%. CoreCivic, Inc. has the higher net margin (54.6% vs 14.0%) and the lower return on invested capital (6.99% vs 19.7%). Across the 21 metrics below, CoreCivic, Inc. leads on 12 and CompX International Inc. on 9.

Valuation

Metric CIX CXW Security & Protection Services median
P/E 19.17 1.84 22.53
P/S 2.69 1.00 1.17
P/B 3.05 1.16 2.09
Price to free cash flow 18.88 n/m 19.49
EV/EBITDA 12.36 6.69 11.17
EV/Sales 2.35 1.02 1.97
Earnings yield 5.22% 54.49% 3.26%
Free cash flow yield 5.30% (14.59%) 1.46%

Profitability

Metric CIX CXW Security & Protection Services median
Gross margin 32.50% 22.18% 38.10%
Operating margin 16.89% 9.88% 9.80%
Net margin 13.95% 54.60% 2.88%
Free cash flow margin 14.26% (14.54%) 0.00%
Return on equity 16.30% 77.13% 8.74%
Return on assets 14.38% 42.58% 1.21%
Return on invested capital 19.68% 6.99% 1.98%

Growth

Metric CIX CXW Security & Protection Services median
Revenue growth (TTM) 4.32% 26.90% 7.23%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 17.04% 74.19% 35.69%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 6.68% 3.02% 7.09%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 13.54% 16.56% 0.00%

Health

Metric CIX CXW Security & Protection Services median
Debt to equity 0.00 0.27 0.20
Current ratio 5.39 2.41 1.92
Net debt to EBITDA (2.06) 3.16 1.55

Dividend

Metric CIX CXW Security & Protection Services median
Dividend yield 3.31% — 1.65%
Payout ratio 0.63 — 0.28

Size

Metric CIX CXW Security & Protection Services median
Market cap 451.77m 2.79b 408.73m

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