CSW Industrials, Inc. (CSW) vs X-Energy, Inc. (XE)

CSW Industrials, Inc. and X-Energy, Inc. are both Specialty Industrial Machinery companies. CSW Industrials, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $4.5B against $3.7B — 1.2× the size. CSW Industrials, Inc. has the higher net margin (10.2% vs 0.00%) and the higher return on invested capital (7.19% vs −33.3%). Across the 12 metrics below, CSW Industrials, Inc. leads on 8 and X-Energy, Inc. on 4.

Valuation

Metric CSW XE Specialty Industrial Machinery median
P/E 35.20 — 25.64
P/S 3.59 18.03 2.81
P/B 4.02 1.21 2.99
Price to free cash flow 25.28 n/m 23.82
EV/EBITDA 17.85 n/m 15.15
EV/Sales 4.17 6.37 2.77
Earnings yield 2.84% — 3.07%
Free cash flow yield 3.96% (14.56%) 3.67%

Profitability

Metric CSW XE Specialty Industrial Machinery median
Gross margin 42.13% 100.00% 35.46%
Operating margin 16.93% (174.75%) 10.04%
Net margin 10.17% 0.00% 7.24%
Free cash flow margin 14.18% (262.42%) 9.04%
Return on equity 11.35% — 10.73%
Return on assets 6.63% 0.00% 4.51%
Return on invested capital 7.19% (33.28%) 5.00%

Growth

Metric CSW XE Specialty Industrial Machinery median
Revenue growth (TTM) 29.98% — 6.59%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (20.05%) — 5.97%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 20.89% — 8.53%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 22.82% — 6.58%

Health

Metric CSW XE Specialty Industrial Machinery median
Debt to equity 0.68 0.00 0.33
Current ratio 2.35 17.20 2.08
Net debt to EBITDA 3.53 — 1.32

Dividend

Metric CSW XE Specialty Industrial Machinery median
Dividend yield 0.42% — 1.11%
Payout ratio 0.15 — 0.31

Size

Metric CSW XE Specialty Industrial Machinery median
Market cap 4.51b 3.66b 2.19b

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