Castellum, Inc. (CTM) vs Hitek Global Inc. (HKIT)

Castellum, Inc. and Hitek Global Inc. are both Information Technology Services companies. Castellum, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $63.1M against $25.0M — 2.5× the size. Across the 10 metrics below, Castellum, Inc. leads on 5 and Hitek Global Inc. on 5.

Valuation

Metric CTM HKIT Information Technology Services median
P/E n/m — 14.63
P/S 1.08 — 1.13
P/B 1.66 n/m 2.10
Price to free cash flow 22.87 n/m 10.11
EV/EBITDA n/m n/m 8.56
EV/Sales 0.85 n/m 1.20
Earnings yield (3.40%) — 4.56%
Free cash flow yield 4.37% 0.00% 4.37%

Profitability

Metric CTM HKIT Information Technology Services median
Gross margin 35.30% — 31.05%
Operating margin (4.95%) — 3.30%
Net margin (4.32%) — 2.09%
Free cash flow margin 4.72% 0.00% 0.00%
Return on equity (7.07%) 0.00% 4.12%
Return on assets (5.61%) 0.00% 0.61%
Return on invested capital (8.99%) 0.00% 0.57%

Growth

Metric CTM HKIT Information Technology Services median
Revenue growth (TTM) 16.26% — 7.12%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 83.33% 119.68% —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 31.71% 2.40% 7.71%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% (36.09%) 0.00%

Health

Metric CTM HKIT Information Technology Services median
Debt to equity 0.00 0.00 0.45
Current ratio 4.71 8.23 1.66
Net debt to EBITDA 11.31 14.46 0.44

Dividend

Metric CTM HKIT Information Technology Services median
Dividend yield — — 1.21%
Payout ratio — — 0.00

Size

Metric CTM HKIT Information Technology Services median
Market cap 63.10m 25.00m 1.36b

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