CPI Aerostructures, Inc. (CVU) vs Starfighters Space, Inc. (FJET)

CPI Aerostructures, Inc. and Starfighters Space, Inc. are both Aerospace & Defense companies. Starfighters Space, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $99.0M against $68.4M — 1.4× the size. Starfighters Space, Inc. has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; CPI Aerostructures, Inc. trades at 17.5×. CPI Aerostructures, Inc. has the higher net margin (5.06% vs 0.00%) and the higher return on invested capital (8.14% vs −240.6%). Across the 13 metrics below, CPI Aerostructures, Inc. leads on 8 and Starfighters Space, Inc. on 5.

Valuation

Metric CVU FJET Aerospace & Defense median
P/E 17.52 n/m 33.00
P/S 0.89 n/m 3.63
P/B 2.33 2.87 3.24
Price to free cash flow n/m n/m 34.01
EV/EBITDA 13.24 n/m 18.69
EV/Sales 1.14 n/m 3.94
Earnings yield 5.71% (48.90%) 1.31%
Free cash flow yield (3.61%) (17.30%) 0.00%

Profitability

Metric CVU FJET Aerospace & Defense median
Gross margin 22.54% — 25.48%
Operating margin 8.18% 0.00% 4.54%
Net margin 5.06% 0.00% 2.22%
Free cash flow margin (3.22%) 0.00% 0.00%
Return on equity 14.37% 0.00% 6.43%
Return on assets 4.94% (170.19%) 2.70%
Return on invested capital 8.14% (240.57%) 1.56%

Growth

Metric CVU FJET Aerospace & Defense median
Revenue growth (TTM) 2.59% — 18.43%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (126.92%) (65.15%) —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR (7.70%) — 9.62%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% — 0.00%

Health

Metric CVU FJET Aerospace & Defense median
Debt to equity 0.68 0.01 0.24
Current ratio 1.97 11.94 2.72
Net debt to EBITDA 54.35 1.32 1.12

Dividend

Metric CVU FJET Aerospace & Defense median
Dividend yield — — 1.04%
Payout ratio 0.00 — 0.00

Size

Metric CVU FJET Aerospace & Defense median
Market cap 68.37m 98.99m 2.52b

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