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

CPI Aerostructures, Inc. and Starfighters Space, Inc. are both Aerospace & Defense companies. CPI Aerostructures, Inc. and Starfighters Space, Inc. are of similar size ($69.3M and $65.9M). Starfighters Space, Inc. has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; CPI Aerostructures, Inc. trades at 17.0×. 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 7 and Starfighters Space, Inc. on 6.

Valuation

Metric CVU FJET Aerospace & Defense median
P/E 17.03 n/m 31.81
P/S 0.87 n/m 3.55
P/B 2.27 1.75 2.59
Price to free cash flow n/m n/m 31.99
EV/EBITDA 12.95 n/m 18.08
EV/Sales 1.11 n/m 3.37
Earnings yield 5.87% (80.18%) 1.38%
Free cash flow yield (3.72%) (28.36%) 0.21%

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% 1.43%
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%) 24.27%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR (4.59%) — 9.73%
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 — — 0.90%
Payout ratio — — 0.32

Size

Metric CVU FJET Aerospace & Defense median
Market cap 65.85m 69.29m 2.19b

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