CPI Aerostructures, Inc. (CVU) vs GrabAGun Digital Holdings Inc. (PEW)

CPI Aerostructures, Inc. and GrabAGun Digital Holdings Inc. are both Aerospace & Defense companies. CPI Aerostructures, Inc. and GrabAGun Digital Holdings Inc. are of similar size ($68.4M and $63.8M). GrabAGun Digital Holdings 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 −7.00%) and the higher return on invested capital (8.14% vs −51.1%). Across the 17 metrics below, CPI Aerostructures, Inc. leads on 10 and GrabAGun Digital Holdings Inc. on 7.

Valuation

Metric CVU PEW Aerospace & Defense median
P/E 17.52 n/m 33.00
P/S 0.89 0.63 3.63
P/B 2.33 0.62 3.24
Price to free cash flow n/m n/m 34.01
EV/EBITDA 13.24 2.62 18.69
EV/Sales 1.14 (0.26) 3.94
Earnings yield 5.71% (10.65%) 1.31%
Free cash flow yield (3.61%) (33.08%) 0.00%

Profitability

Metric CVU PEW Aerospace & Defense median
Gross margin 22.54% 12.60% 25.48%
Operating margin 8.18% (10.30%) 4.54%
Net margin 5.06% (7.00%) 2.22%
Free cash flow margin (3.22%) (20.73%) 0.00%
Return on equity 14.37% (13.79%) 6.43%
Return on assets 4.94% (11.62%) 2.70%
Return on invested capital 8.14% (51.12%) 1.56%

Growth

Metric CVU PEW Aerospace & Defense median
Revenue growth (TTM) 2.59% — 18.43%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (126.92%) (128.83%) —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR (7.70%) — 9.62%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% — 0.00%

Health

Metric CVU PEW Aerospace & Defense median
Debt to equity 0.68 0.07 0.24
Current ratio 1.97 9.42 2.72
Net debt to EBITDA 54.35 24.91 1.12

Dividend

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

Size

Metric CVU PEW Aerospace & Defense median
Market cap 68.37m 63.75m 2.52b

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