Curtiss-Wright Corporation (CW) vs Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc. (HII)

Curtiss-Wright Corporation and Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc. are both Aerospace & Defense companies. Curtiss-Wright Corporation is the larger, with a market value of $16.0B against $11.4B — 1.4× the size. Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 15.6× against 29.0×. Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 12.6% against 10.7%. Curtiss-Wright Corporation has the higher net margin (14.9% vs 5.42%) and the higher return on invested capital (13.7% vs 6.27%). Both pay a dividend; Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc. yields more (1.91% vs 0.23%). Across the 23 metrics below, Curtiss-Wright Corporation leads on 15 and Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc. on 8.

Valuation

Metric CW HII Aerospace & Defense median
P/E 28.98 15.57 28.48
P/S 4.28 0.85 2.95
P/B 6.26 2.08 2.68
Price to free cash flow 25.72 35.00 31.70
EV/EBITDA 20.24 11.81 16.85
EV/Sales 4.47 1.02 2.74
Earnings yield 3.45% 6.42% 0.89%
Free cash flow yield 3.89% 2.86% 0.00%

Profitability

Metric CW HII Aerospace & Defense median
Gross margin 38.07% 12.72% 26.41%
Operating margin 18.94% 6.27% 3.69%
Net margin 14.86% 5.42% 2.74%
Free cash flow margin 18.96% 2.42% 0.00%
Return on equity 21.82% 13.99% 4.44%
Return on assets 10.60% 5.80% 1.90%
Return on invested capital 13.67% 6.27% 0.26%

Growth

Metric CW HII Aerospace & Defense median
Revenue growth (TTM) 10.71% 12.64% 18.03%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 21.99% 10.24% 24.80%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 7.91% 5.93% 9.73%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 19.18% (2.76%) 0.00%

Health

Metric CW HII Aerospace & Defense median
Debt to equity 0.37 0.49 0.20
Current ratio 1.42 1.26 2.85
Net debt to EBITDA 0.77 1.87 1.29

Dividend

Metric CW HII Aerospace & Defense median
Dividend yield 0.23% 1.91% 0.91%
Payout ratio 0.07 0.30 0.30

Size

Metric CW HII Aerospace & Defense median
Market cap 16.02b 11.40b 1.78b

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