Ducommun Incorporated (DCO) vs Intuitive Machines, Inc. (LUNR)

Ducommun Incorporated and Intuitive Machines, Inc. are both Aerospace & Defense companies. Intuitive Machines, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $3.7B against $2.6B — 1.4× the size. Intuitive Machines, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 116.9% against 9.24%. Ducommun Incorporated has the higher net margin (−2.45% vs −26.8%) and the lower return on invested capital (−0.97% vs 0.00%). Across the 16 metrics below, Ducommun Incorporated leads on 11 and Intuitive Machines, Inc. on 5.

Valuation

Metric DCO LUNR Aerospace & Defense median
P/E n/m n/m 33.00
P/S 3.01 5.17 3.63
P/B 3.77 n/m 3.24
Price to free cash flow n/m n/m 34.01
EV/EBITDA 147.97 n/m 18.69
EV/Sales 3.29 5.08 3.94
Earnings yield (0.83%) (6.09%) 1.31%
Free cash flow yield (0.93%) (7.42%) 0.00%

Profitability

Metric DCO LUNR Aerospace & Defense median
Gross margin 27.43% 16.35% 25.48%
Operating margin (1.66%) (27.51%) 4.54%
Net margin (2.45%) (26.77%) 2.22%
Free cash flow margin (2.81%) (38.31%) 0.00%
Return on equity (3.03%) 39.21% 6.43%
Return on assets (1.79%) (11.10%) 2.70%
Return on invested capital (0.97%) 0.00% 1.56%

Growth

Metric DCO LUNR Aerospace & Defense median
Revenue growth (TTM) 9.24% 116.89% 18.43%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (257.21%) 84.23% —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 5.57% — 9.62%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% — 0.00%

Health

Metric DCO LUNR Aerospace & Defense median
Debt to equity 0.40 (1.16) 0.24
Current ratio 3.36 1.66 2.72
Net debt to EBITDA (124.40) 3.02 1.12

Dividend

Metric DCO LUNR Aerospace & Defense median
Dividend yield — — 1.04%
Payout ratio 0.00 — 0.00

Size

Metric DCO LUNR Aerospace & Defense median
Market cap 2.64b 3.66b 2.52b

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