Espey Mfg. & Electronics Corp. (ESP) vs Orion Energy Systems, Inc. (OESX)

Espey Mfg. & Electronics Corp. and Orion Energy Systems, Inc. are both Electrical Equipment & Parts companies. Espey Mfg. & Electronics Corp. is the larger, with a market value of $192.1M against $123.3M — 1.6× the size. Orion Energy Systems, Inc. has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; Espey Mfg. & Electronics Corp. trades at 16.6×. Orion Energy Systems, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 16.5% against −8.09%. Espey Mfg. & Electronics Corp. has the higher net margin (25.5% vs 0.04%) and the higher return on invested capital (68.9% vs 4.61%). Across the 21 metrics below, Espey Mfg. & Electronics Corp. leads on 17 and Orion Energy Systems, Inc. on 4.

Valuation

Metric ESP OESX Electrical Equipment & Parts median
P/E 16.62 n/m 36.10
P/S 4.33 1.34 2.73
P/B 3.24 6.62 3.57
Price to free cash flow 41.41 165.15 33.31
EV/EBITDA 12.11 42.10 18.07
EV/Sales 3.23 1.36 2.75
Earnings yield 6.02% (0.10%) (5.84%)
Free cash flow yield 2.41% 0.61% 0.00%

Profitability

Metric ESP OESX Electrical Equipment & Parts median
Gross margin 36.52% 33.63% 25.38%
Operating margin 25.45% 1.60% 0.00%
Net margin 25.49% 0.04% 0.00%
Free cash flow margin 10.45% 0.82% 0.00%
Return on equity 20.97% 0.27% 0.94%
Return on assets 12.76% 0.08% (1.50%)
Return on invested capital 68.89% 4.61% 0.00%

Growth

Metric ESP OESX Electrical Equipment & Parts median
Revenue growth (TTM) (8.09%) 16.48% 9.28%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 31.88% 75.28% —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 6.87% (5.88%) 9.80%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 47.57% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric ESP OESX Electrical Equipment & Parts median
Debt to equity 0.00 0.35 0.08
Current ratio 2.28 1.54 2.18
Net debt to EBITDA (5.08) 19.06 0.26

Dividend

Metric ESP OESX Electrical Equipment & Parts median
Dividend yield 2.21% — 0.84%
Payout ratio 0.13 0.00 0.00

Size

Metric ESP OESX Electrical Equipment & Parts median
Market cap 192.08m 123.25m 177.98m

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