Franklin Electric Co., Inc. (FELE) vs X-Energy, Inc. (XE)

Franklin Electric Co., Inc. and X-Energy, Inc. are both Specialty Industrial Machinery companies. Franklin Electric Co., Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $4.2B against $3.7B — 1.2× the size. Franklin Electric Co., Inc. has the higher net margin (8.80% vs 0.00%) and the higher return on invested capital (9.45% vs −33.3%). Across the 12 metrics below, Franklin Electric Co., Inc. leads on 8 and X-Energy, Inc. on 4.

Valuation

Metric FELE XE Specialty Industrial Machinery median
P/E 21.25 — 25.64
P/S 1.87 18.03 2.81
P/B 2.93 1.21 2.99
Price to free cash flow 21.70 n/m 23.82
EV/EBITDA 13.27 n/m 15.15
EV/Sales 2.05 6.37 2.77
Earnings yield 4.71% — 3.07%
Free cash flow yield 4.61% (14.56%) 3.67%

Profitability

Metric FELE XE Specialty Industrial Machinery median
Gross margin 35.39% 100.00% 35.46%
Operating margin 12.36% (174.75%) 10.04%
Net margin 8.80% 0.00% 7.24%
Free cash flow margin 8.63% (262.42%) 9.04%
Return on equity 14.39% — 10.73%
Return on assets 8.60% 0.00% 4.51%
Return on invested capital 9.45% (33.28%) 5.00%

Growth

Metric FELE XE Specialty Industrial Machinery median
Revenue growth (TTM) 7.28% — 6.59%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (16.58%) — 5.97%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 11.31% — 8.53%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 7.98% — 6.58%

Health

Metric FELE XE Specialty Industrial Machinery median
Debt to equity 0.39 0.00 0.33
Current ratio 2.33 17.20 2.08
Net debt to EBITDA 0.20 — 1.32

Dividend

Metric FELE XE Specialty Industrial Machinery median
Dividend yield 1.17% — 1.11%
Payout ratio 0.25 — 0.31

Size

Metric FELE XE Specialty Industrial Machinery median
Market cap 4.24b 3.66b 2.19b

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