Gates Industrial Corporation PLC (GTES) vs X-Energy, Inc. (XE)

Gates Industrial Corporation PLC and X-Energy, Inc. are both Specialty Industrial Machinery companies. Gates Industrial Corporation PLC is the larger, with a market value of $5.9B against $3.7B — 1.6× the size. Gates Industrial Corporation PLC has the higher net margin (10.4% vs 0.00%) and the higher return on invested capital (5.56% vs −33.3%). Across the 12 metrics below, Gates Industrial Corporation PLC leads on 8 and X-Energy, Inc. on 4.

Valuation

Metric GTES XE Specialty Industrial Machinery median
P/E 16.34 — 25.64
P/S 1.69 18.03 2.81
P/B 1.52 1.21 2.99
Price to free cash flow 17.36 n/m 23.82
EV/EBITDA 10.57 n/m 15.15
EV/Sales 2.10 6.37 2.77
Earnings yield 6.12% — 3.07%
Free cash flow yield 5.76% (14.56%) 3.67%

Profitability

Metric GTES XE Specialty Industrial Machinery median
Gross margin 40.33% 100.00% 35.46%
Operating margin 13.54% (174.75%) 10.04%
Net margin 10.37% 0.00% 7.24%
Free cash flow margin 9.71% (262.42%) 9.04%
Return on equity 9.62% — 10.73%
Return on assets 5.05% 0.00% 4.51%
Return on invested capital 5.56% (33.28%) 5.00%

Growth

Metric GTES XE Specialty Industrial Machinery median
Revenue growth (TTM) 3.98% — 6.59%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 29.73% — 5.97%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 4.27% — 8.53%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 25.92% — 6.58%

Health

Metric GTES XE Specialty Industrial Machinery median
Debt to equity 0.58 0.00 0.33
Current ratio 3.41 17.20 2.08
Net debt to EBITDA 2.18 — 1.32

Dividend

Metric GTES XE Specialty Industrial Machinery median
Dividend yield — — 1.11%
Payout ratio — — 0.31

Size

Metric GTES XE Specialty Industrial Machinery median
Market cap 5.92b 3.66b 2.19b

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