HawkEye 360 Inc. (HAWK) vs National Presto Industries, Inc. (NPK)

HawkEye 360 Inc. and National Presto Industries, Inc. are both Aerospace & Defense companies. HawkEye 360 Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $1.4B against $1.1B — 1.3× the size. HawkEye 360 Inc. has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; National Presto Industries, Inc. trades at 25.3×. National Presto Industries, Inc. has the higher net margin (7.86% vs −10.7%) and the higher return on invested capital (8.31% vs −3.95%). Across the 16 metrics below, National Presto Industries, Inc. leads on 11 and HawkEye 360 Inc. on 5.

Valuation

Metric HAWK NPK Aerospace & Defense median
P/E n/m 25.35 31.60
P/S 5.99 1.99 3.36
P/B 1.13 2.64 2.99
Price to free cash flow n/m 36.54 33.23
EV/EBITDA 32.07 18.39 19.00
EV/Sales 2.93 1.96 3.37
Earnings yield (8.95%) 3.94% 0.90%
Free cash flow yield (1.56%) 2.74% 0.00%

Profitability

Metric HAWK NPK Aerospace & Defense median
Gross margin 66.22% 16.47% 25.95%
Operating margin (12.35%) 9.64% 1.21%
Net margin (10.67%) 7.86% 2.11%
Free cash flow margin (9.35%) 5.68% 0.00%
Return on equity 0.00% 10.90% 2.67%
Return on assets 0.00% 8.82% 1.90%
Return on invested capital (3.95%) 8.31% 0.25%

Growth

Metric HAWK NPK Aerospace & Defense median
Revenue growth (TTM) — 20.88% 18.25%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 104.17% (20.45%) 24.80%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR — 7.38% 9.73%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR — (6.76%) 0.00%

Health

Metric HAWK NPK Aerospace & Defense median
Debt to equity 0.00 0.00 0.18
Current ratio 9.80 5.22 2.85
Net debt to EBITDA (2.47) (0.08) 1.29

Dividend

Metric HAWK NPK Aerospace & Defense median
Dividend yield — 0.66% 0.87%
Payout ratio — 0.17 0.30

Size

Metric HAWK NPK Aerospace & Defense median
Market cap 1.43b 1.08b 1.94b

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