Innovative Solutions and Support, Inc. (IA) vs Park Aerospace Corp. (PKE)

Innovative Solutions and Support, Inc. and Park Aerospace Corp. are both Aerospace & Defense companies. Park Aerospace Corp. is the larger, with a market value of $498.3M against $324.3M — 1.5× the size. Innovative Solutions and Support, Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 17.0× against 31.4×. Park Aerospace Corp. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 27.7% against 20.3%. Innovative Solutions and Support, Inc. has the higher net margin (20.5% vs 18.4%) and the lower return on invested capital (13.2% vs 22.1%). Across the 22 metrics below, Innovative Solutions and Support, Inc. leads on 16 and Park Aerospace Corp. on 6.

Valuation

Metric IA PKE Aerospace & Defense median
P/E 16.99 31.36 28.48
P/S 3.49 6.09 2.95
P/B 4.21 3.02 2.68
Price to free cash flow 22.75 42.85 31.70
EV/EBITDA 12.36 23.59 16.85
EV/Sales 3.96 5.52 2.74
Earnings yield 5.89% 3.19% 0.89%
Free cash flow yield 4.40% 2.33% 0.00%

Profitability

Metric IA PKE Aerospace & Defense median
Gross margin 54.94% 32.68% 26.41%
Operating margin 27.37% 21.06% 3.69%
Net margin 20.50% 18.43% 2.74%
Free cash flow margin 15.34% 14.21% 0.00%
Return on equity 28.50% 11.06% 4.44%
Return on assets 15.93% 10.19% 1.90%
Return on invested capital 13.19% 22.12% 0.26%

Growth

Metric IA PKE Aerospace & Defense median
Revenue growth (TTM) 20.30% 27.71% 18.03%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 120.00% 93.10% 24.80%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 31.31% 9.64% 9.73%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 36.73% 18.30% 0.00%

Health

Metric IA PKE Aerospace & Defense median
Debt to equity 0.70 0.00 0.20
Current ratio 2.97 22.75 2.85
Net debt to EBITDA 0.90 (5.82) 1.29

Dividend

Metric IA PKE Aerospace & Defense median
Dividend yield — 2.21% 0.91%
Payout ratio — 0.69 0.30

Size

Metric IA PKE Aerospace & Defense median
Market cap 324.34m 498.34m 1.78b

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