KLX Energy Services Holdings, Inc. (KLXE) vs Recon Technology, Ltd. (RCON)

KLX Energy Services Holdings, Inc. and Recon Technology, Ltd. are both Oil & Gas Equipment & Services companies. KLX Energy Services Holdings, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $139.5M against $2.2M — 64.0× the size. KLX Energy Services Holdings, Inc. has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; Recon Technology, Ltd. trades at 3.3×. Recon Technology, Ltd. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 36.4% against −4.76%. Recon Technology, Ltd. has the higher net margin (28.2% vs −9.71%) and the higher return on invested capital (0.00% vs −4.43%). Across the 17 metrics below, Recon Technology, Ltd. leads on 12 and KLX Energy Services Holdings, Inc. on 5.

Valuation

Metric KLXE RCON Oil & Gas Equipment & Services median
P/E n/m 3.30 22.50
P/S 0.04 n/m 1.17
P/B n/m n/m 1.82
Price to free cash flow 2.00 n/m 13.72
EV/EBITDA 3.96 0.27 8.68
EV/Sales 0.51 (0.25) 1.34
Earnings yield (239.39%) 30.30% 3.94%
Free cash flow yield 49.89% (1,219,898.99%) 5.66%

Profitability

Metric KLXE RCON Oil & Gas Equipment & Services median
Gross margin 21.00% 25.29% 23.26%
Operating margin (2.19%) 0.00% 9.34%
Net margin (9.71%) 28.18% 4.69%
Free cash flow margin 2.12% 0.00% 5.35%
Return on equity 82.49% 0.00% 4.92%
Return on assets (16.64%) 0.00% 2.37%
Return on invested capital (4.43%) 0.00% 4.32%

Growth

Metric KLXE RCON Oil & Gas Equipment & Services median
Revenue growth (TTM) (4.76%) 36.41% 6.08%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (25.99%) 69.78% (13.00%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 18.12% 16.89% 14.44%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric KLXE RCON Oil & Gas Equipment & Services median
Debt to equity (2.99) 0.08 0.46
Current ratio 1.18 4.24 2.07
Net debt to EBITDA 3.88 0.19 0.75

Dividend

Metric KLXE RCON Oil & Gas Equipment & Services median
Dividend yield — — 1.51%
Payout ratio — — 0.38

Size

Metric KLXE RCON Oil & Gas Equipment & Services median
Market cap 139.50m 2.18m 1.63b

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