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 $101.3M against $1.7M — 59.6× the size. KLX Energy Services Holdings, Inc. has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; Recon Technology, Ltd. trades at 2.8×. Recon Technology, Ltd. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 36.4% against 1.44%. Recon Technology, Ltd. has the higher net margin (28.2% vs −9.61%) and the higher return on invested capital (0.00% vs −2.82%). Across the 17 metrics below, Recon Technology, Ltd. leads on 13 and KLX Energy Services Holdings, Inc. on 4.

Valuation

Metric KLXE RCON Oil & Gas Equipment & Services median
P/E n/m 2.77 20.63
P/S 0.03 n/m 0.99
P/B 56.75 n/m 1.63
Price to free cash flow 6.14 n/m 13.24
EV/EBITDA 2.70 0.27 7.99
EV/Sales 0.34 (0.25) 1.25
Earnings yield (310.00%) 36.14% 3.85%
Free cash flow yield 16.30% (1,455,060.24%) 5.14%

Profitability

Metric KLXE RCON Oil & Gas Equipment & Services median
Gross margin 21.27% 25.29% 22.46%
Operating margin (1.38%) 0.00% 7.53%
Net margin (9.61%) 28.18% 4.60%
Free cash flow margin 0.57% 0.00% 4.05%
Return on equity 206.91% 0.00% 5.24%
Return on assets (17.37%) 0.00% 2.54%
Return on invested capital (2.82%) 0.00% 4.27%

Growth

Metric KLXE RCON Oil & Gas Equipment & Services median
Revenue growth (TTM) 1.44% 36.41% 4.65%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (25.99%) 69.78% (13.00%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 18.12% 16.89% 12.57%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric KLXE RCON Oil & Gas Equipment & Services median
Debt to equity 510.50 0.08 0.41
Current ratio 1.18 4.24 2.04
Net debt to EBITDA 3.88 0.19 1.12

Dividend

Metric KLXE RCON Oil & Gas Equipment & Services median
Dividend yield — — 1.44%
Payout ratio — — 0.35

Size

Metric KLXE RCON Oil & Gas Equipment & Services median
Market cap 101.32m 1.70m 1.34b

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