Luxfer Holdings PLC (LXFR) vs Serve Robotics Inc. (SERV)

Luxfer Holdings PLC and Serve Robotics Inc. are both Specialty Industrial Machinery companies. Luxfer Holdings PLC is the larger, with a market value of $465.6M against $389.6M — 1.2× the size. Serve Robotics Inc. has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; Luxfer Holdings PLC trades at 57.5×. Serve Robotics Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 426.3% against −11.3%. Luxfer Holdings PLC has the higher net margin (2.22% vs −2,315.8%) and the higher return on invested capital (5.89% vs −103.6%). Across the 18 metrics below, Luxfer Holdings PLC leads on 12 and Serve Robotics Inc. on 6.

Valuation

Metric LXFR SERV Specialty Industrial Machinery median
P/E 57.50 n/m 29.62
P/S 1.28 45.87 2.77
P/B 2.07 1.02 3.04
Price to free cash flow 28.84 n/m 23.81
EV/EBITDA 14.43 n/m 16.05
EV/Sales 1.47 15.69 2.94
Earnings yield 1.74% (55.06%) 3.08%
Free cash flow yield 3.47% (47.39%) 3.12%

Profitability

Metric LXFR SERV Specialty Industrial Machinery median
Gross margin 24.82% (370.09%) 35.90%
Operating margin 6.99% (2,476.78%) 11.22%
Net margin 2.22% (2,315.81%) 7.80%
Free cash flow margin 4.66% (2,174.06%) 9.51%
Return on equity 3.48% (64.55%) 11.10%
Return on assets 2.03% (60.86%) 4.63%
Return on invested capital 5.89% (103.62%) 5.37%

Growth

Metric LXFR SERV Specialty Industrial Machinery median
Revenue growth (TTM) (11.27%) 426.31% 6.45%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (58.82%) (52.34%) —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 3.44% — 8.31%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR (17.38%) 0.00% 5.04%

Health

Metric LXFR SERV Specialty Industrial Machinery median
Debt to equity 0.26 0.00 0.35
Current ratio 2.33 12.83 2.11
Net debt to EBITDA 0.78 2.23 1.32

Dividend

Metric LXFR SERV Specialty Industrial Machinery median
Dividend yield 6.66% — 1.12%
Payout ratio 0.70 — 0.17

Size

Metric LXFR SERV Specialty Industrial Machinery median
Market cap 465.58m 389.63m 1.97b

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