The Middleby Corporation (MIDD) vs X-Energy, Inc. (XE)

The Middleby Corporation and X-Energy, Inc. are both Specialty Industrial Machinery companies. The Middleby Corporation is the larger, with a market value of $5.9B against $3.7B — 1.6× the size. X-Energy, Inc. has the higher net margin (0.00% vs −13.9%) and the lower return on invested capital (−33.3% vs 8.97%). Across the 12 metrics below, The Middleby Corporation leads on 6 and X-Energy, Inc. on 6.

Valuation

Metric MIDD XE Specialty Industrial Machinery median
P/E n/m — 25.64
P/S 1.74 18.03 2.81
P/B 2.67 1.21 2.99
Price to free cash flow 12.25 n/m 23.82
EV/EBITDA 11.30 n/m 15.15
EV/Sales 2.28 6.37 2.77
Earnings yield (7.12%) — 3.07%
Free cash flow yield 8.16% (14.56%) 3.67%

Profitability

Metric MIDD XE Specialty Industrial Machinery median
Gross margin 38.40% 100.00% 35.46%
Operating margin 17.07% (174.75%) 10.04%
Net margin (13.91%) 0.00% 7.24%
Free cash flow margin 14.22% (262.42%) 9.04%
Return on equity (16.16%) — 10.73%
Return on assets (7.42%) 0.00% 4.51%
Return on invested capital 8.97% (33.28%) 5.00%

Growth

Metric MIDD XE Specialty Industrial Machinery median
Revenue growth (TTM) 8.43% — 6.59%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (167.34%) — 5.97%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 4.96% — 8.53%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% — 6.58%

Health

Metric MIDD XE Specialty Industrial Machinery median
Debt to equity 0.90 0.00 0.33
Current ratio 1.99 17.20 2.08
Net debt to EBITDA 2.87 — 1.32

Dividend

Metric MIDD XE Specialty Industrial Machinery median
Dividend yield — — 1.11%
Payout ratio — — 0.31

Size

Metric MIDD XE Specialty Industrial Machinery median
Market cap 5.89b 3.66b 2.19b

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