Enpro Inc. (NPO) vs X-Energy, Inc. (XE)

Enpro Inc. and X-Energy, Inc. are both Specialty Industrial Machinery companies. Enpro Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $5.5B against $3.7B — 1.5× the size. Enpro Inc. has the higher net margin (4.88% vs 0.00%) and the higher return on invested capital (5.98% vs −33.3%). Across the 12 metrics below, Enpro Inc. leads on 8 and X-Energy, Inc. on 4.

Valuation

Metric NPO XE Specialty Industrial Machinery median
P/E 87.41 — 25.64
P/S 4.26 18.03 2.81
P/B 3.37 1.21 2.99
Price to free cash flow 30.93 n/m 23.82
EV/EBITDA 19.30 n/m 15.15
EV/Sales 4.60 6.37 2.77
Earnings yield 1.14% — 3.07%
Free cash flow yield 3.23% (14.56%) 3.67%

Profitability

Metric NPO XE Specialty Industrial Machinery median
Gross margin 43.21% 100.00% 35.46%
Operating margin 15.35% (174.75%) 10.04%
Net margin 4.88% 0.00% 7.24%
Free cash flow margin 13.77% (262.42%) 9.04%
Return on equity 3.99% — 10.73%
Return on assets 2.47% 0.00% 4.51%
Return on invested capital 5.98% (33.28%) 5.00%

Growth

Metric NPO XE Specialty Industrial Machinery median
Revenue growth (TTM) 16.42% — 6.59%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (44.64%) — 5.97%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 7.40% — 8.53%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR (25.59%) — 6.58%

Health

Metric NPO XE Specialty Industrial Machinery median
Debt to equity 0.32 0.00 0.33
Current ratio 2.12 17.20 2.08
Net debt to EBITDA 2.04 — 1.32

Dividend

Metric NPO XE Specialty Industrial Machinery median
Dividend yield 0.49% — 1.11%
Payout ratio 0.43 — 0.31

Size

Metric NPO XE Specialty Industrial Machinery median
Market cap 5.45b 3.66b 2.19b

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