Park Aerospace Corp. (PKE) vs Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. (RGR)

Park Aerospace Corp. and Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. are both Aerospace & Defense companies. Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $790.9M against $498.3M — 1.6× the size. Park Aerospace Corp. trades at the lower P/E: 31.4× against 47.8×. Park Aerospace Corp. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 27.7% against 10.6%. Park Aerospace Corp. has the higher net margin (18.4% vs 2.74%) and the higher return on invested capital (22.1% vs 4.91%). Both pay a dividend; Park Aerospace Corp. yields more (2.21% vs 0.89%). Across the 22 metrics below, Park Aerospace Corp. leads on 17 and Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. on 5.

Valuation

Metric PKE RGR Aerospace & Defense median
P/E 31.36 47.79 28.48
P/S 6.09 1.31 2.95
P/B 3.02 2.68 2.68
Price to free cash flow 42.85 62.24 31.70
EV/EBITDA 23.59 17.52 16.85
EV/Sales 5.52 1.14 2.74
Earnings yield 3.19% 2.09% 0.89%
Free cash flow yield 2.33% 1.61% 0.00%

Profitability

Metric PKE RGR Aerospace & Defense median
Gross margin 32.68% 19.95% 26.41%
Operating margin 21.06% 2.52% 3.69%
Net margin 18.43% 2.74% 2.74%
Free cash flow margin 14.21% 2.11% 0.00%
Return on equity 11.06% 5.73% 4.44%
Return on assets 10.19% 4.53% 1.90%
Return on invested capital 22.12% 4.91% 0.26%

Growth

Metric PKE RGR Aerospace & Defense median
Revenue growth (TTM) 27.71% 10.60% 18.03%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 93.10% (115.25%) 24.80%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 9.64% (0.82%) 9.73%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 18.30% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric PKE RGR Aerospace & Defense median
Debt to equity 0.00 0.00 0.20
Current ratio 22.75 3.02 2.85
Net debt to EBITDA (5.82) (8.75) 1.29

Dividend

Metric PKE RGR Aerospace & Defense median
Dividend yield 2.21% 0.89% 0.91%
Payout ratio 0.69 0.44 0.30

Size

Metric PKE RGR Aerospace & Defense median
Market cap 498.34m 790.92m 1.78b

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