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 $686.1M against $578.8M — 1.2× the size. Park Aerospace Corp. trades at the lower P/E: 36.5× against 56.3×. Park Aerospace Corp. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 27.7% against 7.64%. Park Aerospace Corp. has the higher net margin (18.4% vs 2.11%) and the higher return on invested capital (22.1% vs 2.04%). Both pay a dividend; Park Aerospace Corp. yields more (1.90% vs 1.01%). Across the 22 metrics below, Park Aerospace Corp. leads on 15 and Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. on 7.

Valuation

Metric PKE RGR Aerospace & Defense median
P/E 36.54 56.34 31.81
P/S 7.09 1.20 3.55
P/B 3.51 2.39 2.59
Price to free cash flow 49.93 21.41 31.99
EV/EBITDA 27.89 19.32 18.08
EV/Sales 6.53 1.00 3.37
Earnings yield 2.74% 1.78% 1.38%
Free cash flow yield 2.00% 4.67% 0.21%

Profitability

Metric PKE RGR Aerospace & Defense median
Gross margin 32.68% 18.70% 25.48%
Operating margin 21.06% 0.97% 4.54%
Net margin 18.43% 2.11% 2.22%
Free cash flow margin 14.21% 5.60% 1.43%
Return on equity 11.06% 4.20% 6.43%
Return on assets 10.19% 3.41% 2.70%
Return on invested capital 22.12% 2.04% 1.56%

Growth

Metric PKE RGR Aerospace & Defense median
Revenue growth (TTM) 27.71% 7.64% 18.43%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 93.10% (115.25%) 24.27%
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 0.24
Current ratio 22.75 3.35 2.72
Net debt to EBITDA (5.82) (8.75) 1.12

Dividend

Metric PKE RGR Aerospace & Defense median
Dividend yield 1.90% 1.01% 0.90%
Payout ratio 0.69 0.59 0.32

Size

Metric PKE RGR Aerospace & Defense median
Market cap 578.76m 686.11m 2.19b

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