Planet Labs PBC (PL) vs StandardAero, Inc. (SARO)

Planet Labs PBC and StandardAero, Inc. are both Aerospace & Defense companies. StandardAero, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $7.0B against $5.3B — 1.3× the size. Planet Labs PBC has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; StandardAero, Inc. trades at 21.5×. Planet Labs PBC grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 44.1% against 12.6%. StandardAero, Inc. has the higher net margin (5.12% vs −95.1%) and the higher return on invested capital (7.63% vs −44.2%). Across the 18 metrics below, StandardAero, Inc. leads on 13 and Planet Labs PBC on 5.

Valuation

Metric PL SARO Aerospace & Defense median
P/E n/m 21.53 31.81
P/S 12.82 1.10 3.55
P/B 8.60 2.53 2.59
Price to free cash flow 244.11 33.88 31.99
EV/EBITDA n/m 11.34 18.08
EV/Sales 11.74 1.44 3.37
Earnings yield (8.15%) 4.65% 1.38%
Free cash flow yield 0.41% 2.95% 0.21%

Profitability

Metric PL SARO Aerospace & Defense median
Gross margin 55.42% 15.05% 25.48%
Operating margin (27.16%) 9.46% 4.54%
Net margin (95.13%) 5.12% 2.22%
Free cash flow margin 5.25% 3.24% 1.43%
Return on equity (71.97%) 12.30% 6.43%
Return on assets (33.83%) 4.86% 2.70%
Return on invested capital (44.19%) 7.63% 1.56%

Growth

Metric PL SARO Aerospace & Defense median
Revenue growth (TTM) 44.12% 12.56% 18.43%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (90.48%) 1,975.00% 24.27%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 22.15% — 9.73%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% — 0.00%

Health

Metric PL SARO Aerospace & Defense median
Debt to equity 0.79 0.84 0.24
Current ratio 2.84 2.13 2.72
Net debt to EBITDA 3.64 2.53 1.12

Dividend

Metric PL SARO Aerospace & Defense median
Dividend yield — — 0.90%
Payout ratio — — 0.32

Size

Metric PL SARO Aerospace & Defense median
Market cap 5.29b 6.95b 2.19b

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