Stardust Power Inc. (SDST) vs Expion Energy, Inc. (XPON)

Stardust Power Inc. and Expion Energy, Inc. are both Electrical Equipment & Parts companies. Expion Energy, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $4.9M against $1.9M — 2.6× the size. Stardust Power Inc. has the higher net margin (0.00% vs −82.3%) and the higher return on invested capital (0.00% vs −205.3%). Across the 12 metrics below, Stardust Power Inc. leads on 7 and Expion Energy, Inc. on 5.

Valuation

Metric SDST XPON Electrical Equipment & Parts median
P/E n/m n/m 36.10
P/S n/m 0.54 2.73
P/B n/m 0.92 3.57
Price to free cash flow n/m n/m 33.31
EV/EBITDA n/m n/m 18.07
EV/Sales n/m 0.37 2.75
Earnings yield (1,590.91%) (221.97%) (5.84%)
Free cash flow yield (642.14%) (160.38%) 0.00%

Profitability

Metric SDST XPON Electrical Equipment & Parts median
Gross margin — 15.44% 25.38%
Operating margin 0.00% (137.39%) 0.00%
Net margin 0.00% (82.32%) 0.00%
Free cash flow margin 0.00% (86.82%) 0.00%
Return on equity 286.06% (196.30%) 0.94%
Return on assets (170.42%) (91.67%) (1.50%)
Return on invested capital 0.00% (205.30%) 0.00%

Growth

Metric SDST XPON Electrical Equipment & Parts median
Revenue growth (TTM) — (2.44%) 9.28%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 61.27% 94.63% —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR — 43.76% 9.80%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric SDST XPON Electrical Equipment & Parts median
Debt to equity (0.14) 0.03 0.08
Current ratio 0.06 5.55 2.18
Net debt to EBITDA 0.06 0.26 0.26

Dividend

Metric SDST XPON Electrical Equipment & Parts median
Dividend yield — — 0.84%
Payout ratio 0.00 0.00 0.00

Size

Metric SDST XPON Electrical Equipment & Parts median
Market cap 1.91m 4.89m 177.98m

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