Standex International Corporation (SXI) vs X-Energy, Inc. (XE)

Standex International Corporation and X-Energy, Inc. are both Specialty Industrial Machinery companies. X-Energy, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $3.7B against $2.8B — 1.3× the size. Standex International Corporation has the higher net margin (12.5% vs 0.00%) and the higher return on invested capital (10.8% vs −33.3%). Across the 12 metrics below, Standex International Corporation leads on 8 and X-Energy, Inc. on 4.

Valuation

Metric SXI XE Specialty Industrial Machinery median
P/E 24.77 — 25.64
P/S 3.11 18.03 2.81
P/B 3.63 1.21 2.99
Price to free cash flow 44.81 n/m 23.82
EV/EBITDA 13.28 n/m 15.15
EV/Sales 3.55 6.37 2.77
Earnings yield 4.04% — 3.07%
Free cash flow yield 2.23% (14.56%) 3.67%

Profitability

Metric SXI XE Specialty Industrial Machinery median
Gross margin 42.44% 100.00% 35.46%
Operating margin 22.54% (174.75%) 10.04%
Net margin 12.54% 0.00% 7.24%
Free cash flow margin 6.95% (262.42%) 9.04%
Return on equity 15.31% — 10.73%
Return on assets 7.35% 0.00% 4.51%
Return on invested capital 10.83% (33.28%) 5.00%

Growth

Metric SXI XE Specialty Industrial Machinery median
Revenue growth (TTM) 8.32% — 6.59%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 86.85% — 5.97%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 6.32% — 8.53%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 23.46% — 6.58%

Health

Metric SXI XE Specialty Industrial Machinery median
Debt to equity 0.67 0.00 0.33
Current ratio 3.19 17.20 2.08
Net debt to EBITDA 1.46 — 1.32

Dividend

Metric SXI XE Specialty Industrial Machinery median
Dividend yield 0.74% — 1.11%
Payout ratio 0.18 — 0.31

Size

Metric SXI XE Specialty Industrial Machinery median
Market cap 2.82b 3.66b 2.19b

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