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MetricAXONAXON ENTERPRISE, INC.HWMHowmet Aerospace Inc.TDGTransDigm Group INCHONAHoneywell Aerospace Inc.Median of the restexcluding AXON
TypeCompanyCompanyCompanyCompany
Price
$414.60▲ 12.00 (2.98%)
$211.63▼ 8.40 (3.82%)
$1141.74▲ 12.36 (1.09%)
$163.02▲ 0.56 (0.34%)
Health scoreComposite of profitability, growth, debt and accounting quality.6.0/109.0/107.0/107.3/107.3/10
Market value$33.26B$84.99B$64.30B$51.66B
Revenue$2.78B$8.25B$8.83B$17.40B
Profit$124.7M$1.51B$2.07B$1.78B
Revenue growthChange in sales versus the prior year.33.5%11.1%11.2%12.7%11.2%
Gross marginShare of sales left after the direct cost of producing them.59.7%34.2%60.1%34.8%34.8%
Operating marginShare of sales left after running the business, before interest and tax.-2.2%24.8%47.2%18.7%24.8%
Profit marginProfit kept from each dollar of sales.4.5%18.3%23.5%10.2%18.3%
Free cash flow marginCash left after capital spending, as a share of sales.2.7%17.3%20.6%18.4%18.4%
Return on equityProfit against the owners' stake in the company.3.8%28.2%-21.4%21.2%21.2%
Return on invested capital (approx.)Operating profit after tax against equity plus debt, less cash. Cash here excludes short-term investments, so this runs low for cash-rich companies.-1.3%21.9%19.4%30.1%21.9%
P/E ratioPrice paid per dollar of annual profit.266.78x56.36x31.00x29.02x31.00x
EV / EBITDA (approx.)Market value plus debt less cash, against operating profit before depreciation. Cash excludes short-term investments, so this runs high for cash-rich companies.1606.13x37.49x20.06x—28.77x
Price to book10.26x15.88x-6.64x6.15x6.15x
Debt to equityTotal liabilities compared with owners' stake.1.16x1.09x-3.36x1.09x1.09x
Piotroski F-ScoreNine checks of financial strength. Higher is stronger.5/98/97/95/87.0
Bankruptcy riskAltman Z-Score zone.safesafedistressnot reported

How AXON compares with the others

  • AXON's operating margin of -2.2% is lower than the median of the other companies selected (24.8%).
  • Its revenue grew faster than the median of the other companies selected: 33.5% against 11.2%.
  • It trades at a higher P/E than the median of the other companies selected: 266.8x against 31.0x.

Measured against the other companies entered, from each one's latest annual filing. A difference describes the companies; it does not rank them.