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Employees: 549
Size CompX International (CIX) is a United States Industrials company (Metal Fabrication) with a market value of $477M, the 2731st largest of 3,117 United States companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at $38.70 on 6 Nov 2026.
Performance Over six months the shares gained 63.0%, against -20.7% for the median peer and -1.1% for the United States market (cap-weighted) — highest of 20 in its peer set.
Growth Revenue grew 6.0% over the last twelve months (peer median +2.5%); the operating margin is 16.3% (peer median 6.2%).
Valuation It trades at 2.6× enterprise value to sales against a peer median of 2.2× (8th most expensive of 21).
Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 7% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +7%, so the hurdle is -0 pp: the price already allows for a slowdown.
Capital Return on invested capital runs 13.2 points above its cost of capital (9.2% WACC).
Short interest Short interest is 0.9% of the free float (15 Oct 2026).
| TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $162M | $158M | $146M | $161M | $167M |
| Revenue growth | — | +8% | -10% | -3% | — |
| Gross profit | $51.9M | $48.2M | $41.4M | $49.2M | $48.8M |
| EBITDA | $29.9M | $26.3M | $20.7M | $29.4M | $29.4M |
| Net income | $22.0M | $19.5M | $16.6M | $22.6M | $20.9M |
| Free cash flow | $21.2M | $19.1M | $21.5M | $24.7M | $13.2M |
| Capital expenditure | $3.10M | $3.75M | $1.43M | $1.13M | $3.69M |
| Total debt | $1.00M | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
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| Measure | CIX | Peer median | Rank in peer set |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-month return | -2.0% | -11.5% | 5th highest of 21 |
| 6-month return | +63.0% | -20.7% | highest of 20 |
| Distance from 52-week high | -4.0% | -36.2% | 2nd highest of 21 |
| Revenue growth (TTM) | +6.0% | +2.5% | 10th highest of 21 |
| Operating margin | 16.3% | 6.2% | 3rd highest of 21 |
| EV / Sales | 2.6× | 2.2× | 8th most expensive of 21 |
| Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs) | 6.6% | 5.6% | 6th least demanding of 11 |
| Growth delivered (Del g) | +6.7% | +6.8% | 6th highest of 11 |
| Hurdle (Req g minus delivered) | -0.0 pp | -3.4 pp | 4th most demanding of 11 |
| ROIC minus cost of capital | +13.2 pp | -0.6 pp | highest of 21 |
| EV / EBITDA | 14.2× | 10.0× | 4th most expensive of 11 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | -1.7× | 0.2× | 3rd least indebted of 12 |
| Company | Market | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | EV / Sales | Req g | Delivered g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CompX International CIX | United States | $477M | +63% | +6% | 16% | 2.6× | 6.6% | +6.7% |
| Oiles 6282.T | Japan | $473M | -5% | +1% | 10% | 0.8× | -5.7% | +5.4% |
| Ryobi 5851.T | Japan | $486M | -5% | +3% | 4% | 0.4× | 4.3% | +12.6% |
| San Shing Fastech 5007.TW | Taiwan | $500M | -3% | -4% | 18% | 2.4× | -5.1% | +4.1% |
| CMR Green Technologies CMRGREEN.NS | India | $502M | n/a | +29% | 4% | 0.6× | n/a | n/a |
| Guangdong Yangshan United Precision Manufacturing 001268.SZ | China | $445M | -28% | -14% | -5% | 5.3× | n/a | n/a |
| Insteel Industries IIIN | United States | $518M | -1% | +14% | 5% | 0.7× | 1.4% | +4.6% |
| Harsha Engineers International HARSHA.NS | India | $440M | +4% | +20% | 12% | 2.4× | n/a | n/a |
| Suzhou Xianglou New Material 301160.SZ | China | $519M | -22% | +2% | 13% | 2.2× | 14.3% | +16.2% |
| Hunan Huamin 300345.SZ | China | $521M | -8% | -17% | -25% | 4.7× | n/a | n/a |
| Shenzhen Zhilai Sci & Tech 300771.SZ | China | $437M | -28% | +10% | 6% | 2.2× | 6.9% | -10.4% |
| SF Oilless Bearing 300817.SZ | China | $524M | -21% | +25% | 8% | 3.2× | n/a | n/a |
| Qingdao Huijintong Power Equipment 603577.SS | China | $431M | -23% | -16% | 4% | 1.6× | 13.1% | +16.7% |
| Shanghai Yongmaotai Automotive Technology 605208.SS | China | $537M | -26% | +13% | 1% | 1.0× | n/a | n/a |
| SUNG KWANG BEND 014620.KS | South Korea | $421M | -54% | +10% | 15% | 1.8× | -5.0% | +6.3% |
| Nippon Thompson 6480.T | Japan | $553M | +12% | +21% | 9% | 1.3× | 14.5% | +7.3% |
| HangZhou Radical Energy Saving Technology 300652.SZ | China | $554M | -30% | -13% | 10% | 4.0× | n/a | n/a |
| Rolex Rings ROLEXRINGS.NS | India | $558M | +36% | +2% | 17% | 4.6× | 27.0% | +13.2% |
| Jiangsu Tongli Tianqi Technology 605286.SS | China | $559M | -46% | -23% | -14% | 3.5× | n/a | n/a |
| Shenzhen Pacific Union Precision Manufacturing 688210.SS | China | $565M | -48% | -16% | -14% | 5.8× | n/a | n/a |
| ALCONIX 3036.T | Japan | $566M | +19% | +18% | 6% | 0.6× | n/a | n/a |