Firefly Aerospace vs Karman
FLY and KRMN side by side. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How FLY and KRMN compare
Karman is the larger company, worth 1.3 times as much as Firefly Aerospace ($5.9B against $4.5B).
Firefly Aerospace grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (230% versus 56.3% for Karman).
Karman keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 7.5% compared with −88.4% at Firefly Aerospace.
Karman scores higher on the StockData Score (10 against 4 for Firefly Aerospace), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | FLY | KRMN |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $4.5B | $5.9B |
| Share price | $26.61 | $44.69 |
| Change, 1 year | 38.3% | −38.2% |
| Change, 5 years | 99.9% | – |
| Beta (5Y) | 3.67 | 1.54 |
| Employees | 1,409 | 1,400 |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 4 | 10 (better) |
| Valuation score | 0 | 0 |
| Growth score | 2 | 4 (better) |
| Performance score | 0 | 4 (better) |
| Health score | 2 | 2 |
| Dividend score | 0 | 0 |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | – | 115× |
| P/S | 12.1× | 8.8× (better) |
| P/B | – | 13.4× |
| EV/EBITDA | – | 39.5× |
| FCF yield | −7.9% | −0.13% (better) |
| Fair value | – | $12.60 |
| Margin of safety | – | −255% |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 230% (better) | 56.3% |
| Net income growth (TTM) | – | 345% |
| EPS growth (TTM) | – | 388% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 22.5% | 42.1% (better) |
| Operating margin | −103% | 16.3% (better) |
| Net margin | −88.4% | 7.5% (better) |
| FCF margin | −95.3% | −1.1% (better) |
| Return on equity | – | 12.4% |
| Return on invested capital | – | 10.3% |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | – | 1.94 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | – | 4.65 |
| Interest coverage | −65.1× | 1.9× (better) |
| Current ratio | 2.29 | 3.10 (better) |
| Altman Z-score | 4.69 (better) | 3.85 |
| Piotroski F-score | 6 | 6 |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Shareholder yield | 0.00% | 0.00% |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 56.7% | 93.8% |
| Held by insiders | 87.7% | 62.2% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$384M | −$9.2M (better) |
| Short interest, % of float | 62.7% | 38.6% |
Go deeper
- FLY stock overview
- FLY income statement
- FLY valuation and score
- KRMN stock overview
- KRMN income statement
- KRMN valuation and score
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