CompX International Valuation

Is CIX undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

3/6

Valuation Score 3/6

Below Fair Value
Significantly Below Fair Value
Price-To-Earnings vs Peers
Price-To-Earnings vs Industry
Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio
Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of CIX when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: CIX ($27.98) is trading below our estimate of fair value ($118.24)

Significantly Below Fair Value: CIX is trading below fair value by more than 20%.

Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for CIX?

Key metric: As CIX is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for CIX. This is calculated by dividing CIX's market cap by their current earnings.
What is CIX's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio	18.4x
Earnings	US$18.77m
Market Cap	US$351.82m

CIX key valuation metrics and ratios. From Price to Earnings, Price to Sales and Price to Book to Price to Earnings Growth Ratio, Enterprise Value and EBITDA.
Key Statistics
Enterprise Value/Revenue	1.9x
Enterprise Value/EBITDA	12.5x
PEG Ratio	n/a

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does CIX's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for CIX vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
Company	Forward PE	Estimated Growth	Market Cap
Peer Average	12.2x
NL NL Industries	6.6x	n/a	US$378.1m
YIBO Planet Image International	24.8x	n/a	US$198.8m
VIRC Virco Mfg	9.4x	2.2%	US$253.3m
ACU Acme United	7.8x	-15.5%	US$153.6m
CIX CompX International	18.4x	n/a	US$351.8m

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: CIX is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (18.4x) compared to the peer average (12.2x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does CIX's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the US Commercial Services Industry?

4 Companies	Price / Earnings	Estimated Growth	Market Cap
PGTK Pacific Green Technologies	3.9x	n/a	US$31.27m
OMEX Odyssey Marine Exploration	0.7x	n/a	US$8.30m
DGWR Deep Green Waste & Recycling	0.9x	n/a	US$557.97k
IGOT Fomo Worldwide	0.00007x	n/a	US$112.00

No more companies available in this PE range

4 Companies		Estimated Growth	Market Cap

No more companies

Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: CIX is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (18.4x) compared to the US Commercial Services industry average (30.6x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is CIX's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

CIX PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio	18.4x
Fair PE Ratio	n/a

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: Insufficient data to calculate CIX's Price-To-Earnings Fair Ratio for valuation analysis.

Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

Analyst Forecast: Insufficient data to show price forecast.