HEICO CORPORATION vs Rocket Lab Corp, two Aerospace & Defense stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where HEI and RKLB diverge most: on operating margin, HEI reads 25.5% and RKLB reads -27.9%; on net margin, HEI reads 16.1% and RKLB reads -26.9%. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. What HEI's price implies is a somewhat stretched bet versus history (whole-company basis). The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | HEI | RKLB |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $350.90 | $81.08 |
| Market cap | $49.5B | $49.1B |
| Sector | Aerospace & Defense | Aerospace & Defense |
| Stage | Growth | Growth |
| P/E | 62.8 | — |
| P/B | 10.20 | 21.68 |
| P/S | 10.08 | 72.23 |
| EV/EBITDA | 36.3 | — |
| Revenue growth | +18.7% | +45.8% |
| Gross margin | — | 38.2% |
| Operating margin | 25.5% | -27.9% |
| Net margin | 16.1% | -26.9% |
| Return on equity | 16.3% | -8.1% |
| Return on assets | 8.2% | -6.5% |
| Return on invested capital | 18.7% | -7.8% |
| FCF yield | 1.9% | -0.6% |
| Dividend yield | 0.1% | — |
| Debt / equity | 0.00 | 0.02 |
| Current ratio | 2.92 | 4.47 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 7.44 | 6.25 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 8 / 9 | 2 / 9 |
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