Stocks · Industrials · Security & Protection Services
CompX International Inc. CIX
$37.40 +2.72% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · AMEX · Market cap $460.9M
Strong trendLow risk
Next earnings report: Nov 4, 2026
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Three things to know
- The shares trade at 21.0× trailing earnings, higher than 95% of the company's own readings over the past five years.
- The stock is in an uptrend: above its 200-day average for 91 trading days, with the 50-day average above the 200-day.
- Diluted EPS over the last four quarters was $1.78, up 17.9% year over year.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Industrials sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 42%
- EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Top 39%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Top 20%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRBottom 23%
- Revenue growth accelerationBottom 23%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalTop 16%
- Gross marginTop 40%
- Operating marginTop 20%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Bottom 20%
- Accruals (lower is better)Bottom 19%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 7%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldTop 21%
- Free-cash-flow yieldTop 31%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 31%
- Sales / enterprise valueBottom 43%
- P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Bottom 6%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthTop 17%
- 6-month returnTop 9%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Top 16%
- Distance from 52-week highTop 11%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Top 10%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Bottom 45%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsTop 45%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Top 14%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 7%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 7.0% | 6.0% | ↓ |
| EPS growth (YoY) | 11.6% | 17.9% | ↑ |
| Gross margin | 29.8% | 32.1% | ↑ |
| Operating margin | 13.4% | 16.3% | ↑ |
| FCF margin | 8.6% | 14.1% | ↑ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 6.0% | 7.0% | ↓ | Bottom 42% |
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | 17.9% | 11.6% | ↑ | Top 39% |
| Gross margin | 32.1% | 29.8% | ↑ | Top 40% |
| Operating margin | 16.3% | 13.4% | ↑ | Top 20% |
| Net margin | 13.6% | 12.2% | ↑ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 14.1% | 8.6% | ↑ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 13.6% | — | Top 16% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | -1.7% | — | Bottom 23% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 1.05×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -0.7%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 0.0%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- +9.7 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- -1.63×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 6.69%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 0.00%
- Shareholder yield
- 6.69%
- Share count change, 1 year
- +0.1%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- +0.1%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 4, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- +1.3%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 4 of 8
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 4, 2026 | — | -1.9% | +2.3% | +7.5% | — |
| May 5, 2026 | — | -0.0% | +1.5% | +4.6% | +22.3% |
| Mar 4, 2026 | — | +2.6% | -2.4% | -3.1% | +6.3% |
| Nov 5, 2025 | — | +1.3% | +0.5% | +1.8% | +5.5% |
| Aug 5, 2025 | — | +0.9% | +29.4% | +5.8% | -0.0% |
| May 6, 2025 | — | -1.0% | -3.3% | -6.9% | -12.9% |
| Mar 5, 2025 | — | -1.1% | -0.4% | -4.0% | +16.5% |
| Nov 6, 2024 | — | +9.4% | -9.4% | -8.1% | -20.2% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 4, 2026 | $0.59 | — | — | $43.6M |
| May 5, 2026 | $0.48 | — | — | $40.6M |
| Mar 4, 2026 | $0.38 | — | — | $37.7M |
| Nov 5, 2025 | $0.34 | — | — | $40.0M |
| Aug 5, 2025 | $0.44 | — | — | $40.4M |
| May 6, 2025 | $0.42 | — | — | $40.3M |
| Mar 5, 2025 | $0.37 | — | — | $38.4M |
| Nov 6, 2024 | $0.28 | — | — | $33.7M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 21.0× | 15.4× | 95th | Top 21% |
| EV / EBITDA | 12.7× | — | — | Top 31% |
| EV / Sales | 2.52× | — | — | Bottom 43% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 4.95% | — | — | Top 31% |
| Earnings yield | 4.76% | — | — | Top 21% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 10.5× – 22.1× since Jun 30, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
What moved the stock over the past year
- Price return, 1 year
- +56.7%
- Earnings per share growth (TTM)
- +17.9%
- Change in P/E multiple
- +7.2%
Most of the move came from earnings growth.
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✓ Price above 20-day average
- ✓ Price above 50-day average
- ✓ Price above 200-day average
- ✓ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✗ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 53
- Days above the 200-day average
- 91
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- +15.5%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- +6.0%
- Distance from 50-day average
- +12.5%
- Distance from 200-day average
- +41.9%
- RSI (14)
- 56.1
- Relative volume
- 0.49×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 47.9%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 53th percentile · Normal for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 0.63
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.19
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -3.9%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -47.7%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 21, 2024 | Apr 10, 2025 | -47.7% | 264 days | 357 days (Sep 14, 2026) |
| Aug 16, 2022 | Sep 28, 2022 | -42.5% | 30 days | 324 days (Jan 12, 2024) |
| Jan 12, 2024 | Feb 21, 2024 | -27.0% | 26 days | 9 days (Mar 5, 2024) |
| May 17, 2021 | Jul 30, 2021 | -24.3% | 52 days | 260 days (Aug 11, 2022) |
| Apr 26, 2021 | Apr 30, 2021 | -20.9% | 4 days | 10 days (May 14, 2021) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $460.9M
- P/E (TTM)
- 21.0
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $1.78
- Revenue (TTM)
- $161.8M
- Dividend yield
- 3.21%
- 52-week range
- $20.29 – $40.29
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $140.8M | $166.6M | $161.3M | $145.9M | $158.3M |
| Gross profit | $42.7M | $48.8M | $49.2M | $41.4M | $48.2M |
| Operating income | $20.5M | $25.4M | $25.4M | $17.0M | $22.6M |
| Net income | $16.6M | $20.9M | $22.6M | $16.6M | $19.5M |
| EPS (diluted) | $1.33 | $1.69 | $1.84 | $1.35 | $1.58 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $33.7M | $38.4M | $40.3M | $40.4M | $40.0M | $37.7M | $40.6M | $43.6M |
| Net income | $3.5M | $4.5M | $5.1M | $5.5M | $4.2M | $4.7M | $5.9M | $7.3M |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.28 | $0.37 | $0.42 | $0.44 | $0.34 | $0.38 | $0.47 | $0.59 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $10.5M | $16.9M | $25.8M | $22.9M | $22.9M |
| Capital expenditure | -$4.1M | -$3.7M | -$1.1M | -$1.4M | -$3.7M |
| Free cash flow | $6.4M | $13.2M | $24.7M | $21.5M | $19.1M |
| Dividends paid | -$9.9M | -$33.9M | -$12.3M | -$39.4M | -$27.1M |
| Net share buybacks | -$1.3M | -$1.7M | $0 | $0 | $0 |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $52.4M
- Total assets
- $161.5M
- Total liabilities
- $16.9M
- Total debt
- $0
- Net debt
- -$52.4M
- Shareholders’ equity
- $144.7M
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 4, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 3, 2026 | $0.30 | Sep 15, 2026 |
| Jun 4, 2026 | $0.30 | Jun 16, 2026 |
| Mar 16, 2026 | $0.30 | Mar 24, 2026 |
| Nov 21, 2025 | $0.30 | Dec 9, 2025 |
| Sep 5, 2025 | $0.30 | Sep 16, 2025 |
| Aug 18, 2025 | $1.00 | Aug 27, 2025 |
| Jun 9, 2025 | $0.30 | Jun 17, 2025 |
| Mar 17, 2025 | $0.30 | Mar 25, 2025 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 49,453
- Days to cover
- 2.43
- Change vs previous report
- +12.2%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.