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SCI Engineered Materials, Inc.
SCIA
$33M
Mkt Cap
$7.10
-1.93%
SCI Engineered Materials, Inc. (SCIA) has a current P/E ratio of 18.7, compared to its historical median P/E of 11.0. The stock is currently considered Expensive based on its historical valuation range.
SCI Engineered Materials, Inc. (SCIA) has a 5-year average return on invested capital (ROIC) of 38.7%. This indicates strong capital allocation and a potential competitive advantage.
SCI Engineered Materials, Inc. (SCIA) has a market capitalization of $33M. It is classified as a small-cap stock.
SCI Engineered Materials, Inc. (SCIA) does not currently pay a regular dividend. However, the company returns capital to shareholders through share buybacks, with a buyback yield of 1.54%.
Based on historical P/E analysis, SCI Engineered Materials, Inc. (SCIA) appears expensive. The current P/E of 18.7 is 70% above its historical median of 11.0. The estimated fair value CAGR (P/E method) is 18.4%.
SCI Engineered Materials, Inc. (SCIA) operates in the Electrical Industrial Apparatus industry, within the Industrials sector.
SCI Engineered Materials, Inc. (“SCI”, “our”,“we” or the “Company”), an Ohio corporation, was incorporated in 1987. We operate in one segment as a global supplier and manufacturer of advanced materials for Physical Vapor Deposition (“PVD”) thin film applications. We are focused on markets within the PVD industry including Aerospace, Automotive, Defense, Glass, Optical Coatings, and Solar. Substantially all revenues are generated from customers with multinational operations. The Company develops innovative customized solutions enabling commercial success through collaboration with end users and Original Equipment Manufacturers. History of the Company The late Dr. Edward Funk, Sc.D., and his late wife Ingeborg founded SCI in 1987. Dr. Funk, formerly a Professor of Metallurgy at The Ohio State University and a successful entrepreneur, envisioned significant market potential for the then newly discovered High Temperature Superconductivity (“HTS”) material YBCO (Tc of 90o K).
| Metric | TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 24M | - | - | - | - | 13M |
| Net Income | 1.9M | 1.7M | 1.9M | 2.2M | 2.0M | 1.7M |
| EPS | $0.41 | $0.38 | $0.41 | $0.48 | $0.43 | $0.37 |
| Free Cash Flow | 2.3M | 2.3M | 1.9M | 1.8M | 1.9M | 1.9M |
| ROIC | 27.5% | 24.2% | 27.8% | 44.7% | 47.9% | 49.0% |
| Gross Margin | 24.7% | - | - | - | - | 26.2% |
| Debt/Equity | 0.00 | 0.07 | 0.10 | 0.06 | 0.04 | 0.08 |
| Dividends/Share | $0.00 | - | - | - | - | $0.06 |
| Operating Income | 2.0M | 1.8M | 2.0M | 2.5M | 2.5M | 1.8M |
| Operating Margin | 8.3% | - | - | - | - | 13.2% |
| ROE | 13.1% | 12.9% | 15.6% | 22.2% | 25.3% | 26.9% |
| Shares Outstanding | 5M | 5M | 5M | 5M | 5M | 4M |
| Metric | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Income Statement | |||||||||||||
| Revenue | N/A | N/A | N/A | 6.8M | 11M | 13M | 11M | 13M | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 24M |
| Gross Margin | N/A | N/A | N/A | 23.2% | 25.6% | 17.1% | 20.2% | 26.2% | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 24.7% |
| R&D | 307K | 439K | 319K | 331K | 352K | 366K | 338K | 236K | 376K | 502K | 565K | 434K | 475K |
| SG&A | 1.2M | 1.2M | 1.1M | 1.0M | 1.3M | 1.3M | 1.1M | 1.3M | 1.5M | 1.8M | 1.9M | 2.2M | 2.3M |
| EBIT | -151K | -93K | -661K | 49K | 935K | 331K | 516K | 1.8M | 2.5M | 2.5M | 2.0M | 1.8M | 2.0M |
| Op. Margin | N/A | N/A | N/A | 0.7% | 8.2% | 2.6% | 4.7% | 13.2% | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 8.3% |
| Net Income | -244K | -173K | -730K | -18K | 884K | 281K | 1.5M | 1.7M | 2.0M | 2.2M | 1.9M | 1.7M | 1.9M |
| Net Margin | N/A | N/A | N/A | -0.3% | 7.8% | 2.2% | 13.6% | 12.3% | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 7.8% |
| Non-Recurring | -3K | 7K | 2K | 0 | 0 | -3K | 1K | 18K | 7.2M | 13M | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Returns on Capital | |||||||||||||
| ROIC | -8.0% | -5.7% | -29.2% | 3.2% | 46.2% | 53.3% | 16.1% | 49.0% | 47.9% | 44.7% | 27.8% | 24.2% | 27.5% |
| ROE | -9.0% | -6.3% | -28.8% | -0.8% | 29.4% | 7.5% | 31.1% | 26.9% | 25.3% | 22.2% | 15.6% | 12.9% | 13.1% |
| ROA | -4.1% | -3.3% | -18.3% | -0.5% | 15.2% | 3.7% | 19.0% | 18.7% | 18.3% | 15.0% | 11.3% | 10.6% | 9.4% |
| Cash Flow | |||||||||||||
| Op. Cash Flow | 792K | 503K | 161K | 616K | 1.7M | 532K | 991K | 2.6M | 2.4M | 2.3M | 2.4M | 3.3M | 3.5M |
| Free Cash Flow | 733K | 454K | 71K | 512K | 1.3M | 152K | 912K | 1.9M | 1.9M | 1.8M | 1.9M | 2.3M | 2.3M |
| Owner Earnings | 116K | -155K | -458K | -46K | 1.1M | -26K | 414K | 2.1M | 1.9M | 1.8M | 1.9M | 2.8M | -4.8M |
| CapEx | 59K | 49K | 90K | 104K | 381K | 381K | 79K | 706K | 536K | 454K | 500K | 1.0M | 1.2M |
| Maint. CapEx | 503K | 441K | 446K | 461K | 450K | 429K | 452K | 429K | 425K | 465K | 470K | 448K | 8.2M |
| Growth CapEx | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 277K | 111K | 0 | 30K | 557K | 0 |
| D&A | 503K | 441K | 446K | 461K | 450K | 429K | 452K | 429K | 425K | 465K | 470K | 448K | 8.2M |
| CapEx/OCF | 7.5% | 9.8% | 55.8% | 16.9% | 23.0% | 71.5% | 8.0% | 27.1% | 22.4% | 19.9% | 21.1% | 30.5% | 35.2% |
| Capital Allocation | |||||||||||||
| Dividends Paid | 0 | 24K | 0 | 0 | 24K | 24K | 24K | 249K | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dividend Yield | N/A | 0.5% | N/A | N/A | 0.3% | 0.2% | 0.5% | 1.7% | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Share Buybacks | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 500K | 500K |
| Buyback Yield | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 2.0% | 1.5% |
| Stock-Based Comp | 173K | 216K | 173K | 202K | 149K | 130K | 125K | 48K | 49K | 45K | 44K | 47K | 134K |
| Debt Repayment | 396K | 444K | 344K | 321K | 376K | 118K | 127K | 160K | 97K | 97K | 49K | 0 | 0 |
| Balance Sheet | |||||||||||||
| Net Debt | 195K | -189K | -154K | -478K | -1.5M | -1.1M | -2.1M | -3.6M | -4.6M | -6.0M | -6.0M | -7.2M | -8.8M |
| Cash & Equiv. | 1.0M | 997K | 730K | 921K | 1.8M | 1.8M | 2.9M | 4.1M | 3.9M | 5.7M | 6.8M | 7.9M | 8.8M |
| Long-Term Debt | 909K | 611K | 404K | 222K | 148K | 125K | 243K | 147K | 49K | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Debt/Equity | 0.44 | 0.29 | 0.25 | 0.18 | 0.07 | 0.18 | 0.14 | 0.08 | 0.04 | 0.06 | 0.10 | 0.07 | 0.00 |
| Interest Coverage | -2.3 | -1.6 | -14.7 | 1.2 | 99.9 | 14.7 | 16.1 | 55.3 | 129.2 | 8.7 | 5.2 | 4.1 | 4.4 |
| Equity | 2.7M | 2.8M | 2.3M | 2.5M | 3.5M | 3.9M | 5.6M | 6.7M | 8.7M | 11M | 13M | 14M | 14M |
| Total Assets | 6.0M | 4.3M | 3.6M | 3.9M | 7.6M | 7.5M | 8.1M | 9.6M | 12M | 17M | 16M | 17M | 20M |
| Total Liabilities | 3.3M | 1.5M | 1.4M | 1.5M | 4.1M | 3.6M | 2.5M | 2.9M | 3.1M | 6.5M | 2.6M | 3.1M | 5.8M |
| Intangibles | 9K | 35K | 35K | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Retained Earnings | -9.6M | -9.8M | -10M | -10M | -9.5M | -9.2M | -7.7M | -6.1M | -4.1M | -1.9M | -54K | 1.7M | 2.2M |
| Working Capital | 890K | 1.0M | 532K | 724K | 1.7M | 2.0M | 2.8M | 3.9M | 5.2M | 7.6M | 8.2M | 8.4M | 8.6M |
| Current Assets | 3.2M | 1.9M | 1.4M | 2.0M | 5.6M | 5.0M | 4.7M | 6.4M | 8.1M | 14M | 9.7M | 10M | 13M |
| Current Liabilities | 2.4M | 924K | 906K | 1.3M | 4.0M | 3.0M | 1.9M | 2.5M | 2.9M | 5.9M | 1.5M | 1.9M | 4.5M |
| Per Share Data | |||||||||||||
| EPS | -0.06 | -0.04 | -0.18 | -0.00 | 0.21 | 0.06 | 0.33 | 0.37 | 0.43 | 0.48 | 0.41 | 0.38 | 0.41 |
| Owner EPS | 0.03 | -0.04 | -0.11 | -0.01 | 0.25 | -0.01 | 0.09 | 0.48 | 0.42 | 0.39 | 0.41 | 0.61 | -1.04 |
| Book Value | 0.67 | 0.65 | 0.56 | 0.59 | 0.84 | 0.84 | 1.24 | 1.51 | 1.92 | 2.40 | 2.84 | 3.09 | 3.15 |
| Cash Flow/Share | 0.19 | 0.12 | 0.04 | 0.15 | 0.39 | 0.11 | 0.22 | 0.58 | 0.53 | 0.50 | 0.52 | 0.72 | 2.20 |
| Dividends/Share | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.06 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 0.00 |
| Shares Out. | 4.1M | 4.3M | 4.1M | 4.2M | 4.2M | 4.7M | 4.5M | 4.5M | 4.6M | 4.6M | 4.5M | 4.6M | 4.6M |
| Valuation | |||||||||||||
| P/E Ratio | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 11.1 | 18.7 | 4.7 | 10.9 | 8.1 | 10.4 | 11.3 | 14.5 | 17.1 |
| P/FCF | 5.6 | 9.1 | 23.4 | 7.0 | 7.7 | 34.6 | 7.6 | 9.5 | 8.6 | 12.5 | 11.2 | 11.0 | 14.2 |
| EV/EBIT | N/A | N/A | N/A | 47.4 | 7.0 | 5.8 | 8.9 | 8.0 | 4.5 | 6.5 | N/A | N/A | 11.8 |
| Price/Book | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.7 | 1.5 | 2.8 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 2.7 | 1.8 | 2.1 | 1.6 | 1.8 | 2.3 |
| Price/Sales | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.3 |
| FCF Yield | 17.8% | 11.0% | 4.3% | 14.1% | 13.0% | 2.9% | 13.1% | 10.5% | 11.7% | 8.0% | 8.9% | 9.1% | 7.1% |
| Market Cap | 4.1M | 4.1M | 1.7M | 3.6M | 9.8M | 5.2M | 6.9M | 18M | 16M | 23M | 21M | 25M | 33M |
| Avg. Price | 1.09 | 1.10 | 0.77 | 0.89 | 1.74 | 2.29 | 1.13 | 3.23 | 3.24 | 4.13 | 5.22 | 4.48 | 7.10 |
| Year-End Price | 1.01 | 0.95 | 0.41 | 0.85 | 2.33 | 1.12 | 1.55 | 4.04 | 3.50 | 5.00 | 4.63 | 5.50 | 7.10 |
SCI Engineered Materials, Inc. passes 5 of 9 quality checks, suggesting mixed fundamentals.
SCI Engineered Materials, Inc. trades at 18.7x trailing earnings, compared to its 15-year median P/E of 11.0x, suggesting it is currently Expensive relative to its historical range. On a free-cash-flow basis, the stock trades at 13.9x vs a median of 10.2x. The company's 5-year average ROIC is 38.7% with a gross margin of 26.2%. Total shareholder yield (buybacks) is 1.5%. At current prices, the estimated annualized return to fair value is +22.7%.
SCI Engineered Materials, Inc. (SCIA) generated $2 million in free cash flow in its most recent fiscal year. Positive free cash flow supports dividends, buybacks, and debt reduction.
SCI Engineered Materials, Inc. (SCIA) has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.07. This indicates a conservatively financed balance sheet.
SCI Engineered Materials, Inc. (SCIA) reported earnings per share (EPS) of $0.38 in its most recent fiscal year.
SCI Engineered Materials, Inc. (SCIA) has a return on equity (ROE) of 12.9%. This indicates moderate shareholder returns.
SCI Engineered Materials, Inc. (SCIA) has a 5-year average gross margin of 26.2%. This lower margin is typical of capital-intensive or commodity businesses.
The Ledger Terminal provides 16 years of financial data for SCI Engineered Materials, Inc. (SCIA), sourced directly from SEC EDGAR filings. This includes income statements, balance sheets, cash flow statements, and key financial ratios.
SCI Engineered Materials, Inc. (SCIA) has a book value per share of $3.09, based on its most recent annual SEC filing.
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