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CompX International Inc. CIX

17 fiscal years on record · USD · FY2025 reported · SEC filings only
$158.3M
▲ 8.5% YoY
$19.5M
▲ 17.4% YoY
$19.1M
▼ 11.1% YoY

Slide the table for earlier years · "·" marks a figure not available in our data for that year.

In brief

What this company does

CompX International Inc. manufactures security products used in the postal, recreational transportation, office and institutional furniture, cabinetry, tool storage, healthcare and other industries, and manufactures wake enhancement systems, stainless steel exhaust systems, gauges, throttle controls and trim tabs and related hardware and accessories for the recreational marine and other industries. The company sells to a diverse customer base; only one customer, the United States Postal Service, accounted for 10% or more of consolidated net sales in 2025, representing 26%, and its largest ten customers accounted for approximately 52% of consolidated net sales in 2025. The company operates in two segments, Security Products and Marine Components. CompX International Inc. was incorporated in Delaware in 1993.

Written from the business description in COMPX INTERNATIONAL INC's annual report to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, filed 4 March 2026. Every sentence was checked against that document before publication.

Growth

USD 158.3M
Revenue, FY2025 · full 17-year series below
Revenue $M Net income $M
FY2025 · Revenue 158.3 · Net income 19.5
100M200M
2009201220152018202120242025
Compound annual growth
−1.7%
+6.7%
+3.8%
+5.0%
−2.3%
+13.5%
+7.9%
+13.2%
−2.2%
+13.7%
+8.0%
+13.1%
+6.3%
+24.6%
+19.6%
−3.3%
−8.7%
+40.3%
+27.0%
+10.4%
3 yrs
5 yrs
10 yrs
15 yrs

Revenue compounded at +6.7% a year over the five years to FY2025 — but profit grew faster: net income at +13.5%, earnings per share at +13.7%.

The share count fell from 0.01B to 0.01B — the buyback concentrates the same profit into fewer slices.

Compound annual rates per period — left blank where that exact year isn't on file, the series crosses a loss, or (per-share rows) a split falls inside the window.

Profitability

12 cents
of every revenue dollar became profit
Operating margin Net margin
FY2025 · Operating 14.3% · Net 12.3%
20%40%
200920172025
ROE
FY2025 · ROE 13.7%
10%20%30%
200920172025
Three returns, three denominators.
Gross margin30.4%
Operating margin14.3%
Net margin12.3%
EBITDAUSD 26.3M

Each USD of equity produced 14 cents of profit this year.

Cash & shareholders

USD 27.1M
returned in FY2025 · dividends + net buybacks
Free cash flow $M
FY2025 · FCF 19.1
10M20M-3M-6M
200920172025
Net buybacks $M Dividends $M
FY2025 · Dividends 27.1 · Net buybacks ·
15M30MDividendsNet buybacks
200920112013201520172019202120232025
Dividends paidUSD 27.1M
Net buybacks·
Share of profit139.2%
Consecutive raises·

USD 27.1M in dividends — 139% of the year's profit, so the payout drew on cash built up earlier.

Total assetsUSD 156.2M
EquityUSD 138.6M
CashUSD 54.1M
Current ratio5.87×

Equity funds 89% of total assets.

The 17-year record

17 fiscal years
Every figure from documents filed with the SEC · USD
row low → row highnegative—not applicable◌not available in our data
CIX, 17-year financial record
Metric 20252024202320222021202020192018201720162015201420132012201120102009
Revenue $B0.20.10.20.20.10.10.10.10.10.10.10.10.10.10.10.10.1
Operating income $B0.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.0−0.0
EBITDA $B0.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.0
Income tax $B0.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.0−0.0
Net income $B0.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.0−0.0
Free cash flow $B0.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.0−0.00.00.00.00.0
EPS, diluted $1.581.351.841.691.340.831.291.231.060.840.730.700.492.820.620.25−0.16
Dividend / sh $0.300.300.250.250.200.100.070.050.050.050.050.050.280.500.500.500.50
Payout %139238541626048221619242729571881203−310
ROE %13.710.513.812.69.76.310.310.710.18.68.08.05.837.49.13.6−2.3
Shares out B0.010.010.010.010.010.010.010.01◌◌◌◌◌◌◌◌◌

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Provenance

Company facts, as filed

How we verify · 0 failures in 82 reconciliationsAUDITED

Reconciled in 17 of the 17 fiscal years we could check. Six checks were skipped: the balance sheet is not tagged before 2010. Three checks were skipped: the share count is not tagged before 2010. Two checks were skipped: revenue is not tagged before 2009.

EPS recomputationBalance-sheet identityGross profitBalance-sheet liquidityCurrency consistency0 failures
ActivityCutlery, Handtools & General Hardware
Listed onNYSE
Incorporated inDelaware
Fiscal year endsDecember 31
Data on record since2009

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