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NYSE · CUTLERY, HANDTOOLS & GENERAL HARDWARE · SMALL CAP

Compx International Inc. CIX

17 fiscal years on record · USD · FY2025 reported · SEC filings only

Revenue

$158.3M

▲ 8.5% YoY

Net income

$19.5M

▲ 17.4% YoY

Free cash flow

$19.1M

▼ 11.1% YoY

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

Compound annual growth

Revenue

−1.7%

+6.7%

+3.8%

+5.0%

Net income

−2.3%

+13.5%

+7.9%

+13.2%

EPS, diluted

−2.2%

+13.7%

+8.0%

+13.1%

Dividend / share

+6.3%

+24.6%

+19.6%

−3.3%

Returned to shareholders

−8.7%

+40.3%

+27.0%

+10.4%

3 yrs

5 yrs

10 yrs

15 yrs

Revenue compounded at +6.7% a year over five years — 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%

ROE

FY2025 · ROE 13.7%

Gross margin30.4%

Operating margin14.3%

Net margin12.3%

Return on assets12.2%

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

Net buybacks $M Dividends $M

FY2025 · Dividends 27.1 · Net buybacks —

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

Metric	2025	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019	2018	2017	2016	2015	2014	2013	2012	2011	2010	2009
Revenue $B	0.2	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1
Operating income $B	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	−0.0
EBITDA $B	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Income tax $B	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	−0.0
Net income $B	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	−0.0
Free cash flow $B	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	−0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
EPS, diluted $	1.58	1.35	1.84	1.69	1.34	0.83	1.29	1.23	1.06	0.84	0.73	0.70	0.49	2.82	0.62	0.25	−0.16
Dividend / sh $	0.30	0.30	0.25	0.25	0.20	0.10	0.07	0.05	0.05	0.05	0.05	0.05	0.28	0.50	0.50	0.50	0.50
Payout %	139	238	54	162	60	48	22	16	19	24	27	29	57	18	81	203	−310
ROE %	13.7	10.5	13.8	12.6	9.7	6.3	10.3	10.7	10.1	8.6	8.0	8.0	5.8	37.4	9.1	3.6	−2.3
Shares out B	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01	·	·	·	·	·	·	·	·	·

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

Provenance

Company facts, as filed

How we verify · 0 failures in 82 reconciliationsAUDITED

Reconciled in 17 of 19 fiscal years. 13 checks could not be computed.

EPS recomputationBalance-sheet identityGross profitBalance-sheet liquiditymoeda_consistente0 failures

ActivityCutlery, Handtools & General Hardware

Listed onNYSE

Incorporated inDelaware

Fiscal year endsDecember 31

Data on record since2009