COMPX INTERNATIONAL INC CLASS A (CIX)
Industrials · Engineered mechanical components and security hardware · NYSE American
A mid-cap manufacturer of engineered security products for furniture and storage, plus marine components for recreational boats, serving mid-to-high-end applications.
What COMPX INTERNATIONAL INC CLASS A does
CompX International manufactures mechanical and electrical cabinet locks and other locking mechanisms for postal, office furniture, cabinetry, tool storage, and healthcare applications through its Security Products segment. The company also produces wake enhancement systems, stainless steel exhaust systems, gauges, throttle controls, trim tabs, and related hardware and accessories for the recreational marine industry through its Marine Components segment. Products are designed for medium to high-end applications where design, quality, and durability are valued.
Themes: Security products / cabinet locking, Marine components and accessories, Engineered metal components, Furniture and storage hardware, Recreational marine aftermarket
Fundamentals
- Price$32.00 as of 2026-08-21 close
- Market cap$395M as of 2026-08-21
- 1-year return+25.0% 2025-08-21 close $25.59 → 2026-08-21 close $32.00
- P/E17.56 as of 2026-08-24
- Net margin+13.6% as of 2026-08-24
- Gross margin+32.1% as of 2026-08-24
- ROE+15.7% as of 2026-08-24
- Debt / equity0.00 as of 2026-08-24
- Revenue growth (YoY)+6.0% as of 2026-08-24
- Revenue CAGR (3y)-1.7% SEC XBRL
- Beta0.87 as of 2026-08-24
- Last reported earnings2026-08-04 SEC EDGAR Form 8-K (Item 2.02)
Dividend: yield +4.2%; 1-year non-decreasing per-share dividend streak (SEC XBRL).
How CIX compares in its sector
- price-to-earnings ratiobottom 25% 357 covered Industrials peers, as of 2026-08-24
- net profit margintop 25% 457 covered Industrials peers, as of 2026-08-24
- operating margintop 25% 457 covered Industrials peers, as of 2026-08-24
- gross marginmiddle range 455 covered Industrials peers, as of 2026-08-24
- return on equitymiddle range 460 covered Industrials peers, as of 2026-08-24
- 3-year revenue CAGRbottom 25% 426 covered Industrials peers
- indicated dividend yieldtop 10% 267 covered Industrials peers, as of 2026-08-24
- free cash flow (absolute dollars, latest fiscal year)middle range 414 covered Industrials peers, as of FY2025
Position among covered Industrials companies that report each metric (minimum 5 peers). A relative position within our covered catalog — not a valuation, quality, or investment judgment. A higher percentile is simply a higher value (for P/E, more expensive on earnings — never "better"). Informational only.
Dividend coverage (FY2025)
Exceeded at least one reported measure. In FY2025, CIX's dividend exceeded at least one reported measure of what it earned or generated (earnings payout 139%, free-cash-flow payout 142%). A payout above 100% in one year is not necessarily unsustainable, but it is not fully covered by that measure.
- Earnings payout139% dividends / net income
- Free-cash-flow payout142% dividends / (operating cash flow − capex)
Coverage derived from reported SEC EDGAR XBRL figures for FY2025 (dividends paid vs. net income and free cash flow, same fiscal year). This describes PAST coverage for one fiscal year — it does not predict whether a dividend will be maintained, raised, or cut, and a one-year payout ratio can be distorted by non-recurring items. Informational only — not financial advice.
How COMPX INTERNATIONAL INC CLASS A looks technically
COMPX INTERNATIONAL INC CLASS A (CIX) is trading 31.5% above its 200-day average, the long-term trend line — a longer-term uptrend. Its 50-day average crossed above its 200-day average about 54 trading days ago — a "golden cross", a bullish long-term signal. There is no clear trend right now — the price is choppy (ADX, a 0–100 trend-strength gauge, is 16, below the 25 that marks a real trend). Momentum is neutral — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 69, neither overbought (above 70) nor oversold (below 30). It just made a new 20-day high, pushing above its recent trading range. It is trading right at its highest price of the past year (its 52-week high).
Trend
8
| Distance from the 200-day | it is trading 31.5% above its 200-day average, the long-term trend line — a longer-term uptrend | +31.5% |
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| 50-day moving average | its average price over the last 50 trading days — a short-term trend line — is $27.56 | $27.56 |
| 200-day moving average | its average price over the last 200 trading days — the long-term trend line — is $24.34 | $24.34 |
| Swing structure | each recent peak has been higher than the one before it and each dip has been shallower — the pattern chart-watchers call an uptrend, which describes where price has already been and not where it goes next | higher highs and higher lows |
| Last swing turn | its last significant turn was a swing high 9 calendar days ago — the swings before that are what the structure reading is measured on | 9 sessions |
| Wave structure | its recent swings can be read as a five-part upward sequence — what Elliott-wave chartists call an impulse — now in the fourth leg, a pullback against that upward direction; the labelling fails if price closes below 27.5. It is one of several labellings that fit, and it describes the swings already printed, not what comes next. The same swings also read as a completed three-part correction. | possible upward five-wave sequence, in wave 4 (one of several readings) |
| Since the 50/200 cross | its 50-day average crossed above its 200-day average about 54 trading days ago — a "golden cross", a bullish long-term signal | 54 sessions |
| Trend strength (14-day ADX) | there is no clear trend right now — the price is choppy (ADX, a 0–100 trend-strength gauge, is 16, below the 25 that marks a real trend) | 15.7 |
Momentum
3
| 14-day RSI | momentum is neutral — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 69, neither overbought (above 70) nor oversold (below 30) | 69.2 |
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| Position in its 14-day range | it is trading right at the top of its 14-day range ($25.47 to $32.04) — its "stochastic" reading is 99 out of 100, where 0 would mean closing exactly at the 14-session low and 100 exactly at the high. This measures WHERE the price sits inside its recent range, which is a different question from the RSI beside it: RSI is a momentum gauge, measuring how FAST the price has been moving, so a stock can drift quietly to the bottom of its range with an ordinary RSI, or fall sharply and still sit in the middle. It has been climbing within that range over the last few sessions. | 99.4 |
| Since the MACD crossed zero | MACD, a trend-momentum gauge, is in positive territory (momentum leaning bullish) | 21 sessions |
Range
12
| 52-week high | its highest closing price over the past year (about 252 trading days) was $32.04 | $32.04 |
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| From the 52-week high | it is trading right at its highest price of the past year (its 52-week high) | -0.1% |
| Above the 52-week low | it is 57.7% above its 52-week low (its lowest price of the past year) | +57.7% |
| Below the 52-week high | it is at or near its highest point of the past year | 0.1% |
| Since a 20-day breakout | it just made a new 20-day high, pushing above its recent trading range | 1 session |
| Since a 55-day breakout | it just made a new 55-day high, pushing above its recent trading range | 1 session |
| All-time high | its highest closing price on record is $39.91 (set on 2024-03-21) | $39.91 |
| Given back of the 52-week move | over the past year its closes ranged ($20.29 to $32.00), and it has given back essentially none of its rise from last year’s low — 0% of it. Chart-watchers call 61.8%-65% given back the "golden pocket" — for this company that is $24.39 to $24.76. It is watched widely enough that orders cluster there, which is the honest reason it matters; it is not a forecast. | 0.0% |
| From the all-time high | it is 19.8% below its all-time high | -19.8% |
| Nearest price level | it is trading 0.5% below a resistance level at $32.17 — a price it turned at twice since 2025-08-12, most recently on 2026-08-12. Since 2024-08-21 it has 11 such levels below the current price and 2 above. Levels like these describe where the price has reversed or paused before; they are not a forecast of where it will go. | +0.5% |
| All-time low | its lowest closing price on record is $4.30 (set on 2008-06-24) | $4.30 |
| Above the all-time low | it is 644.2% above its all-time low | +644.2% |
Volatility
5
| Band width vs its own 6 months | day-to-day price swings are unusually wide versus its own recent history (wider than about 88% of the past ~6 months) | 88th percentile |
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| Typical daily range | in a typical session it travels about $1.15 between its high and its low — about 3.6% of its price. That is its "average true range" over the last 14 sessions, which also counts the distance from the previous close, so a day that opens well away from yesterday counts as the large move it was | $1.15 |
| Bollinger bands (20-day, ±2σ) | most of its recent trading has stayed between about $27.26 and $32.72 — the "Bollinger bands", a range drawn two standard deviations either side of its 20-day average price, which widens when the stock gets more volatile and narrows when it settles | $27.26 – $29.99 – $32.72 |
| Typical daily range (% of price) | its price moves about 3.6% in a typical session — about typical for the companies we cover. This is the average gap between a session's high and low over the last 14 sessions, counting overnight moves, expressed against the current price so it can be compared with companies trading at any price | 3.6% |
| Stretch from the 200-day average | it is trading 6.7 daily ranges above its 200-day average price (31.5% above it in plain percentage terms) — a way of asking how far it has stretched from its own average in units of how far it normally moves in a day, so a calm company and a jumpy one can be compared on the same scale | 6.7 daily ranges above its 200-day average |
Volume
1
| Volume vs its 30-day average | trading volume is about normal versus its 30-day average | 1.17× |
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Candlestick patterns
1
| Since a doji | 6 sessions ago it opened and closed at almost the same price after trading through a wider range — a "doji", the classic picture of buyers and sellers finishing the session level | 6 sessions ago |
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Price gaps
3
| Gap at the open | it opened on 2026-08-21 0.1% above the previous session's close — an overnight gap, the part of the move that happened while the market was shut, and traded back through that level before the close | +0.1% |
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| Open gap | it gapped 3.0% above the previous close 23 sessions ago and has not traded back through the level it left behind at 25 — an "unfilled gap", which describes a price range no trade has since crossed and is not a forecast that it will be crossed | +3.0% |
| Gap filled | a 2.1% gap down opened on 2026-08-10 has been "filled" 9 sessions ago — price traded back through the level the gap left behind, and it closed again during the very session that opened it | 9 sessions ago |
Price streaks
1
| Closing streak | it has closed higher 4 sessions in a row, a +4% move over the run — an unbroken run of up days, which describes what has already happened and says nothing about the next session | 4 sessions up |
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Relative strength
4
| vs market, 1 month | over the past 1 month this stock beat the market by 19.8 percentage points (the stock gained 22.1% while the market gained 2.3%) | +19.8% |
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| vs market, 3 months | over the past 3 months this stock beat the market by 33.2 percentage points (the stock gained 36.3% while the market gained 3.1%) | +33.3% |
| vs market, 6 months | over the past 6 months this stock beat the market by 25.1 percentage points (the stock gained 36.2% while the market gained 11.1%) | +25.1% |
| vs market, 12 months | over the past 12 months this stock beat the market by 4.6 percentage points (the stock gained 25.0% while the market gained 20.5%) | +4.6% |
Signal agreement
2
| Bullish technical signals | 6 of the 9 technical signals we can compute for it are currently in a bullish state: a "golden cross" — its 50-day average is above its 200-day, trading above its 200-day average, a fresh 20-day high, MACD momentum is positive, outperforming the market over 6 months, trading above the Ichimoku cloud — these describe past price behaviour, not a forecast | 6 of 9 |
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| Bearish technical signals | 1 of the 9 technical signals we can compute for it is currently in a bearish state: near the top of its 14-day range (overbought) — these describe past price behaviour, not a forecast | 1 of 9 |
Trend (Ichimoku cloud)
1
| Vs the Ichimoku cloud | trading 24% above the Ichimoku cloud — a band drawn from where its own highs and lows sat up to 2026-07-16 and projected forward over today's price, the side traders read as an established uptrend, with the band below acting as the level that would have to give way. The band itself is moderate, spanning 3.1% of the share price. | +23.7% |
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Volume-weighted price
1
| Vs this year’s average price paid | the price is 23% above the average price paid so far this year, so the typical buyer over that stretch is showing a gain. That average is $26.02 — a volume-weighted average of daily closes over 158 sessions, not a true tick-by-tick VWAP. | +23.0% |
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Price levels it has turned at before
CIX last closed at $32.00 on 2026-08-21. Since 2024-08-21 it has turned at 11 prices below its last close and 2 above; the 3 nearest below and the 2 nearest above are listed, nearest first.
| Level | Side | Distance | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| $32.17 | Resistance | 0.5% above the last close | turned there twice · 2025-08-12 to 2026-08-12 |
| $31.25 | Support | 2.4% below the last close | turned there four times · 2024-09-20 to 2024-12-20 |
| $33.19 | Resistance | 3.7% above the last close | turned there twice · 2024-11-06 to 2024-12-06 |
| $30.09 | Support | 6.0% below the last close | turned there twice · 2024-08-29 to 2024-10-28 |
| $28.05 | Support | 12.3% below the last close | turned there three times · 2024-10-02 to 2025-06-30 |
A level is a price this company reversed or paused at more than once — they describe past behaviour, not a forecast of where the price will go.
Wave structure
Its recent swings can be read as a five-part upward sequence — what Elliott-wave chartists call an impulse — now in leg 4 of five, a pullback against that direction.
This labelling fails — stops being a possible reading at all — if it closes below $27.50.
This is one of several labellings that fit the same swings, so treat it as a reading rather than the reading. It was chosen from 2 labellings that survived the rules, counting shorter readings of the same bars.
On past moves of this shape the leg has usually ended somewhere between $28.52 and $30.38 — that is where it has tended to end if the count holds, not a forecast of where the price goes.
Alternate reading: The same swings also read as a completed three-part correction, which fails on a close above $32.04.
This reading has stood for 3 trading days, since 2026-08-19.
Read from daily closes as of 2026-08-21.
An Elliott-wave count describes the swings already printed and the level that would disprove it. It is not a forecast, a target, or advice.
Screens: Trading above the 200-day moving average · Near the 52-week high · Broke out to a new 20-day high · trendless / choppy (low ADX) · beating the market · Stretched far above its 200-day average (6+ daily ranges) | Learn: moving average · golden cross · adx · rsi · breakout · fifty two week high low
Based on daily closing prices as of 2026-08-21. Describes past price behavior only — informational, not financial advice.
Key risks (from latest filing)
["Raw material cost volatility (zinc, brass, aluminum, steel, energy) and tariff exposure, particularly on imports from China and Mexico, with limited ability to pass through costs","Competition from low-cost manufacturing sources and substitute products; concentration on retaining key customers in niche markets","Supply chain disruptions, operating interruptions (labor disputes, natural disasters, fires), and technology disruptions affecting both company operations and key customers"]
What changed in the latest 10-Q
AI-assisted comparison of CIX's 10-Q filed 2026-05-05 against the prior one filed 2025-11-05.
Management's Discussion & Analysis (MD&A)
- Added:
- Added to Business Overview in newer filing (2026-05-05): 'custom metal fabricated parts' as a product manufactured by Marine Components segment
- Added to risk factors in newer filing (2026-05-05): 'Our ability to retain key customers' as a standalone bullet point
- Operating Income Overview section in newer filing (2026-05-05) references Q1 2026 vs Q1 2025 comparison, whereas older filing (2025-11-05) references Q3 2025 vs Q3 2024 comparison
- Removed:
- Removed from risk factors in older filing (2025-11-05): 'Potential difficulties in integrating future acquisitions' bullet point is absent in newer filing (2026-05-05)
- Removed from Business Overview in newer filing (2026-05-05): 'custom metal fabricated parts' appears in older filing (2025-11-05) description but is not listed separately in newer version
- Reworded:
- Business Overview: older filing (2025-11-05) lists 'wake enhancement systems, stainless steel exhaust systems, gauges, throttle controls, trim tabs'; newer filing (2026-05-05) inserts 'custom metal fabricated parts' between exhaust systems and gauges in the list
- Operating Income Overview: older filing (2025-11-05) discusses Q3 2025 ($4.8M) vs Q3 2024 ($3.3M) and nine-month 2025 results; newer filing (2026-05-05) discusses Q1 2026 ($7.1M) vs Q1 2025 ($5.9M) with different narrative focus
- Results of Operations tables: older filing (2025-11-05) contains three-month and nine-month tables for periods ended September 30, 2024-2025; newer filing (2026-05-05) contains single three-month table for periods ended March 31, 2025-2026 with different metrics
- Notes:
- The filings cover different fiscal periods (Q3 2025 in older filing vs Q1 2026 in newer filing), which accounts for most operational changes
- Text in newer filing appears truncated at end of Operating Income section ('impacted by the factors impacting sa'), limiting full comparison of that section
- Older filing text also appears truncated at end of Cost of sales section ('increased o'), preventing complete comparison
- The 'Potential difficulties in integrating future acquisitions' removal may reflect a business change or strategic focus shift, but no explanation is provided in the texts
Risk Factors
- Reworded:
- Risk Factors reference changed from '2024 Annual Report' (filed 2025-11-05) to '2025 Annual Report' (filed 2026-05-05)
- Signature date changed from 'November 5, 2025' (filed 2025-11-05) to 'May 5, 2026' (filed 2026-05-05)
- Amy A. Samford's title formatting changed from 'Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer' (filed 2025-11-05) to '(Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer)' with parentheses (filed 2026-05-05)
- Amy E. Ruf's title formatting changed from 'Senior Vice President and Controller' (filed 2025-11-05) to '(Senior Vice President and Controller)' with parentheses (filed 2026-05-05)
- Notes:
- The Risk Factors section in both filings is minimal, consisting only of a reference to the respective annual reports rather than detailed risk factor disclosures
- Changes identified are primarily administrative (dates, formatting, and annual report year references) rather than substantive risk factor content changes
AI-assisted comparison of two SEC filing sections. It describes wording and theme changes only, makes no materiality, legal, or investment judgement, and is not financial advice. Informational only — not financial advice.
Insider activity (SEC Form 4)
No open-market insider purchases or sales are on record for CIX — recent Form 4 activity was compensation-related (awards, option exercises, or tax withholding), not open-market buying or selling.
View full insider trading history → View SEC Form 3/4/5 filingsOnly open-market purchases (SEC code P) and sales (code S) are counted here. Option exercises, vesting/awards, gifts, and shares withheld for taxes are excluded — they are compensation or mechanical, not open-market conviction. Sales may be planned and non-discretionary (e.g. a Rule 10b5-1 plan) and are not necessarily bearish; open-market buying is not a recommendation to buy. Informational only — not financial advice.
Institutional ownership (13F)
4 institutional 13F filers reported holding CIX as of 2026-03-31 (quarter-end position, filed within 45 days).
- Distinct 13F filers 4
- Reported shares held 245,795
- Reported value $5,741,782
reported quarterly holdings change (2025-12-31 → 2026-03-31): 0 new, 1 increased, 3 decreased, 0 exited. Change counts cover only managers that filed 13F reports in BOTH quarters, derived between two quarter-end snapshots — not same-day trades; a single manager is never said to have "bought" or "sold".
Institutional holdings are quarter-end long positions reported on SEC Form 13F-HR, filed up to 45 days after the quarter ends — they are delayed, are not real-time trades, exclude short positions and most non-US securities, and are not investment advice. Any increase/decrease is a reported change between two quarterly snapshots, not a same-day purchase or sale. These are quarter-end snapshots from the 13F filings on SEC EDGAR, filed within 45 days — not real-time, and any change is a difference between two quarterly reports, not a same-day trade. Informational only — not financial advice.
Short interest (FINRA)
CIX had 35,718 shares of reported short interest as of the 2026-07-31 FINRA settlement date (delayed, bi-monthly; not real-time).
CIX had 0.29% of its shares outstanding sold short as of the 2026-07-31 FINRA settlement date (percent of FLOAT would be higher — float is not disclosed in the source). FINRA reported 6.72 days to cover at the same settlement.
- Reported short interest (shares) 35,718
- Short interest (% of shares outstanding) 0.29%
- Prior settlement (shares) 35,523
- Reported change 0.55%
- Days to cover (reported) 6.72
Reported to FINRA as of the 2026-07-31 settlement date. Short interest is reported to FINRA and published on a delayed, bi-monthly schedule (as of a settlement date, disseminated roughly eight business days later) — it is NOT real-time, does not cover every venue or all US trading, and is not a short-squeeze prediction or investment advice. Days-to-cover is the value FINRA reports; percent of float is not shown because the source file carries no share-count denominator — where a percent appears it is of shares OUTSTANDING, the larger base, and is therefore a floor on percent of float. Informational only — not financial advice.
Competitors & peers
- Southco
- Master Lock
- Allegion (ALLE)
- Dometic Group
- Marine Products Corporation (MPX)
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Frequently asked questions
What does COMPX INTERNATIONAL INC CLASS A (CIX) do?
CompX International manufactures mechanical and electrical cabinet locks and other locking mechanisms for postal, office furniture, cabinetry, tool storage, and healthcare applications through its Security Products segment. The company also produces wake enhancement systems, stainless steel exhaust systems, gauges, throttle controls, trim tabs, and related hardware and accessories for the recreational marine industry through its Marine Components segment.
What sector is COMPX INTERNATIONAL INC CLASS A (CIX) in?
COMPX INTERNATIONAL INC CLASS A (CIX) is classified in the Industrials sector. Its industry is Engineered mechanical components and security hardware. It trades on NYSE American.
Does CIX pay a dividend?
Yes — COMPX INTERNATIONAL INC CLASS A (CIX) pays a dividend, with an indicated yield of about 4.25% and 1-year non-decreasing per-share dividend streak (SEC EDGAR XBRL) (market data, as of 2026-08-24). Informational only — not financial advice.
Who are COMPX INTERNATIONAL INC CLASS A's (CIX) competitors?
Notable peers of COMPX INTERNATIONAL INC CLASS A (CIX) include Southco, Master Lock, Allegion, Dometic Group and Marine Products Corporation. This peer set is informational only — not financial advice.
Is COMPX INTERNATIONAL INC CLASS A (CIX) overbought or oversold right now?
COMPX INTERNATIONAL INC CLASS A (CIX) is currently neither overbought nor oversold — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 69, in the neutral middle (as of 2026-08-21). RSI describes recent price momentum, not a forecast — informational only, not financial advice.
Where does stocks-llm's data on CIX come from?
Fundamentals and prices come from market data, as of 2026-08-24; company filings and profile facts come from SEC EDGAR. All figures are delayed daily-close data shown with their as-of date — informational only, not financial advice.
Fundamentals: market data, as of 2026-08-24. Filings: SEC EDGAR. Prices are delayed daily-close data.
Last updated 2026-08-21.
Informational only — NOT financial advice. All figures are delayed daily-close data from SEC EDGAR & market data, shown with their as-of date.