Advantage Solutions Inc. (ADV) vs Criteo S.A. (CRTO)

Advantage Solutions Inc. and Criteo S.A. are both Advertising Agencies companies. Criteo S.A. is the larger, with a market value of $924.5M against $435.3M — 2.1× the size. Advantage Solutions Inc. has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; Criteo S.A. trades at 8.1×. Advantage Solutions Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 2.24% against −4.24%. Criteo S.A. has the higher net margin (5.60% vs −7.65%) and the higher return on invested capital (10.5% vs −3.96%). Across the 20 metrics below, Criteo S.A. leads on 16 and Advantage Solutions Inc. on 4.

Valuation

Metric ADV CRTO Advertising Agencies median
P/E n/m 8.06 19.90
P/S 0.12 0.43 0.65
P/B 1.06 0.69 1.58
Price to free cash flow n/m 4.49 8.32
EV/EBITDA 6.18 1.99 11.81
EV/Sales 0.51 0.29 1.11
Earnings yield (64.43%) 12.41% (6.44%)
Free cash flow yield (4.46%) 22.27% 0.00%

Profitability

Metric ADV CRTO Advertising Agencies median
Gross margin 13.37% 53.60% 44.25%
Operating margin (3.22%) 8.03% 0.00%
Net margin (7.65%) 5.60% (6.98%)
Free cash flow margin 3.23% 9.66% 0.00%
Return on equity (50.80%) 9.11% 0.00%
Return on assets (9.90%) 5.06% 0.00%
Return on invested capital (3.96%) 10.46% 0.00%

Growth

Metric ADV CRTO Advertising Agencies median
Revenue growth (TTM) 2.24% (4.24%) 6.06%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 31.37% 38.95% —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 2.34% (1.26%) 4.30%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 15.07% 0.00%

Health

Metric ADV CRTO Advertising Agencies median
Debt to equity 3.84 0.01 0.04
Current ratio 1.79 1.29 1.45
Net debt to EBITDA 4.96 (1.07) 0.01

Dividend

Metric ADV CRTO Advertising Agencies median
Dividend yield — — 5.24%
Payout ratio 0.00 0.00 0.00

Size

Metric ADV CRTO Advertising Agencies median
Market cap 435.31m 924.54m 43.42m

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