Advantage Solutions Inc. (ADV) vs Entravision Communications Corporation (EVC)

Advantage Solutions Inc. and Entravision Communications Corporation are both Advertising Agencies companies. Entravision Communications Corporation is the larger, with a market value of $719.9M against $435.3M — 1.7× the size. Advantage Solutions Inc. has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; Entravision Communications Corporation trades at 247×. Entravision Communications Corporation grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 71.4% against 2.24%. Entravision Communications Corporation has the higher net margin (0.62% vs −7.65%) and the higher return on invested capital (8.34% vs −3.96%). Across the 19 metrics below, Entravision Communications Corporation leads on 14 and Advantage Solutions Inc. on 5.

Valuation

Metric ADV EVC Advertising Agencies median
P/E n/m 247.00 19.90
P/S 0.12 1.00 0.65
P/B 1.06 8.17 1.58
Price to free cash flow n/m 12.14 8.32
EV/EBITDA 6.18 22.41 11.81
EV/Sales 0.51 1.11 1.11
Earnings yield (64.43%) 0.40% (6.44%)
Free cash flow yield (4.46%) 8.24% 0.00%

Profitability

Metric ADV EVC Advertising Agencies median
Gross margin 13.37% 24.76% 44.25%
Operating margin (3.22%) 3.08% 0.00%
Net margin (7.65%) 0.62% (6.98%)
Free cash flow margin 3.23% 8.27% 0.00%
Return on equity (50.80%) 4.82% 0.00%
Return on assets (9.90%) 0.96% 0.00%
Return on invested capital (3.96%) 8.34% 0.00%

Growth

Metric ADV EVC Advertising Agencies median
Revenue growth (TTM) 2.24% 71.38% 6.06%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 31.37% 47.59% —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 2.34% 5.40% 4.30%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric ADV EVC Advertising Agencies median
Debt to equity 3.84 1.88 0.04
Current ratio 1.79 1.48 1.45
Net debt to EBITDA 4.96 (1.46) 0.01

Dividend

Metric ADV EVC Advertising Agencies median
Dividend yield — 5.24% 5.24%
Payout ratio 0.00 1.66 0.00

Size

Metric ADV EVC Advertising Agencies median
Market cap 435.31m 719.85m 43.42m

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