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Alta Equipment Group Inc. (ALTG) vs DNOW Inc. (DNOW)

Alta Equipment Group Inc. and DNOW Inc. are both Industrial Distribution companies. DNOW Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $2.5B against $188.8M — 13.1× the size. DNOW Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 96.8% against −1.80%. DNOW Inc. has the higher net margin (0.00% vs −4.58%) and the lower return on invested capital (0.00% vs 1.51%). Across the 18 metrics below, Alta Equipment Group Inc. leads on 10 and DNOW Inc. on 8.

Valuation

Metric ALTG DNOW Industrial Distribution median
P/E n/m n/m 25.87
P/S 0.11 0.52 1.08
P/B n/m 1.17 3.44
Price to free cash flow 2.82 12.71 18.74
EV/EBITDA 5.92 n/m 13.98
EV/Sales 0.50 0.58 1.26
Earnings yield (43.93%) (8.47%) 3.49%
Free cash flow yield 35.40% 7.87% 4.52%

Profitability

Metric ALTG DNOW Industrial Distribution median
Gross margin 25.90% 0.00% 29.98%
Operating margin 0.90% 0.00% 7.44%
Net margin (4.58%) 0.00% 4.55%
Free cash flow margin 3.74% 4.24% 4.24%
Return on equity (2,163.64%) 0.00% 13.19%
Return on assets (6.04%) 0.00% 5.00%
Return on invested capital 1.51% 0.00% 7.52%

Growth

Metric ALTG DNOW Industrial Distribution median
Revenue growth (TTM) (1.80%) 96.79% 7.51%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (30.10%) (202.70%) (3.98%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 16.01% 11.74% 9.06%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.52%

Health

Metric ALTG DNOW Industrial Distribution median
Debt to equity (20.18) 0.18 0.40
Current ratio 1.38 2.08 2.41
Net debt to EBITDA 4.42 (8.52) 1.17

Dividend

Metric ALTG DNOW Industrial Distribution median
Dividend yield 0.00% — 1.11%
Payout ratio — — 0.38

Size

Metric ALTG DNOW Industrial Distribution median
Market cap 188.81m 2.48b 5.10b

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