APi Group Corporation (APG) vs Comfort Systems USA, Inc. (FIX)

APi Group Corporation and Comfort Systems USA, Inc. are both Engineering & Construction companies. Comfort Systems USA, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $33.8B against $17.3B — 2.0× the size. APi Group Corporation has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; Comfort Systems USA, Inc. trades at 20.8×. Comfort Systems USA, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 50.7% against 16.4%. Comfort Systems USA, Inc. has the higher net margin (13.0% vs −2.58%) and the higher return on invested capital (106.7% vs 6.02%). Across the 21 metrics below, Comfort Systems USA, Inc. leads on 16 and APi Group Corporation on 5.

Valuation

Metric APG FIX Engineering & Construction median
P/E n/m 20.84 27.65
P/S 1.96 2.71 0.85
P/B 5.02 10.17 3.04
Price to free cash flow 25.14 14.52 19.05
EV/EBITDA 20.57 14.06 11.89
EV/Sales 2.32 2.54 1.20
Earnings yield (1.47%) 4.80% 2.77%
Free cash flow yield 3.98% 6.89% 2.00%

Profitability

Metric APG FIX Engineering & Construction median
Gross margin 31.11% 25.57% 18.76%
Operating margin 7.23% 16.70% 6.43%
Net margin (2.58%) 13.01% 2.14%
Free cash flow margin 7.81% 19.53% 1.12%
Return on equity (6.80%) 58.61% 6.05%
Return on assets (2.42%) 20.94% 1.19%
Return on invested capital 6.02% 106.73% 2.52%

Growth

Metric APG FIX Engineering & Construction median
Revenue growth (TTM) 16.36% 50.70% 18.09%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (23.21%) 97.81% 13.42%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 17.14% 26.08% 12.23%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 46.77% 0.00%

Health

Metric APG FIX Engineering & Construction median
Debt to equity 1.02 0.01 0.41
Current ratio 1.18 1.15 1.37
Net debt to EBITDA 2.10 (0.57) 0.38

Dividend

Metric APG FIX Engineering & Construction median
Dividend yield — 0.31% 0.68%
Payout ratio — 0.06 0.18

Size

Metric APG FIX Engineering & Construction median
Market cap 17.31b 33.76b 1.13b

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