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Belden Inc (BDC) vs Digi International Inc. (DGII)

Belden Inc and Digi International Inc. are both Communication Equipment companies. Belden Inc is the larger, with a market value of $4.1B against $2.7B — 1.5× the size. Belden Inc trades at the lower P/E: 16.5× against 53.8×. Digi International Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 20.3% against 9.44%. Digi International Inc. has the higher net margin (9.63% vs 8.52%) and the lower return on invested capital (5.76% vs 9.40%). Across the 22 metrics below, Belden Inc leads on 13 and Digi International Inc. on 9.

Valuation

Metric BDC DGII Communication Equipment median
P/E 16.51 53.77 33.49
P/S 1.40 5.22 1.81
P/B 2.89 3.85 1.96
Price to free cash flow 18.02 19.38 22.91
EV/EBITDA 10.25 24.23 11.76
EV/Sales 1.71 5.41 2.02
Earnings yield 6.06% 1.86% (0.54%)
Free cash flow yield 5.55% 5.16% 1.31%

Profitability

Metric BDC DGII Communication Equipment median
Gross margin 37.64% 63.82% 39.48%
Operating margin 11.90% 13.94% 2.39%
Net margin 8.52% 9.63% (0.80%)
Free cash flow margin 7.41% 26.92% 1.39%
Return on equity 18.64% 7.46% (1.91%)
Return on assets 7.01% 5.62% (0.20%)
Return on invested capital 9.40% 5.76% 0.72%

Growth

Metric BDC DGII Communication Equipment median
Revenue growth (TTM) 9.44% 20.26% 11.48%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 23.13% 77.05% 30.93%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 9.16% 9.03% 4.92%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 37.14% 0.00%

Health

Metric BDC DGII Communication Equipment median
Debt to equity 0.89 0.16 0.06
Current ratio 2.14 1.13 2.01
Net debt to EBITDA 2.01 1.52 0.90

Dividend

Metric BDC DGII Communication Equipment median
Dividend yield 0.19% — 1.04%
Payout ratio 0.03 — 0.34

Size

Metric BDC DGII Communication Equipment median
Market cap 4.07b 2.72b 532.08m

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