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Belden Inc (BDC) vs Viavi Solutions Inc. (VIAV)

Belden Inc and Viavi Solutions Inc. are both Communication Equipment companies. Viavi Solutions Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $6.5B against $3.8B — 1.7× the size. Belden Inc trades at the lower P/E: 21.7× against 97.4×. Viavi Solutions Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 47.4% against 17.7%. Belden Inc has the higher net margin (5.62% vs 3.97%) and the lower return on invested capital (4.33% vs 5.69%). Across the 21 metrics below, Belden Inc leads on 14 and Viavi Solutions Inc. on 7.

Valuation

Metric BDC VIAV Communication Equipment median
P/E 21.68 97.44 29.86
P/S 1.22 3.84 1.68
P/B 2.75 4.90 1.72
Price to free cash flow 16.00 32.41 21.71
EV/EBITDA 14.04 40.22 14.04
EV/Sales 2.07 3.83 1.76
Earnings yield 4.61% 1.03% (0.87%)
Free cash flow yield 6.25% 3.09% 0.68%

Profitability

Metric BDC VIAV Communication Equipment median
Gross margin 36.84% 58.85% 39.34%
Operating margin 8.99% 10.61% 2.43%
Net margin 5.62% 3.97% (0.64%)
Free cash flow margin 7.30% 14.50% 0.27%
Return on equity 13.37% 6.54% 0.00%
Return on assets 3.75% 2.87% (0.10%)
Return on invested capital 4.33% 5.69% 1.29%

Growth

Metric BDC VIAV Communication Equipment median
Revenue growth (TTM) 17.72% 47.44% 9.66%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 23.13% (186.67%) 31.29%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 9.16% 4.84% 4.92%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric BDC VIAV Communication Equipment median
Debt to equity 2.19 0.49 0.05
Current ratio 1.82 1.65 1.99
Net debt to EBITDA 2.01 (0.07) 0.93

Dividend

Metric BDC VIAV Communication Equipment median
Dividend yield 0.20% — 1.10%
Payout ratio 0.04 — 0.44

Size

Metric BDC VIAV Communication Equipment median
Market cap 3.76b 6.47b 495.24m

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