Beneficient (BENF) vs Equus Total Return, Inc. (EQS)

Beneficient and Equus Total Return, Inc. are both Asset Management companies. Beneficient is the larger, with a market value of $24.9M against $13.3M — 1.9× the size. Beneficient has the higher net margin (0.00% vs −1,408.2%) and the higher return on invested capital (0.00% vs −9.94%). Across the 12 metrics below, Equus Total Return, Inc. leads on 9 and Beneficient on 3.

Valuation

Metric BENF EQS Asset Management median
P/E n/m n/m 14.62
P/S n/m 10.65 2.97
P/B 1.02 0.84 0.94
Price to free cash flow n/m 93.11 8.93
EV/EBITDA n/m n/m 10.32
EV/Sales n/m 12.23 5.72
Earnings yield (408.22%) (135.00%) 4.53%
Free cash flow yield (7.65%) 1.07% 4.65%

Profitability

Metric BENF EQS Asset Management median
Gross margin — 100.00% 100.00%
Operating margin — (226.85%) 33.03%
Net margin 0.00% (1,408.24%) 13.53%
Free cash flow margin 0.00% 11.44% 12.44%
Return on equity (520.35%) (72.77%) 4.83%
Return on assets 0.00% (62.57%) 1.57%
Return on invested capital 0.00% (9.94%) 3.04%

Growth

Metric BENF EQS Asset Management median
Revenue growth (TTM) — (3.25%) 6.97%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (120.59%) 25.36% —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR — 23.39% 12.13%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric BENF EQS Asset Management median
Debt to equity 0.41 0.14 0.42
Current ratio 0.86 2.11 1.28
Net debt to EBITDA 0.00 (0.79) 1.06

Dividend

Metric BENF EQS Asset Management median
Dividend yield — — 6.92%
Payout ratio 0.00 0.00 0.77

Size

Metric BENF EQS Asset Management median
Market cap 24.88m 13.27m 721.34m

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