Beneficient (BENF) vs U.S. Global Investors, Inc. (GROW)

Beneficient and U.S. Global Investors, Inc. are both Asset Management companies. U.S. Global Investors, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $36.0M against $24.9M — 1.4× the size. Beneficient has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; U.S. Global Investors, Inc. trades at 11.4×. U.S. Global Investors, Inc. has the higher net margin (29.8% vs 0.00%) and the lower return on invested capital (−1.89% vs 0.00%). Across the 13 metrics below, U.S. Global Investors, Inc. leads on 10 and Beneficient on 3.

Valuation

Metric BENF GROW Asset Management median
P/E n/m 11.43 14.62
P/S n/m 3.65 2.97
P/B 1.02 0.83 0.94
Price to free cash flow n/m 54.91 8.93
EV/EBITDA n/m n/m 10.32
EV/Sales n/m 1.19 5.72
Earnings yield (408.22%) 8.75% 4.53%
Free cash flow yield (7.65%) 1.82% 4.65%

Profitability

Metric BENF GROW Asset Management median
Gross margin — 100.00% 100.00%
Operating margin — (5.82%) 33.03%
Net margin 0.00% 29.80% 13.53%
Free cash flow margin 0.00% 6.64% 12.44%
Return on equity (520.35%) 6.76% 4.83%
Return on assets 0.00% 6.36% 1.57%
Return on invested capital 0.00% (1.89%) 3.04%

Growth

Metric BENF GROW Asset Management median
Revenue growth (TTM) — 21.28% 6.97%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (120.59%) 900.00% —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR — (13.89%) 12.13%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% (37.47%) 0.00%

Health

Metric BENF GROW Asset Management median
Debt to equity 0.41 0.00 0.42
Current ratio 0.86 19.71 1.28
Net debt to EBITDA 0.00 42.87 1.06

Dividend

Metric BENF GROW Asset Management median
Dividend yield — 3.26% 6.92%
Payout ratio 0.00 0.43 0.77

Size

Metric BENF GROW Asset Management median
Market cap 24.88m 36.03m 721.34m

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