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Barnes & Noble Education, Inc (BNED) vs EVgo Inc. (EVGO)

Barnes & Noble Education, Inc and EVgo Inc. are both Specialty Retail companies. Barnes & Noble Education, Inc is the larger, with a market value of $455.9M against $349.1M — 1.3× the size. EVgo Inc. has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; Barnes & Noble Education, Inc trades at 19.9×. EVgo Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 30.7% against 5.03%. Barnes & Noble Education, Inc has the higher net margin (1.29% vs −13.5%) and the higher return on invested capital (6.73% vs −82.4%). Across the 17 metrics below, Barnes & Noble Education, Inc leads on 11 and EVgo Inc. on 6.

Valuation

Metric BNED EVGO Specialty Retail median
P/E 19.91 n/m 18.18
P/S 0.26 0.37 0.47
P/B 1.61 n/m 1.95
Price to free cash flow 9.16 n/m 11.85
EV/EBITDA 10.11 n/m 8.54
EV/Sales 0.46 0.66 0.64
Earnings yield 5.02% (37.38%) 3.67%
Free cash flow yield 10.92% (128.73%) 2.27%

Profitability

Metric BNED EVGO Specialty Retail median
Gross margin 21.42% 19.32% 37.89%
Operating margin 2.47% (30.51%) 3.66%
Net margin 1.29% (13.49%) 1.42%
Free cash flow margin 2.84% (47.98%) 0.85%
Return on equity 8.31% 43.38% 2.46%
Return on assets 2.47% (5.93%) 0.16%
Return on invested capital 6.73% (82.36%) 0.00%

Growth

Metric BNED EVGO Specialty Retail median
Revenue growth (TTM) 5.03% 30.67% 3.35%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 119.60% 24.39% 15.38%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 4.04% 92.38% 3.88%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric BNED EVGO Specialty Retail median
Debt to equity 0.44 (14.54) 0.27
Current ratio 1.66 2.19 1.35
Net debt to EBITDA 0.86 (0.16) 0.24

Dividend

Metric BNED EVGO Specialty Retail median
Dividend yield 1.24% — 1.44%
Payout ratio 0.25 — 0.26

Size

Metric BNED EVGO Specialty Retail median
Market cap 455.85m 349.11m 335.32m

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