Barnes & Noble Education, Inc (BNED) vs HomesToLife Ltd (HTLM)

Barnes & Noble Education, Inc and HomesToLife Ltd are both Specialty Retail companies. Barnes & Noble Education, Inc is the larger, with a market value of $385.8M against $163.7M — 2.4× the size. HomesToLife Ltd trades at the lower P/E: 14.4× against 17.5×. HomesToLife Ltd has the higher net margin (3.17% vs 1.29%) and the higher return on invested capital (101.9% vs 6.73%). Across the 19 metrics below, HomesToLife Ltd leads on 11 and Barnes & Noble Education, Inc on 8.

Valuation

Metric BNED HTLM Specialty Retail median
P/E 17.48 14.43 17.14
P/S 0.23 0.45 0.48
P/B 1.41 5.15 1.71
Price to free cash flow 8.04 31.41 13.04
EV/EBITDA 9.41 10.63 8.92
EV/Sales 0.43 0.39 0.64
Earnings yield 5.72% 6.93% 3.85%
Free cash flow yield 12.44% 3.18% 3.02%

Profitability

Metric BNED HTLM Specialty Retail median
Gross margin 21.42% 26.41% 37.89%
Operating margin 2.47% 3.66% 3.66%
Net margin 1.29% 3.17% 1.42%
Free cash flow margin 2.84% 1.75% 1.44%
Return on equity 8.31% 64.39% 2.58%
Return on assets 2.47% 15.77% 0.25%
Return on invested capital 6.73% 101.90% 0.00%

Growth

Metric BNED HTLM Specialty Retail median
Revenue growth (TTM) 5.03% — 3.35%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 119.60% 102.34% —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 4.04% — 3.70%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% — 0.00%

Health

Metric BNED HTLM Specialty Retail median
Debt to equity 0.44 0.12 0.27
Current ratio 1.66 1.25 1.35
Net debt to EBITDA 0.86 (0.77) 0.24

Dividend

Metric BNED HTLM Specialty Retail median
Dividend yield — — 1.73%
Payout ratio 0.00 — 0.00

Size

Metric BNED HTLM Specialty Retail median
Market cap 385.82m 163.68m 348.57m

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