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Barnes & Noble Education, Inc (BNED) vs QVC Group Inc. (QVCG)

Barnes & Noble Education, Inc and QVC Group Inc. are both Specialty Retail companies. Barnes & Noble Education, Inc is the larger, with a market value of $440.9M against $379.0M — 1.2× the size. Barnes & Noble Education, Inc grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 5.03% against −8.14%. Barnes & Noble Education, Inc has the higher net margin (1.29% vs −0.21%) and the higher return on invested capital (6.73% vs 0.00%). Across the 14 metrics below, Barnes & Noble Education, Inc leads on 7 and QVC Group Inc. on 7.

Valuation

Metric BNED QVCG Specialty Retail median
P/E 19.49 — 18.57
P/S 0.25 n/m 0.53
P/B 1.57 n/m 2.02
Price to free cash flow 8.97 n/m 14.00
EV/EBITDA 9.99 n/m 7.83
EV/Sales 0.45 (0.13) 0.69
Earnings yield 5.13% — 4.07%
Free cash flow yield 11.15% 0.00% 3.32%

Profitability

Metric BNED QVCG Specialty Retail median
Gross margin 21.42% 33.27% 36.12%
Operating margin 2.47% 4.21% 4.14%
Net margin 1.29% (0.21%) 2.47%
Free cash flow margin 2.84% 3.11% 2.61%
Return on equity 8.31% (4.91%) 4.15%
Return on assets 2.47% (0.25%) 0.92%
Return on invested capital 6.73% 0.00% 3.49%

Growth

Metric BNED QVCG Specialty Retail median
Revenue growth (TTM) 5.03% (8.14%) 3.45%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 119.60% — 21.08%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 4.04% (6.28%) 3.91%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric BNED QVCG Specialty Retail median
Debt to equity 0.44 0.00 0.26
Current ratio 1.66 3.21 1.35
Net debt to EBITDA 0.86 (19.28) 0.35

Dividend

Metric BNED QVCG Specialty Retail median
Dividend yield 1.26% — 1.42%
Payout ratio 0.25 — 0.28

Size

Metric BNED QVCG Specialty Retail median
Market cap 440.94m 379.00m 440.94m

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