Barnes & Noble Education, Inc (BNED) vs Winmark Corporation (WINA)

Barnes & Noble Education, Inc and Winmark Corporation are both Specialty Retail companies. Winmark Corporation is the larger, with a market value of $1.1B against $413.9M — 2.6× the size. Barnes & Noble Education, Inc trades at the lower P/E: 19.2× against 25.5×. Barnes & Noble Education, Inc grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 5.03% against 3.76%. Winmark Corporation has the higher net margin (47.1% vs 1.29%) and the lower return on invested capital (0.00% vs 6.73%). Both pay a dividend; Barnes & Noble Education, Inc yields more (1.28% vs 1.03%). Across the 22 metrics below, Barnes & Noble Education, Inc leads on 13 and Winmark Corporation on 9.

Valuation

Metric BNED WINA Specialty Retail median
P/E 19.25 25.55 19.18
P/S 0.25 12.07 0.48
P/B 1.55 n/m 1.90
Price to free cash flow 8.85 25.45 11.70
EV/EBITDA 9.92 19.82 8.45
EV/Sales 0.45 12.52 0.63
Earnings yield 5.20% 3.91% 3.91%
Free cash flow yield 11.30% 3.93% 2.40%

Profitability

Metric BNED WINA Specialty Retail median
Gross margin 21.42% 96.66% 37.89%
Operating margin 2.47% 62.33% 3.66%
Net margin 1.29% 47.09% 1.42%
Free cash flow margin 2.84% 47.41% 0.85%
Return on equity 8.31% (109.44%) 2.46%
Return on assets 2.47% 94.36% 0.16%
Return on invested capital 6.73% 0.00% 0.00%

Growth

Metric BNED WINA Specialty Retail median
Revenue growth (TTM) 5.03% 3.76% 3.35%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 119.60% 3.76% 15.38%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 4.04% 5.43% 3.88%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 6.91% 0.00%

Health

Metric BNED WINA Specialty Retail median
Debt to equity 0.44 (1.59) 0.27
Current ratio 1.66 3.75 1.35
Net debt to EBITDA 0.86 0.89 0.24

Dividend

Metric BNED WINA Specialty Retail median
Dividend yield 1.28% 1.03% 1.49%
Payout ratio 0.25 0.27 0.26

Size

Metric BNED WINA Specialty Retail median
Market cap 413.90m 1.06b 359.26m

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