Barnes & Noble Education, Inc (BNED) vs Petco Health and Wellness Company, Inc. (WOOF)

Barnes & Noble Education, Inc and Petco Health and Wellness Company, Inc. are both Specialty Retail companies. Petco Health and Wellness Company, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $641.6M against $385.8M — 1.7× the size. Barnes & Noble Education, Inc trades at the lower P/E: 17.5× against 20.6×. Barnes & Noble Education, Inc grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 5.03% against −1.32%. Barnes & Noble Education, Inc has the higher net margin (1.29% vs 0.51%) and the higher return on invested capital (6.73% vs 3.49%). Across the 21 metrics below, Barnes & Noble Education, Inc leads on 13 and Petco Health and Wellness Company, Inc. on 8.

Valuation

Metric BNED WOOF Specialty Retail median
P/E 17.48 20.64 17.14
P/S 0.23 0.11 0.48
P/B 1.41 0.54 1.71
Price to free cash flow 8.04 2.72 13.04
EV/EBITDA 9.41 5.45 8.92
EV/Sales 0.43 0.31 0.64
Earnings yield 5.72% 4.85% 3.85%
Free cash flow yield 12.44% 36.70% 3.02%

Profitability

Metric BNED WOOF Specialty Retail median
Gross margin 21.42% 38.81% 37.89%
Operating margin 2.47% 2.24% 3.66%
Net margin 1.29% 0.51% 1.42%
Free cash flow margin 2.84% 3.99% 1.44%
Return on equity 8.31% 2.58% 2.58%
Return on assets 2.47% 0.59% 0.25%
Return on invested capital 6.73% 3.49% 0.00%

Growth

Metric BNED WOOF Specialty Retail median
Revenue growth (TTM) 5.03% (1.32%) 3.35%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 119.60% 108.11% —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 4.04% 3.91% 3.70%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric BNED WOOF Specialty Retail median
Debt to equity 0.44 1.22 0.27
Current ratio 1.66 0.90 1.35
Net debt to EBITDA 0.86 3.84 0.24

Dividend

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

Size

Metric BNED WOOF Specialty Retail median
Market cap 385.82m 641.58m 348.57m

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