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Brady Corporation (BRC) vs CoreCivic, Inc. (CXW)

Brady Corporation and CoreCivic, Inc. are both Security & Protection Services companies. Brady Corporation is the larger, with a market value of $3.7B against $2.8B — 1.3× the size. CoreCivic, Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 1.8× against 18.3×. CoreCivic, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 26.9% against 9.78%. CoreCivic, Inc. has the higher net margin (54.6% vs 12.4%) and the lower return on invested capital (6.99% vs 13.9%). Across the 21 metrics below, CoreCivic, Inc. leads on 13 and Brady Corporation on 8.

Valuation

Metric BRC CXW Security & Protection Services median
P/E 18.26 1.84 22.53
P/S 2.26 1.00 1.17
P/B 2.77 1.16 2.09
Price to free cash flow 19.49 n/m 19.49
EV/EBITDA 11.78 6.69 11.17
EV/Sales 2.19 1.02 1.97
Earnings yield 5.48% 54.49% 3.26%
Free cash flow yield 5.13% (14.59%) 1.46%

Profitability

Metric BRC CXW Security & Protection Services median
Gross margin 51.75% 22.18% 38.10%
Operating margin 15.86% 9.88% 9.80%
Net margin 12.36% 54.60% 2.88%
Free cash flow margin 11.59% (14.54%) 0.00%
Return on equity 16.11% 77.13% 8.74%
Return on assets 11.45% 42.58% 1.21%
Return on invested capital 13.89% 6.99% 1.98%

Growth

Metric BRC CXW Security & Protection Services median
Revenue growth (TTM) 9.78% 26.90% 7.23%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 9.14% 74.19% 35.69%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 7.74% 3.02% 7.09%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 9.64% 16.56% 0.00%

Health

Metric BRC CXW Security & Protection Services median
Debt to equity 0.01 0.27 0.20
Current ratio 1.94 2.41 1.92
Net debt to EBITDA (0.56) 3.16 1.55

Dividend

Metric BRC CXW Security & Protection Services median
Dividend yield 1.24% — 1.65%
Payout ratio 0.23 — 0.28

Size

Metric BRC CXW Security & Protection Services median
Market cap 3.74b 2.79b 408.73m

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