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Brightstar Lottery (BRSL) vs Meridian Holdings, Inc. (MRDN)

Brightstar Lottery and Meridian Holdings, Inc. are both Gambling companies. Brightstar Lottery is the larger, with a market value of $1.8B against $116.3M — 15.8× the size. Meridian Holdings, Inc. has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; Brightstar Lottery trades at 7.7×. Meridian Holdings, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 14.1% against 0.65%. Brightstar Lottery has the higher net margin (10.1% vs −41.4%) and the higher return on invested capital (6.38% vs −124.8%). Across the 18 metrics below, Brightstar Lottery leads on 9 and Meridian Holdings, Inc. on 9.

Valuation

Metric BRSL MRDN Gambling median
P/E 7.68 n/m 15.25
P/S 0.75 0.59 0.86
P/B 0.92 2.25 2.25
Price to free cash flow n/m 5.53 15.25
EV/EBITDA 5.14 n/m 6.93
EV/Sales 2.37 0.55 1.43
Earnings yield 13.01% (73.90%) (1.45%)
Free cash flow yield (120.17%) 18.10% 4.52%

Profitability

Metric BRSL MRDN Gambling median
Gross margin 48.54% 55.72% 48.54%
Operating margin 23.99% (44.71%) 0.00%
Net margin 10.05% (41.41%) (2.68%)
Free cash flow margin (89.99%) 10.60% 7.20%
Return on equity 12.30% (92.67%) 11.84%
Return on assets 2.57% (50.19%) 0.00%
Return on invested capital 6.38% (124.83%) 0.00%

Growth

Metric BRSL MRDN Gambling median
Revenue growth (TTM) 0.65% 14.10% 9.84%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (56.73%) (4,750.00%) (11.41%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR (4.22%) 81.31% 23.46%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric BRSL MRDN Gambling median
Debt to equity 2.16 0.20 0.20
Current ratio 1.10 0.59 1.10
Net debt to EBITDA 2.49 0.01 0.45

Dividend

Metric BRSL MRDN Gambling median
Dividend yield 9.11% — —
Payout ratio 0.70 — —

Size

Metric BRSL MRDN Gambling median
Market cap 1.84b 116.29m 1.09b

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