Cable One, Inc. (CABO) vs KVH Industries, Inc. (KVHI)

Cable One, Inc. and KVH Industries, Inc. are both Telecom Services companies. KVH Industries, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $109.6M against $29.3M — 3.7× the size. Cable One, Inc. has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; KVH Industries, Inc. trades at 205×. KVH Industries, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 25.7% against −8.34%. KVH Industries, Inc. has the higher net margin (0.36% vs −112.2%) and the higher return on invested capital (−2.15% vs −15.5%). Across the 16 metrics below, KVH Industries, Inc. leads on 10 and Cable One, Inc. on 6.

Valuation

Metric CABO KVHI Telecom Services median
P/E n/m 204.67 12.29
P/S 0.02 0.83 0.94
P/B n/m 0.94 1.25
Price to free cash flow 0.16 n/m 8.15
EV/EBITDA n/m 57.03 7.05
EV/Sales 2.07 0.51 1.79
Earnings yield (5,310.23%) 0.49% 3.40%
Free cash flow yield 628.59% (0.74%) 4.48%

Profitability

Metric CABO KVHI Telecom Services median
Gross margin 0.00% 0.00% 48.78%
Operating margin (49.34%) (1.75%) 9.22%
Net margin (112.20%) 0.36% 6.67%
Free cash flow margin 34.14% 1.37% 2.87%
Return on equity (233.12%) 0.38% 6.00%
Return on assets (30.15%) 0.33% 1.50%
Return on invested capital (15.50%) (2.15%) 3.77%

Growth

Metric CABO KVHI Telecom Services median
Revenue growth (TTM) (8.34%) 25.70% 5.40%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (2,558.29%) 33.33% 0.62%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 2.53% (6.90%) 2.53%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric CABO KVHI Telecom Services median
Debt to equity (41.03) 0.00 0.57
Current ratio 1.25 5.98 1.09
Net debt to EBITDA 21.69 147.18 1.86

Dividend

Metric CABO KVHI Telecom Services median
Dividend yield 0.00% — 2.55%
Payout ratio — — 0.40

Size

Metric CABO KVHI Telecom Services median
Market cap 29.27m 109.57m 3.16b

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