Cars.com Inc. (CARS) vs Hello Group Inc. Sponsored ADR (MOMO)

Cars.com Inc. and Hello Group Inc. Sponsored ADR are both Internet Content & Information companies. Cars.com Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $725.9M against $472.8M — 1.5× the size. Hello Group Inc. Sponsored ADR trades at the lower P/E: 4.6× against 17.8×. Hello Group Inc. Sponsored ADR grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 3.22% against 0.86%. Hello Group Inc. Sponsored ADR has the higher net margin (11.0% vs 5.92%) and the higher return on invested capital (31.6% vs 7.19%). Across the 21 metrics below, Hello Group Inc. Sponsored ADR leads on 16 and Cars.com Inc. on 5.

Valuation

Metric CARS MOMO Internet Content & Information median
P/E 17.83 4.59 12.38
P/S 1.00 0.48 0.93
P/B 1.62 0.45 1.24
Price to free cash flow 5.31 4.77 10.76
EV/EBITDA 6.88 n/m 10.74
EV/Sales 1.55 (0.37) 1.20
Earnings yield 5.61% 21.79% (1.71%)
Free cash flow yield 18.85% 20.98% 4.26%

Profitability

Metric CARS MOMO Internet Content & Information median
Gross margin 0.00% 37.29% 63.25%
Operating margin 13.11% 11.88% (1.87%)
Net margin 5.92% 10.96% (1.37%)
Free cash flow margin 20.91% 10.23% 3.47%
Return on equity 9.28% 0.00% (1.19%)
Return on assets 4.10% 7.60% 0.00%
Return on invested capital 7.19% 31.59% 0.00%

Growth

Metric CARS MOMO Internet Content & Information median
Revenue growth (TTM) 0.86% 3.22% 6.92%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (55.56%) (10.81%) 34.37%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 5.73% (8.43%) 10.46%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% (18.63%) 0.00%

Health

Metric CARS MOMO Internet Content & Information median
Debt to equity 0.99 0.00 0.01
Current ratio 2.03 5.13 1.84
Net debt to EBITDA 2.57 (3.87) (0.53)

Dividend

Metric CARS MOMO Internet Content & Information median
Dividend yield — 0.00% 1.19%
Payout ratio — 0.00 0.27

Size

Metric CARS MOMO Internet Content & Information median
Market cap 725.90m 472.77m 693.23m

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