Cars.com Inc. (CARS) vs Perion Network Ltd (PERI)

Cars.com Inc. and Perion Network Ltd are both Internet Content & Information companies. Cars.com Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $568.0M against $341.4M — 1.7× the size. Perion Network Ltd has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; Cars.com Inc. trades at 18.8×. Perion Network Ltd grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 2.86% against 1.08%. Cars.com Inc. has the higher net margin (4.73% vs −2.95%) and the higher return on invested capital (6.05% vs −3.19%). Across the 20 metrics below, Cars.com Inc. leads on 11 and Perion Network Ltd on 9.

Valuation

Metric CARS PERI Internet Content & Information median
P/E 18.79 n/m 10.24
P/S 0.84 0.73 0.87
P/B 1.37 0.51 1.32
Price to free cash flow 4.45 8.96 8.85
EV/EBITDA 6.58 58.89 8.86
EV/Sales 1.44 0.16 1.15
Earnings yield 5.32% (3.96%) (1.58%)
Free cash flow yield 22.47% 11.16% 2.32%

Profitability

Metric CARS PERI Internet Content & Information median
Gross margin 67.10% 88.57% 66.84%
Operating margin 11.45% (4.14%) (3.41%)
Net margin 4.73% (2.95%) (3.02%)
Free cash flow margin 18.86% 8.13% 1.75%
Return on equity 7.40% (1.96%) 0.00%
Return on assets 3.30% (1.46%) (0.36%)
Return on invested capital 6.05% (3.19%) 0.00%

Growth

Metric CARS PERI Internet Content & Information median
Revenue growth (TTM) 1.08% 2.86% 2.65%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (55.56%) (176.00%) —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 5.73% 6.04% 9.73%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric CARS PERI Internet Content & Information median
Debt to equity 1.01 0.00 0.01
Current ratio 2.00 2.53 1.82
Net debt to EBITDA 2.57 (137.89) (0.48)

Dividend

Metric CARS PERI Internet Content & Information median
Dividend yield — — 3.19%
Payout ratio 0.00 0.00 0.00

Size

Metric CARS PERI Internet Content & Information median
Market cap 567.98m 341.39m 283.68m

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