FREECAST INC (CAST) vs E.W. Scripps Company (The) (SSP)

FREECAST INC and E.W. Scripps Company (The) are both Broadcasting companies. E.W. Scripps Company (The) is the larger, with a market value of $273.4M against $67.6M — 4.0× the size. E.W. Scripps Company (The) has the higher net margin (−61.1% vs −3,247.8%) and the lower return on invested capital (−25.6% vs 0.00%). Across the 15 metrics below, E.W. Scripps Company (The) leads on 8 and FREECAST INC on 7.

Valuation

Metric CAST SSP Broadcasting median
P/E n/m n/m —
P/S 120.65 0.13 0.17
P/B n/m n/m 0.33
Price to free cash flow n/m 7.54 4.26
EV/EBITDA n/m 12.02 8.58
EV/Sales 131.24 1.31 1.30
Earnings yield (27.51%) (475.77%) (17.97%)
Free cash flow yield (25.35%) 13.26% 0.00%

Profitability

Metric CAST SSP Broadcasting median
Gross margin 46.36% 40.36% 39.64%
Operating margin (3,189.70%) (50.29%) (12.31%)
Net margin (3,247.78%) (61.13%) (8.55%)
Free cash flow margin (3,058.08%) 1.73% (0.22%)
Return on equity 0.00% (462.40%) (5.70%)
Return on assets (2,608.42%) (29.31%) (5.59%)
Return on invested capital 0.00% (25.60%) (0.41%)

Growth

Metric CAST SSP Broadcasting median
Revenue growth (TTM) — (14.18%) (11.30%)
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (73.57%) (285.15%) (73.57%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR — 2.97% 2.61%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR — 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric CAST SSP Broadcasting median
Debt to equity (0.70) 24.77 0.46
Current ratio 0.08 1.34 1.26
Net debt to EBITDA 0.41 7.67 1.40

Dividend

Metric CAST SSP Broadcasting median
Dividend yield — — 7.03%
Payout ratio — — —

Size

Metric CAST SSP Broadcasting median
Market cap 67.55m 273.38m 157.84m

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