Casey's General Stores, Inc. (CASY) vs Williams-Sonoma, Inc. (WSM)

Casey's General Stores, Inc. and Williams-Sonoma, Inc. are both Specialty Retail companies. Williams-Sonoma, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $26.9B against $22.2B — 1.2× the size. Williams-Sonoma, Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 23.4× against 28.7×. Casey's General Stores, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 13.8% against 2.24%. Williams-Sonoma, Inc. has the higher net margin (14.7% vs 4.14%) and the higher return on invested capital (86.4% vs 11.4%). Both pay a dividend; Williams-Sonoma, Inc. yields more (1.62% vs 0.62%). Across the 23 metrics below, Williams-Sonoma, Inc. leads on 15 and Casey's General Stores, Inc. on 8.

Valuation

Metric CASY WSM Specialty Retail median
P/E 28.68 23.41 17.14
P/S 1.18 3.41 0.48
P/B 5.40 12.75 1.71
Price to free cash flow 32.67 20.32 13.04
EV/EBITDA 15.44 15.64 8.92
EV/Sales 1.29 3.46 0.64
Earnings yield 3.49% 4.27% 3.85%
Free cash flow yield 3.06% 4.92% 3.02%

Profitability

Metric CASY WSM Specialty Retail median
Gross margin 23.82% 47.19% 37.89%
Operating margin 5.88% 19.21% 3.66%
Net margin 4.14% 14.73% 1.42%
Free cash flow margin 3.63% 16.78% 1.44%
Return on equity 19.98% 54.96% 2.58%
Return on assets 8.84% 21.97% 0.25%
Return on invested capital 11.43% 86.41% 0.00%

Growth

Metric CASY WSM Specialty Retail median
Revenue growth (TTM) 13.78% 2.24% 3.35%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 30.87% 0.57% —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 6.28% 2.85% 3.70%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 16.03% 9.84% 0.00%

Health

Metric CASY WSM Specialty Retail median
Debt to equity 0.59 0.00 0.27
Current ratio 1.02 1.45 1.35
Net debt to EBITDA 1.28 (0.62) 0.24

Dividend

Metric CASY WSM Specialty Retail median
Dividend yield 0.62% 1.62% 1.73%
Payout ratio 0.13 0.23 0.00

Size

Metric CASY WSM Specialty Retail median
Market cap 22.17b 26.93b 348.57m

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