Carlyle Group Inc. (CG) vs Pershing Square Inc. (PS)

Carlyle Group Inc. and Pershing Square Inc. are both Asset Management companies. Pershing Square Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $20.1B against $14.2B — 1.4× the size. Carlyle Group Inc. has the higher net margin (10.1% vs −67.6%) and the higher return on invested capital (4.40% vs −2.43%). Across the 11 metrics below, Carlyle Group Inc. leads on 8 and Pershing Square Inc. on 3.

Valuation

Metric CG PS Asset Management median
P/E 39.72 — 13.38
P/S 3.97 91.98 2.99
P/B 1.99 14.18 0.91
Price to free cash flow n/m n/m 7.79
EV/EBITDA — n/m —
EV/Sales — 81.89 —
Earnings yield 2.52% — 4.67%
Free cash flow yield (33.03%) (0.40%) 4.85%

Profitability

Metric CG PS Asset Management median
Gross margin 100.00% 100.00% 100.00%
Operating margin 39.60% (25.11%) 27.27%
Net margin 10.08% (67.64%) 11.89%
Free cash flow margin (114.16%) (36.88%) 5.96%
Return on equity 5.22% 0.00% 4.57%
Return on assets 1.37% (16.21%) 1.40%
Return on invested capital 4.40% (2.43%) 2.12%

Growth

Metric CG PS Asset Management median
Revenue growth (TTM) (41.88%) — 7.26%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (21.30%) — (5.64%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 10.25% — 11.84%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 18.36% — 0.00%

Health

Metric CG PS Asset Management median
Debt to equity 1.91 0.00 0.40
Current ratio 2.35 0.04 1.23
Net debt to EBITDA (0.47) — 1.06

Dividend

Metric CG PS Asset Management median
Dividend yield 3.49% — 6.43%
Payout ratio 1.46 — 0.91

Size

Metric CG PS Asset Management median
Market cap 14.24b 20.14b 692.54m

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