Cimpress plc (CMPR) vs Transcat, Inc. (TRNS)

Cimpress plc and Transcat, Inc. are both Specialty Business Services companies. Cimpress plc is the larger, with a market value of $1.5B against $944.1M — 1.6× the size. Cimpress plc trades at the lower P/E: 17.6× against 208×. Transcat, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 20.0% against 10.0%. Cimpress plc has the higher net margin (2.25% vs 1.26%) and the higher return on invested capital (14.3% vs 1.96%). Across the 21 metrics below, Cimpress plc leads on 15 and Transcat, Inc. on 6.

Valuation

Metric CMPR TRNS Specialty Business Services median
P/E 17.59 207.62 24.48
P/S 0.40 2.61 1.09
P/B n/m 3.07 2.23
Price to free cash flow 10.85 41.33 16.92
EV/EBITDA 7.73 25.76 10.82
EV/Sales 0.79 2.92 1.47
Earnings yield 5.69% 0.48% 1.88%
Free cash flow yield 9.22% 2.42% 1.36%

Profitability

Metric CMPR TRNS Specialty Business Services median
Gross margin 45.57% 32.79% 31.71%
Operating margin 5.99% 3.63% 3.53%
Net margin 2.25% 1.26% 1.88%
Free cash flow margin 3.44% 6.32% 3.18%
Return on equity (16.30%) 1.52% 0.00%
Return on assets 4.06% 0.93% 0.00%
Return on invested capital 14.32% 1.96% 0.00%

Growth

Metric CMPR TRNS Specialty Business Services median
Revenue growth (TTM) 10.00% 20.04% 6.04%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 553.45% (63.69%) 3.41%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 7.72% 13.87% 7.60%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% (7.15%) 0.00%

Health

Metric CMPR TRNS Specialty Business Services median
Debt to equity (3.33) 0.38 0.24
Current ratio 0.63 2.57 1.79
Net debt to EBITDA 3.16 2.40 0.69

Dividend

Metric CMPR TRNS Specialty Business Services median
Dividend yield — — 2.19%
Payout ratio — — 0.37

Size

Metric CMPR TRNS Specialty Business Services median
Market cap 1.52b 944.06m 704.72m

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