Compass, Inc. (COMP) vs Cushman & Wakefield PLC (CWK)

Compass, Inc. and Cushman & Wakefield PLC are both Real Estate Services companies. Compass, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $7.1B against $2.9B — 2.5× the size. Cushman & Wakefield PLC trades at the lower P/E: 41.9× against 134×. Compass, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 67.8% against 11.0%. Across the 20 metrics below, Cushman & Wakefield PLC leads on 12 and Compass, Inc. on 8.

Valuation

Metric COMP CWK Real Estate Services median
P/E 134.00 41.93 16.25
P/S 0.67 0.26 1.12
P/B 2.38 1.41 1.32
Price to free cash flow 55.42 11.44 13.29
EV/EBITDA 99.76 7.39 10.22
EV/Sales 0.91 0.46 1.16
Earnings yield 0.75% 2.38% 0.99%
Free cash flow yield 1.80% 8.74% (0.97%)

Profitability

Metric COMP CWK Real Estate Services median
Gross margin 100.00% 18.13% 26.81%
Operating margin (2.61%) 4.41% 0.00%
Net margin 0.64% 0.64% 0.11%
Free cash flow margin 1.22% 2.30% 0.00%
Return on equity 3.64% 3.52% 0.94%
Return on assets 1.36% 0.91% 0.00%
Return on invested capital (3.17%) 7.14% 0.00%

Growth

Metric COMP CWK Real Estate Services median
Revenue growth (TTM) 67.80% 11.04% 4.33%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 67.74% (32.14%) —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 13.35% 5.58% 4.05%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric COMP CWK Real Estate Services median
Debt to equity 1.05 1.31 0.08
Current ratio 1.06 1.08 1.95
Net debt to EBITDA (3.96) 3.02 0.54

Dividend

Metric COMP CWK Real Estate Services median
Dividend yield — — 1.33%
Payout ratio 0.00 0.00 0.00

Size

Metric COMP CWK Real Estate Services median
Market cap 7.13b 2.88b 218.52m

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