Copart, Inc. (CPRT) vs RELX PLC (RELX)

Copart, Inc. and RELX PLC are both Specialty Business Services companies. RELX PLC is the larger, with a market value of $71.9B against $30.1B — 2.4× the size. RELX PLC trades at the lower P/E: 18.9× against 20.8×. RELX PLC grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 10.3% against 0.41%. Copart, Inc. has the higher net margin (31.8% vs 19.7%) and the higher return on invested capital (22.4% vs 0.00%). Across the 19 metrics below, Copart, Inc. leads on 11 and RELX PLC on 8.

Valuation

Metric CPRT RELX Specialty Business Services median
P/E 20.75 18.94 24.48
P/S 6.59 n/m 1.09
P/B 3.38 n/m 2.23
Price to free cash flow 24.19 n/m 16.92
EV/EBITDA 13.94 1.51 10.82
EV/Sales 5.65 0.55 1.47
Earnings yield 4.82% 5.28% 1.88%
Free cash flow yield 4.13% 0.00% 1.36%

Profitability

Metric CPRT RELX Specialty Business Services median
Gross margin 44.66% 60.78% 31.71%
Operating margin 35.42% 0.00% 3.53%
Net margin 31.81% 19.65% 1.88%
Free cash flow margin 27.32% 0.00% 3.18%
Return on equity 16.24% 0.00% 0.00%
Return on assets 14.76% 0.00% 0.00%
Return on invested capital 22.42% 0.00% 0.00%

Growth

Metric CPRT RELX Specialty Business Services median
Revenue growth (TTM) 0.41% 10.29% 6.04%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (2.52%) 12.12% 3.41%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 11.62% 6.73% 7.60%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 9.65% 11.62% 0.00%

Health

Metric CPRT RELX Specialty Business Services median
Debt to equity 0.00 7.10 0.24
Current ratio 7.91 0.45 1.79
Net debt to EBITDA (2.37) 1.89 0.69

Dividend

Metric CPRT RELX Specialty Business Services median
Dividend yield — 2.21% 2.19%
Payout ratio — — 0.37

Size

Metric CPRT RELX Specialty Business Services median
Market cap 30.09b 71.94b 704.72m

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