Consumer Portfolio Services, Inc. (CPSS) vs Finance of America Companies Inc. (FOA)

Consumer Portfolio Services, Inc. and Finance of America Companies Inc. are both Credit Services companies. Finance of America Companies Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $279.1M against $200.9M — 1.4× the size. Finance of America Companies Inc. has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; Consumer Portfolio Services, Inc. trades at 9.2×. Consumer Portfolio Services, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 6.87% against −42.3%. Consumer Portfolio Services, Inc. has the higher net margin (4.79% vs −0.10%) and the higher return on invested capital (4.09% vs −0.12%). Across the 17 metrics below, Consumer Portfolio Services, Inc. leads on 14 and Finance of America Companies Inc. on 3.

Valuation

Metric CPSS FOA Credit Services median
P/E 9.20 n/m 9.39
P/S 0.44 0.29 0.86
P/B 0.62 0.24 1.16
Price to free cash flow 0.56 n/m 2.78
EV/EBITDA — — —
EV/Sales — — —
Earnings yield 10.87% (3.27%) 6.55%
Free cash flow yield 177.32% (491.04%) 12.26%

Profitability

Metric CPSS FOA Credit Services median
Gross margin 100.00% 100.00% 77.13%
Operating margin 60.04% (20.35%) 0.34%
Net margin 4.79% (0.10%) 9.25%
Free cash flow margin 77.39% (164.79%) 12.91%
Return on equity 6.94% (0.08%) 8.49%
Return on assets 0.53% 0.00% 2.16%
Return on invested capital 4.09% (0.12%) 4.09%

Growth

Metric CPSS FOA Credit Services median
Revenue growth (TTM) 6.87% (42.27%) 4.62%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 1.27% 216.95% 21.94%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 9.89% (22.68%) 9.13%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR (2.27%) (38.60%) 0.00%

Health

Metric CPSS FOA Credit Services median
Debt to equity 12.56 89.53 0.68
Current ratio 5.67 3.02 1.55
Net debt to EBITDA 12.24 177.25 0.13

Dividend

Metric CPSS FOA Credit Services median
Dividend yield — — 1.64%
Payout ratio — — 0.22

Size

Metric CPSS FOA Credit Services median
Market cap 200.87m 279.10m 751.08m

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