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Charles River Associates (CRAI) vs Huron Consulting Group Inc. (HURN)

Charles River Associates and Huron Consulting Group Inc. are both Consulting Services companies. Huron Consulting Group Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $2.8B against $1.3B — 2.2× the size. Charles River Associates trades at the lower P/E: 24.9× against 25.7×. Charles River Associates grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 12.7% against 12.3%. Charles River Associates has the higher net margin (6.27% vs 6.10%) and the higher return on invested capital (21.8% vs 10.4%). Across the 22 metrics below, Charles River Associates leads on 14 and Huron Consulting Group Inc. on 8.

Valuation

Metric CRAI HURN Consulting Services median
P/E 24.92 25.70 24.13
P/S 1.53 1.51 1.40
P/B 6.53 7.15 2.54
Price to free cash flow 131.56 26.57 18.24
EV/EBITDA 12.14 15.19 12.35
EV/Sales 1.60 1.93 1.58
Earnings yield 4.01% 3.89% 3.89%
Free cash flow yield 0.76% 3.76% 0.38%

Profitability

Metric CRAI HURN Consulting Services median
Gross margin 28.97% 31.94% 37.29%
Operating margin 10.45% 10.53% 9.21%
Net margin 6.27% 6.10% 5.86%
Free cash flow margin 1.16% 5.67% 0.00%
Return on equity 26.20% 25.45% 0.00%
Return on assets 7.89% 7.05% 0.00%
Return on invested capital 21.76% 10.37% 0.00%

Growth

Metric CRAI HURN Consulting Services median
Revenue growth (TTM) 12.67% 12.30% (0.15%)
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 20.77% (6.86%) (6.86%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 8.13% 14.30% 7.14%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 17.50% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric CRAI HURN Consulting Services median
Debt to equity 0.39 2.07 0.00
Current ratio 1.05 1.60 1.72
Net debt to EBITDA 0.14 2.29 0.22

Dividend

Metric CRAI HURN Consulting Services median
Dividend yield 1.13% — 1.13%
Payout ratio 0.29 — 0.30

Size

Metric CRAI HURN Consulting Services median
Market cap 1.27b 2.77b 164.16m

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