Circle Internet Group, Inc. (CRCL) vs Jefferies Financial Group Inc. (JEF)

Circle Internet Group, Inc. and Jefferies Financial Group Inc. are both Capital Markets companies. Circle Internet Group, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $17.7B against $11.2B — 1.6× the size. Jefferies Financial Group Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 12.7× against 37.4×. Circle Internet Group, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 25.1% against 17.7%. Circle Internet Group, Inc. has the higher net margin (15.3% vs 10.1%) and the lower return on invested capital (0.00% vs 8.20%). Across the 18 metrics below, Jefferies Financial Group Inc. leads on 13 and Circle Internet Group, Inc. on 5.

Valuation

Metric CRCL JEF Capital Markets median
P/E 37.37 12.70 14.35
P/S 5.84 1.14 2.07
P/B 4.58 0.90 1.36
Price to free cash flow 26.49 2.33 9.28
EV/EBITDA — — —
EV/Sales — — —
Earnings yield 2.68% 7.87% (8.28%)
Free cash flow yield 3.78% 42.96% (1.12%)

Profitability

Metric CRCL JEF Capital Markets median
Gross margin 0.00% 98.17% 68.15%
Operating margin 11.31% 23.38% 0.00%
Net margin 15.28% 10.06% (0.34%)
Free cash flow margin 22.02% 48.96% 0.00%
Return on equity 13.44% 8.06% 0.00%
Return on assets 0.60% 1.14% 0.00%
Return on invested capital 0.00% 8.20% 0.00%

Growth

Metric CRCL JEF Capital Markets median
Revenue growth (TTM) 25.12% 17.74% 19.72%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (246.67%) (5.35%) 16.79%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR — 4.65% 17.41%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR — (3.90%) 0.00%

Health

Metric CRCL JEF Capital Markets median
Debt to equity 0.00 2.09 0.07
Current ratio 1.04 1.02 1.51
Net debt to EBITDA 3,906.55 1.89 (0.03)

Dividend

Metric CRCL JEF Capital Markets median
Dividend yield — 3.27% 1.58%
Payout ratio — 0.43 0.19

Size

Metric CRCL JEF Capital Markets median
Market cap 17.72b 11.16b 527.01m

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