Carter's, Inc. (CRI) vs J.Jill, Inc. (JILL)

Carter's, Inc. and J.Jill, Inc. are both Apparel Retail companies. Carter's, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $1.2B against $366.8M — 3.3× the size. Carter's, Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 5.9× against 13.5×. Carter's, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 5.17% against −2.25%. Carter's, Inc. has the higher net margin (6.47% vs 4.62%) and the lower return on invested capital (18.7% vs 22.1%). Both pay a dividend; Carter's, Inc. yields more (3.18% vs 1.43%). Across the 23 metrics below, Carter's, Inc. leads on 14 and J.Jill, Inc. on 9.

Valuation

Metric CRI JILL Apparel Retail median
P/E 5.89 13.48 13.40
P/S 0.38 0.62 0.31
P/B 1.09 2.62 1.73
Price to free cash flow 8.31 7.79 12.11
EV/EBITDA 4.51 5.26 7.58
EV/Sales 0.51 0.61 0.51
Earnings yield 16.98% 7.42% 5.50%
Free cash flow yield 12.03% 12.83% 3.85%

Profitability

Metric CRI JILL Apparel Retail median
Gross margin 48.60% 69.99% 41.90%
Operating margin 9.47% 8.13% 2.50%
Net margin 6.47% 4.62% 3.41%
Free cash flow margin 9.83% 7.98% 2.86%
Return on equity 20.50% 20.78% 7.71%
Return on assets 7.43% 6.07% 2.85%
Return on invested capital 18.72% 22.06% 6.41%

Growth

Metric CRI JILL Apparel Retail median
Revenue growth (TTM) 5.17% (2.25%) 4.17%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (50.59%) (30.27%) 5.51%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR (0.85%) 6.93% 5.92%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR (3.99%) 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric CRI JILL Apparel Retail median
Debt to equity 0.55 0.52 0.01
Current ratio 2.47 1.30 1.53
Net debt to EBITDA 0.40 0.45 (0.38)

Dividend

Metric CRI JILL Apparel Retail median
Dividend yield 3.18% 1.43% 1.80%
Payout ratio 0.19 0.20 0.21

Size

Metric CRI JILL Apparel Retail median
Market cap 1.20b 366.82m 371.52m

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