Charles River Laboratories International, Inc. (CRL) vs Medpace Holdings, Inc. (MEDP)

Charles River Laboratories International, Inc. and Medpace Holdings, Inc. are both Diagnostics & Research companies. Medpace Holdings, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $17.6B against $14.6B — 1.2× the size. Charles River Laboratories International, Inc. has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; Medpace Holdings, Inc. trades at 35.6×. Medpace Holdings, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 24.7% against −0.74%. Medpace Holdings, Inc. has the higher net margin (17.7% vs −5.96%) and the lower return on invested capital (0.00% vs 1.07%). Across the 21 metrics below, Medpace Holdings, Inc. leads on 16 and Charles River Laboratories International, Inc. on 5.

Valuation

Metric CRL MEDP Diagnostics & Research median
P/E n/m 35.56 35.56
P/S 3.60 6.26 4.37
P/B 5.06 40.16 3.06
Price to free cash flow 38.84 24.66 35.76
EV/EBITDA 30.42 27.87 24.35
EV/Sales 4.21 6.12 5.51
Earnings yield (1.61%) 2.81% (1.89%)
Free cash flow yield 2.57% 4.06% (0.15%)

Profitability

Metric CRL MEDP Diagnostics & Research median
Gross margin 32.67% 72.35% 50.89%
Operating margin 2.25% 20.97% (8.57%)
Net margin (5.96%) 17.67% (6.37%)
Free cash flow margin 9.27% 25.40% 0.00%
Return on equity (7.69%) 162.15% (2.92%)
Return on assets (3.16%) 27.09% (6.71%)
Return on invested capital 1.07% 0.00% 0.00%

Growth

Metric CRL MEDP Diagnostics & Research median
Revenue growth (TTM) (0.74%) 24.67% 7.69%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (1,555.00%) 20.98% 25.92%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 6.55% 22.27% 7.40%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 25.50% 0.00%

Health

Metric CRL MEDP Diagnostics & Research median
Debt to equity 0.92 0.00 0.11
Current ratio 1.35 0.73 2.02
Net debt to EBITDA 3.24 (0.88) 0.70

Dividend

Metric CRL MEDP Diagnostics & Research median
Dividend yield — — 0.66%
Payout ratio — — 0.20

Size

Metric CRL MEDP Diagnostics & Research median
Market cap 14.62b 17.55b 2.16b

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