Castlight Health, inc. (CSLT) vs Simulations Plus, Inc. (SLP)

Castlight Health, inc. and Simulations Plus, Inc. are both Health Information Services companies. Simulations Plus, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $373.4M against $332.4M — 1.1× the size. Castlight Health, inc. has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; Simulations Plus, Inc. trades at 46.2×. Simulations Plus, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 2.08% against −2.43%. Simulations Plus, Inc. has the higher net margin (9.88% vs −6.04%) and the higher return on invested capital (8.07% vs −8.42%). Across the 20 metrics below, Simulations Plus, Inc. leads on 11 and Castlight Health, inc. on 9.

Valuation

Metric CSLT SLP Health Information Services median
P/E n/m 46.18 39.52
P/S 2.32 4.55 2.65
P/B 2.60 2.68 2.32
Price to free cash flow 16.39 16.99 16.77
EV/EBITDA 39.58 18.88 12.35
EV/Sales 1.88 3.94 3.06
Earnings yield (2.68%) 2.17% (1.68%)
Free cash flow yield 6.10% 5.89% 0.54%

Profitability

Metric CSLT SLP Health Information Services median
Gross margin 65.21% 63.38% 63.38%
Operating margin (6.17%) 14.02% (8.35%)
Net margin (6.04%) 9.88% (14.70%)
Free cash flow margin 14.13% 26.77% 0.58%
Return on equity (6.91%) 6.17% (6.82%)
Return on assets (5.18%) 5.64% (6.02%)
Return on invested capital (8.42%) 8.07% 0.00%

Growth

Metric CSLT SLP Health Information Services median
Revenue growth (TTM) (2.43%) 2.08% 8.62%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (46.43%) (757.14%) —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 14.27% 13.74% 12.36%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric CSLT SLP Health Information Services median
Debt to equity 0.03 0.00 0.01
Current ratio 2.94 5.54 2.37
Net debt to EBITDA (7.80) 0.52 0.50

Dividend

Metric CSLT SLP Health Information Services median
Dividend yield — 0.59% 0.85%
Payout ratio 0.00 0.48 0.00

Size

Metric CSLT SLP Health Information Services median
Market cap 332.37m 373.35m 352.86m

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