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Carriage Services, Inc. (CSV) vs MEDIFAST INC (MED)

Carriage Services, Inc. and MEDIFAST INC are both Personal Services companies. Carriage Services, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $448.0M against $142.4M — 3.1× the size. MEDIFAST INC has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; Carriage Services, Inc. trades at 9.5×. Carriage Services, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 1.26% against −30.3%. Carriage Services, Inc. has the higher net margin (0.00% vs −13.6%) and the higher return on invested capital (20.8% vs −280.8%). Across the 18 metrics below, Carriage Services, Inc. leads on 13 and MEDIFAST INC on 5.

Valuation

Metric CSV MED Personal Services median
P/E 9.50 n/m 14.33
P/S 1.07 0.48 1.07
P/B 1.54 0.79 4.19
Price to free cash flow 4.68 n/m 9.89
EV/EBITDA 8.19 n/m 9.86
EV/Sales 2.35 0.03 1.28
Earnings yield 10.53% (28.78%) 3.58%
Free cash flow yield 21.39% (18.99%) 6.06%

Profitability

Metric CSV MED Personal Services median
Gross margin 34.13% 69.21% 32.10%
Operating margin 22.47% (11.61%) 5.04%
Net margin 0.00% (13.64%) (2.19%)
Free cash flow margin 22.86% (0.08%) 8.29%
Return on equity 0.00% (20.69%) 0.00%
Return on assets 0.00% (16.08%) 0.00%
Return on invested capital 20.79% (280.77%) 0.10%

Growth

Metric CSV MED Personal Services median
Revenue growth (TTM) 1.26% (30.28%) 4.90%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 54.76% (994.74%) 23.84%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 4.85% (16.22%) 4.52%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 25.93% 0.00% 10.19%

Health

Metric CSV MED Personal Services median
Debt to equity 0.00 0.00 2.13
Current ratio 1.45 4.82 1.13
Net debt to EBITDA 4.32 260.55 1.98

Dividend

Metric CSV MED Personal Services median
Dividend yield 1.59% — —
Payout ratio 0.15 — —

Size

Metric CSV MED Personal Services median
Market cap 448.04m 142.35m 571.45m

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