Covista Inc. (CVSA) vs New Oriental Education & Technology Group, Inc. (EDU)

Covista Inc. and New Oriental Education & Technology Group, Inc. are both Education & Training Services companies. New Oriental Education & Technology Group, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $8.4B against $4.3B — 2.0× the size. Covista Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 17.7× against 20.2×. New Oriental Education & Technology Group, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 15.5% against 9.27%. Covista Inc. has the higher net margin (12.9% vs 8.39%) and the higher return on invested capital (14.1% vs 0.00%). Across the 22 metrics below, Covista Inc. leads on 13 and New Oriental Education & Technology Group, Inc. on 9.

Valuation

Metric CVSA EDU Education & Training Services median
P/E 17.68 20.23 13.22
P/S 2.27 1.70 0.99
P/B 3.07 2.22 1.62
Price to free cash flow 11.31 97.12 10.06
EV/EBITDA 9.91 6.90 8.56
EV/Sales 2.40 0.78 0.78
Earnings yield 5.66% 4.94% 3.17%
Free cash flow yield 8.84% 1.03% 2.81%

Profitability

Metric CVSA EDU Education & Training Services median
Gross margin 57.34% 54.64% 54.64%
Operating margin 19.62% 11.36% 0.00%
Net margin 12.87% 8.39% 2.98%
Free cash flow margin 20.10% 1.75% 0.00%
Return on equity 17.47% 11.68% 0.00%
Return on assets 8.73% 5.73% 0.00%
Return on invested capital 14.08% 0.00% 0.00%

Growth

Metric CVSA EDU Education & Training Services median
Revenue growth (TTM) 9.27% 15.53% 6.97%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 13.92% 30.26% 15.68%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 16.79% 5.77% 4.27%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 29.14% 7.28% 0.00%

Health

Metric CVSA EDU Education & Training Services median
Debt to equity 0.46 0.00 0.05
Current ratio 1.09 1.50 1.33
Net debt to EBITDA 0.54 (6.44) (0.15)

Dividend

Metric CVSA EDU Education & Training Services median
Dividend yield — 0.99% 1.84%
Payout ratio — 0.20 0.23

Size

Metric CVSA EDU Education & Training Services median
Market cap 4.31b 8.44b 68.84m

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