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 $3.8B — 2.2× the size. Covista Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 15.2× against 16.3×. New Oriental Education & Technology Group, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 20.6% against 9.28%. Covista Inc. has the higher net margin (12.8% vs 8.44%) and the higher return on invested capital (14.6% 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 15.16 16.31 12.09
P/S 1.91 1.39 0.80
P/B 2.70 1.94 1.39
Price to free cash flow 10.81 82.16 7.31
EV/EBITDA 8.47 4.49 6.36
EV/Sales 2.05 0.53 0.58
Earnings yield 6.60% 6.13% 3.29%
Free cash flow yield 9.25% 1.22% 3.03%

Profitability

Metric CVSA EDU Education & Training Services median
Gross margin 57.39% 54.31% 55.03%
Operating margin 19.76% 11.76% 0.00%
Net margin 12.84% 8.44% 1.77%
Free cash flow margin 17.70% 17.13% 0.00%
Return on equity 17.86% 0.00% 0.00%
Return on assets 8.87% 6.02% 0.00%
Return on invested capital 14.58% 0.00% 0.00%

Growth

Metric CVSA EDU Education & Training Services median
Revenue growth (TTM) 9.28% 20.55% 5.84%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 13.92% 30.26% 14.71%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 16.79% 5.77% 4.24%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 29.14% 7.28% 0.00%

Health

Metric CVSA EDU Education & Training Services median
Debt to equity 0.35 0.00 0.05
Current ratio 0.81 1.61 1.37
Net debt to EBITDA 0.54 (6.44) (0.04)

Dividend

Metric CVSA EDU Education & Training Services median
Dividend yield — 1.11% 2.64%
Payout ratio — 0.18 0.26

Size

Metric CVSA EDU Education & Training Services median
Market cap 3.76b 8.37b 59.54m

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