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Covista Inc. (CVSA) vs Grand Canyon Education, Inc. (LOPE)

Covista Inc. and Grand Canyon Education, Inc. are both Education & Training Services companies. Covista Inc. and Grand Canyon Education, Inc. are of similar size ($4.3B and $4.2B). Covista Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 17.7× against 19.4×. Covista Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 9.27% against 6.97%. Grand Canyon Education, Inc. has the higher net margin (19.6% vs 12.9%) and the higher return on invested capital (44.3% vs 14.1%). Across the 22 metrics below, Covista Inc. leads on 13 and Grand Canyon Education, Inc. on 9.

Valuation

Metric CVSA LOPE Education & Training Services median
P/E 17.68 19.42 13.22
P/S 2.27 3.70 0.99
P/B 3.07 6.31 1.62
Price to free cash flow 11.31 17.43 10.06
EV/EBITDA 9.91 12.48 8.56
EV/Sales 2.40 3.51 0.78
Earnings yield 5.66% 5.15% 3.17%
Free cash flow yield 8.84% 5.74% 2.81%

Profitability

Metric CVSA LOPE Education & Training Services median
Gross margin 57.34% 53.27% 54.64%
Operating margin 19.62% 24.49% 0.00%
Net margin 12.87% 19.63% 2.98%
Free cash flow margin 20.10% 21.24% 0.00%
Return on equity 17.47% 30.98% 0.00%
Return on assets 8.73% 23.11% 0.00%
Return on invested capital 14.08% 44.26% 0.00%

Growth

Metric CVSA LOPE Education & Training Services median
Revenue growth (TTM) 9.27% 6.97% 6.97%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 13.92% (0.26%) 15.68%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 16.79% 5.55% 4.27%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 29.14% (3.42%) 0.00%

Health

Metric CVSA LOPE Education & Training Services median
Debt to equity 0.46 0.00 0.05
Current ratio 1.09 2.82 1.33
Net debt to EBITDA 0.54 (0.98) (0.15)

Dividend

Metric CVSA LOPE Education & Training Services median
Dividend yield — — 1.84%
Payout ratio — — 0.23

Size

Metric CVSA LOPE Education & Training Services median
Market cap 4.31b 4.21b 68.84m

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