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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. is the larger, with a market value of $3.8B against $3.2B — 1.2× the size. Grand Canyon Education, Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 13.0× against 15.2×. Covista Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 9.28% against 5.30%. Grand Canyon Education, Inc. has the higher net margin (21.9% vs 12.8%) and the higher return on invested capital (41.0% vs 14.6%). Across the 22 metrics below, Covista Inc. leads on 11 and Grand Canyon Education, Inc. on 11.

Valuation

Metric CVSA LOPE Education & Training Services median
P/E 15.16 12.96 12.09
P/S 1.91 2.73 0.80
P/B 2.70 4.90 1.39
Price to free cash flow 10.81 11.82 7.31
EV/EBITDA 8.47 9.42 6.36
EV/Sales 2.05 2.64 0.58
Earnings yield 6.60% 7.71% 3.29%
Free cash flow yield 9.25% 8.46% 3.03%

Profitability

Metric CVSA LOPE Education & Training Services median
Gross margin 57.39% 0.00% 55.03%
Operating margin 19.76% 27.27% 0.00%
Net margin 12.84% 21.85% 1.77%
Free cash flow margin 17.70% 23.06% 0.00%
Return on equity 17.86% 35.91% 0.00%
Return on assets 8.87% 26.04% 0.00%
Return on invested capital 14.58% 41.01% 0.00%

Growth

Metric CVSA LOPE Education & Training Services median
Revenue growth (TTM) 9.28% 5.30% 5.84%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 13.92% (0.26%) 14.71%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 16.79% 5.55% 4.24%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 29.14% (3.42%) 0.00%

Health

Metric CVSA LOPE Education & Training Services median
Debt to equity 0.35 0.00 0.05
Current ratio 0.81 2.64 1.37
Net debt to EBITDA 0.54 (0.98) (0.04)

Dividend

Metric CVSA LOPE Education & Training Services median
Dividend yield — — 2.64%
Payout ratio — — 0.26

Size

Metric CVSA LOPE Education & Training Services median
Market cap 3.76b 3.19b 59.54m

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