Daily Journal Corp. (S.C.) (DJCO) vs Viant Technology Inc. (DSP)

Daily Journal Corp. (S.C.) and Viant Technology Inc. are both Software Application companies. Daily Journal Corp. (S.C.) is the larger, with a market value of $901.9M against $810.6M — 1.1× the size. Daily Journal Corp. (S.C.) has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; Viant Technology Inc. trades at 23.9×. Daily Journal Corp. (S.C.) grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 23.4% against 22.0%. Viant Technology Inc. has the higher net margin (2.24% vs −11.6%) and the higher return on invested capital (4.53% vs 0.00%). Across the 21 metrics below, Viant Technology Inc. leads on 15 and Daily Journal Corp. (S.C.) on 6.

Valuation

Metric DJCO DSP Software Application median
P/E n/m 23.90 24.79
P/S 9.27 0.62 2.67
P/B 2.68 0.75 3.01
Price to free cash flow 52.35 5.03 16.59
EV/EBITDA 35.96 2.45 14.40
EV/Sales 4.98 0.19 2.62
Earnings yield (1.25%) 4.18% 0.00%
Free cash flow yield 1.91% 19.89% 1.91%

Profitability

Metric DJCO DSP Software Application median
Gross margin 99.38% 100.00% 67.03%
Operating margin 13.65% 2.35% 0.00%
Net margin (11.63%) 2.24% 0.00%
Free cash flow margin 17.71% 12.29% 4.32%
Return on equity (3.31%) 3.02% 0.00%
Return on assets (2.35%) 1.94% 0.00%
Return on invested capital 0.00% 4.53% 0.00%

Growth

Metric DJCO DSP Software Application median
Revenue growth (TTM) 23.35% 21.99% 12.40%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 43.50% 157.14% —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 11.92% 15.81% 13.72%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 94.38% (13.89%) 0.00%

Health

Metric DJCO DSP Software Application median
Debt to equity 0.06 0.00 0.02
Current ratio 11.65 2.34 1.55
Net debt to EBITDA (50.39) (6.21) 0.06

Dividend

Metric DJCO DSP Software Application median
Dividend yield — — 1.25%
Payout ratio 0.00 0.00 0.00

Size

Metric DJCO DSP Software Application median
Market cap 901.87m 810.63m 396.11m

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