Datacentrex, Inc. (DTCX) vs Value Line, Inc. (VALU)

Datacentrex, Inc. and Value Line, Inc. are both Financial Data & Stock Exchanges companies. Value Line, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $368.9M against $79.9M — 4.6× the size. Datacentrex, Inc. has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; Value Line, Inc. trades at 19.1×. Datacentrex, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 329.4% against −5.49%. Value Line, Inc. has the higher net margin (60.3% vs −203.9%) and the higher return on invested capital (10.8% vs −44.2%). Across the 16 metrics below, Value Line, Inc. leads on 10 and Datacentrex, Inc. on 6.

Valuation

Metric DTCX VALU Financial Data & Stock Exchanges median
P/E n/m 19.07 21.77
P/S 8.35 11.46 7.79
P/B 1.00 3.45 3.85
Price to free cash flow n/m 11.49 18.75
EV/EBITDA n/m 60.63 15.55
EV/Sales 2.59 8.93 6.94
Earnings yield (42.31%) 5.24% 4.49%
Free cash flow yield (45.91%) 8.70% 4.68%

Profitability

Metric DTCX VALU Financial Data & Stock Exchanges median
Gross margin 34.65% 100.00% 70.90%
Operating margin (178.40%) 10.83% 29.55%
Net margin (203.89%) 60.27% 23.21%
Free cash flow margin (54.29%) 53.90% 29.05%
Return on equity (47.89%) 18.69% 15.34%
Return on assets (47.21%) 13.18% 6.82%
Return on invested capital (44.15%) 10.75% 9.96%

Growth

Metric DTCX VALU Financial Data & Stock Exchanges median
Revenue growth (TTM) 329.39% (5.49%) 9.16%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 8.00% 4.55% —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR — (3.70%) 7.76%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR — (1.46%) 9.78%

Health

Metric DTCX VALU Financial Data & Stock Exchanges median
Debt to equity 0.00 0.00 0.48
Current ratio 183.56 4.09 1.06
Net debt to EBITDA 93.78 (16.23) 1.08

Dividend

Metric DTCX VALU Financial Data & Stock Exchanges median
Dividend yield — 2.59% 1.16%
Payout ratio — 0.54 0.42

Size

Metric DTCX VALU Financial Data & Stock Exchanges median
Market cap 79.89m 368.90m 27.94b

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