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Ennis, Inc. (EBF) vs Transcat, Inc. (TRNS)

Ennis, Inc. and Transcat, Inc. are both Specialty Business Services companies. Transcat, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $837.9M against $525.3M — 1.6× the size. Ennis, Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 13.5× against 182×. Transcat, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 20.0% against 2.27%. Ennis, Inc. has the higher net margin (9.81% vs 1.26%) and the higher return on invested capital (13.0% vs 1.96%). Across the 22 metrics below, Ennis, Inc. leads on 19 and Transcat, Inc. on 3.

Valuation

Metric EBF TRNS Specialty Business Services median
P/E 13.53 181.76 25.69
P/S 1.33 2.30 1.17
P/B 1.68 2.70 2.31
Price to free cash flow 9.14 36.40 16.50
EV/EBITDA 7.05 24.13 11.75
EV/Sales 1.27 2.61 1.57
Earnings yield 7.39% 0.55% 1.74%
Free cash flow yield 10.94% 2.75% 1.23%

Profitability

Metric EBF TRNS Specialty Business Services median
Gross margin 30.63% 32.79% 32.79%
Operating margin 13.64% 3.63% 3.53%
Net margin 9.81% 1.26% 1.82%
Free cash flow margin 14.50% 6.32% 3.00%
Return on equity 12.57% 1.52% 0.00%
Return on assets 10.71% 0.93% 0.00%
Return on invested capital 13.02% 1.96% 0.65%

Growth

Metric EBF TRNS Specialty Business Services median
Revenue growth (TTM) 2.27% 20.04% 4.55%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 7.79% (63.69%) 5.60%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 1.85% 13.87% 7.66%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 12.09% (7.15%) 0.00%

Health

Metric EBF TRNS Specialty Business Services median
Debt to equity 0.00 0.38 0.24
Current ratio 3.79 2.57 1.77
Net debt to EBITDA (0.50) 2.40 0.69

Dividend

Metric EBF TRNS Specialty Business Services median
Dividend yield 4.86% — 2.29%
Payout ratio 0.66 — 0.42

Size

Metric EBF TRNS Specialty Business Services median
Market cap 525.34m 837.89m 757.81m

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