Educational Development Corporation (EDUC) vs Lee Enterprises, Incorporated (LEE)

Educational Development Corporation and Lee Enterprises, Incorporated are both Publishing companies. Lee Enterprises, Incorporated is the larger, with a market value of $152.3M against $11.1M — 13.7× the size. Lee Enterprises, Incorporated has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; Educational Development Corporation trades at 5.7×. Lee Enterprises, Incorporated grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: −11.1% against −34.3%. Educational Development Corporation has the higher net margin (9.75% vs −1.84%) and the lower return on invested capital (−10.9% vs 3.31%). Across the 20 metrics below, Educational Development Corporation leads on 11 and Lee Enterprises, Incorporated on 9.

Valuation

Metric EDUC LEE Publishing median
P/E 5.65 n/m 13.20
P/S 0.54 0.29 0.54
P/B 0.27 3,893.45 4.05
Price to free cash flow 0.36 134.85 12.41
EV/EBITDA n/m 12.99 9.09
EV/Sales 2.94 1.06 1.61
Earnings yield 17.69% (28.26%) 6.03%
Free cash flow yield 276.82% 0.74% 6.02%

Profitability

Metric EDUC LEE Publishing median
Gross margin 59.76% 60.62% 58.08%
Operating margin (33.53%) 4.05% 4.37%
Net margin 9.75% (1.84%) 7.58%
Free cash flow margin 148.96% 0.22% 3.40%
Return on equity 4.96% 49.78% 6.68%
Return on assets 3.10% (1.52%) 3.08%
Return on invested capital (10.89%) 3.31% 3.31%

Growth

Metric EDUC LEE Publishing median
Revenue growth (TTM) (34.31%) (11.12%) (1.48%)
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 142.86% (42.53%) —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR (30.59%) (1.87%) (2.38%)
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR (22.48%) 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric EDUC LEE Publishing median
Debt to equity 0.00 11,659.36 1.62
Current ratio 3.20 1.17 1.17
Net debt to EBITDA 0.23 21.05 1.44

Dividend

Metric EDUC LEE Publishing median
Dividend yield 12.05% — 3.09%
Payout ratio 0.00 0.00 0.36

Size

Metric EDUC LEE Publishing median
Market cap 11.08m 152.25m 946.98m

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