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Educational Development Corporation (EDUC) vs Pearson, PLC (PSO)

Educational Development Corporation and Pearson, PLC are both Publishing companies. Pearson, PLC is the larger, with a market value of $10.5B against $8.4M — 1256.3× the size. Educational Development Corporation trades at the lower P/E: 5.2× against 18.0×. Pearson, PLC grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 1.35% against −32.0%. Educational Development Corporation has the higher net margin (8.60% vs 7.58%) and the lower return on invested capital (−10.7% vs 0.00%). Across the 18 metrics below, Educational Development Corporation leads on 12 and Pearson, PLC on 6.

Valuation

Metric EDUC PSO Publishing median
P/E 5.16 18.03 13.23
P/S 0.42 n/m 0.44
P/B 0.21 n/m 4.19
Price to free cash flow 0.28 n/m 10.02
EV/EBITDA n/m 0.83 9.46
EV/Sales 2.91 0.20 1.66
Earnings yield 19.39% 5.55% 5.55%
Free cash flow yield 360.06% 0.00% 5.64%

Profitability

Metric EDUC PSO Publishing median
Gross margin 60.12% 48.22% 58.31%
Operating margin (33.16%) 0.00% 2.51%
Net margin 8.60% 7.58% 7.58%
Free cash flow margin 150.23% 0.00% 3.39%
Return on equity 4.41% 0.00% 7.38%
Return on assets 2.76% 0.00% 2.76%
Return on invested capital (10.74%) 0.00% 0.00%

Growth

Metric EDUC PSO Publishing median
Revenue growth (TTM) (31.97%) 1.35% (1.40%)
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 142.86% (17.28%) 105.56%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR (35.46%) 1.58% (2.38%)
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR (28.71%) 2.11% 0.00%

Health

Metric EDUC PSO Publishing median
Debt to equity 0.00 0.52 1.62
Current ratio 3.27 2.00 1.17
Net debt to EBITDA 0.23 1.61 1.44

Dividend

Metric EDUC PSO Publishing median
Dividend yield — — —
Payout ratio — — —

Size

Metric EDUC PSO Publishing median
Market cap 8.35m 10.49b 891.19m

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