Energy Focus, Inc. (EFOI) vs Virco Manufacturing Corporation (VIRC)

Energy Focus, Inc. and Virco Manufacturing Corporation are both Furnishings Fixtures & Appliances companies. Virco Manufacturing Corporation is the larger, with a market value of $94.1M against $23.5M — 4.0× the size. Energy Focus, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 53.5% against −19.0%. Virco Manufacturing Corporation has the higher net margin (−1.31% vs −23.8%) and the higher return on invested capital (−2.82% vs −42.9%). Across the 18 metrics below, Virco Manufacturing Corporation leads on 15 and Energy Focus, Inc. on 3.

Valuation

Metric EFOI VIRC Furnishings Fixtures & Appliances median
P/E n/m n/m 15.05
P/S 3.60 0.49 0.57
P/B 7.00 0.85 1.15
Price to free cash flow n/m 10.60 10.12
EV/EBITDA n/m 136.03 7.61
EV/Sales 3.76 0.46 0.68
Earnings yield (6.76%) (2.69%) 3.17%
Free cash flow yield (7.30%) 9.44% 7.12%

Profitability

Metric EFOI VIRC Furnishings Fixtures & Appliances median
Gross margin 4.57% 37.53% 37.63%
Operating margin (23.71%) (2.46%) 2.99%
Net margin (23.77%) (1.31%) 2.29%
Free cash flow margin (25.65%) 4.60% 4.26%
Return on equity (50.21%) (2.23%) 7.66%
Return on assets (23.88%) (1.29%) 2.30%
Return on invested capital (42.88%) (2.82%) 3.70%

Growth

Metric EFOI VIRC Furnishings Fixtures & Appliances median
Revenue growth (TTM) 53.53% (18.97%) 1.07%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 43.75% (87.88%) (6.04%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR (26.70%) 5.50% 0.50%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric EFOI VIRC Furnishings Fixtures & Appliances median
Debt to equity 0.00 0.03 0.06
Current ratio 1.54 2.53 2.00
Net debt to EBITDA 1.08 (1.10) 0.21

Dividend

Metric EFOI VIRC Furnishings Fixtures & Appliances median
Dividend yield — 1.68% 2.87%
Payout ratio — — 0.51

Size

Metric EFOI VIRC Furnishings Fixtures & Appliances median
Market cap 23.54m 94.11m 228.02m

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