Enterprise Financial Services Corporation (EFSC) vs WaFd, Inc. (WAFD)

Enterprise Financial Services Corporation and WaFd, Inc. are both Banks Regional companies. Enterprise Financial Services Corporation and WaFd, Inc. are of similar size ($2.2B and $2.2B). WaFd, Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 9.2× against 12.4×. Enterprise Financial Services Corporation grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 1.66% against 0.53%. Enterprise Financial Services Corporation has the higher net margin (18.5% vs 17.0%) and the higher return on invested capital (7.77% vs 4.31%). Both pay a dividend; WaFd, Inc. yields more (3.66% vs 2.15%). Across the 19 metrics below, Enterprise Financial Services Corporation leads on 10 and WaFd, Inc. on 9.

Valuation

Metric EFSC WAFD Banks Regional median
P/E 12.41 9.17 12.02
P/S 2.25 1.54 2.36
P/B 1.22 0.81 1.23
Price to free cash flow 9.50 7.84 10.60
EV/EBITDA — — —
EV/Sales — — —
Earnings yield 8.06% 10.90% 8.21%
Free cash flow yield 10.52% 12.75% 9.23%

Profitability

Metric EFSC WAFD Banks Regional median
Gross margin 75.18% 57.45% 69.81%
Operating margin 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Net margin 18.45% 17.01% 18.82%
Free cash flow margin 23.73% 0.00% 17.97%
Return on equity 9.79% 8.87% 10.28%
Return on assets 1.07% 0.89% 1.13%
Return on invested capital 7.77% 4.31% 8.45%

Growth

Metric EFSC WAFD Banks Regional median
Revenue growth (TTM) 1.66% 0.53% 6.37%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 9.94% 22.05% 18.85%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 22.76% 16.81% 12.65%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 21.58% 6.80% 9.81%

Health

Metric EFSC WAFD Banks Regional median
Debt to equity 0.26 0.83 0.17
Current ratio 0.84 0.94 0.93
Net debt to EBITDA 0.00 0.00 0.00

Dividend

Metric EFSC WAFD Banks Regional median
Dividend yield 2.15% 3.66% 2.49%
Payout ratio 0.27 0.34 0.29

Size

Metric EFSC WAFD Banks Regional median
Market cap 2.22b 2.18b 934.85m

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