Equus Total Return, Inc. (EQS) vs TaoWeave, Inc. (TWAV)

Equus Total Return, Inc. and TaoWeave, Inc. are both Asset Management companies. Equus Total Return, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $13.3M against $6.2M — 2.1× the size. TaoWeave, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 4.12% against −3.25%. TaoWeave, Inc. has the higher net margin (−272.7% vs −1,408.2%) and the lower return on invested capital (−39.3% vs −9.94%). Across the 18 metrics below, Equus Total Return, Inc. leads on 10 and TaoWeave, Inc. on 8.

Valuation

Metric EQS TWAV Asset Management median
P/E n/m n/m 14.62
P/S 10.65 2.52 2.97
P/B 0.84 1.13 0.94
Price to free cash flow 93.11 n/m 8.93
EV/EBITDA n/m n/m 10.32
EV/Sales 12.23 2.25 5.72
Earnings yield (135.00%) (139.05%) 4.53%
Free cash flow yield 1.07% (186.60%) 4.65%

Profitability

Metric EQS TWAV Asset Management median
Gross margin 100.00% 52.24% 100.00%
Operating margin (226.85%) (121.86%) 33.03%
Net margin (1,408.24%) (272.68%) 13.53%
Free cash flow margin 11.44% (471.33%) 12.44%
Return on equity (72.77%) (79.86%) 4.83%
Return on assets (62.57%) (67.40%) 1.57%
Return on invested capital (9.94%) (39.26%) 3.04%

Growth

Metric EQS TWAV Asset Management median
Revenue growth (TTM) (3.25%) 4.12% 6.97%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 25.36% 82.43% —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 23.39% (20.63%) 12.13%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric EQS TWAV Asset Management median
Debt to equity 0.14 0.00 0.42
Current ratio 2.11 4.45 1.28
Net debt to EBITDA (0.79) 0.76 1.06

Dividend

Metric EQS TWAV Asset Management median
Dividend yield — — 6.92%
Payout ratio 0.00 0.00 0.77

Size

Metric EQS TWAV Asset Management median
Market cap 13.27m 6.20m 721.34m

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