Escalade, Incorporated (ESCA) vs Lucky Strike Entertainment (LUCK)

Escalade, Incorporated and Lucky Strike Entertainment are both Leisure companies. Lucky Strike Entertainment is the larger, with a market value of $707.5M against $265.8M — 2.7× the size. Lucky Strike Entertainment has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; Escalade, Incorporated trades at 11.7×. Lucky Strike Entertainment grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 3.66% against 0.97%. Escalade, Incorporated has the higher net margin (9.46% vs −3.65%) and the higher return on invested capital (10.4% vs 3.58%). Across the 19 metrics below, Escalade, Incorporated leads on 13 and Lucky Strike Entertainment on 6.

Valuation

Metric ESCA LUCK Leisure median
P/E 11.69 n/m 17.42
P/S 1.10 0.57 1.02
P/B 1.47 n/m 2.13
Price to free cash flow 10.38 n/m 11.49
EV/EBITDA 7.90 12.29 9.97
EV/Sales 1.14 2.70 2.00
Earnings yield 8.56% (6.53%) 2.85%
Free cash flow yield 9.63% (36.70%) 3.64%

Profitability

Metric ESCA LUCK Leisure median
Gross margin 28.17% 35.06% 48.02%
Operating margin 12.39% 10.98% 3.08%
Net margin 9.46% (3.65%) 2.58%
Free cash flow margin 10.63% (20.98%) 2.13%
Return on equity 13.15% 13.06% 0.00%
Return on assets 10.19% (1.42%) 0.05%
Return on invested capital 10.43% 3.58% 3.95%

Growth

Metric ESCA LUCK Leisure median
Revenue growth (TTM) 0.97% 3.66% 3.28%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 6.45% (153.85%) —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR (2.58%) 6.43% 4.22%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR (11.98%) 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric ESCA LUCK Leisure median
Debt to equity 0.08 (10.21) 0.02
Current ratio 3.21 0.50 1.76
Net debt to EBITDA 0.28 9.69 1.85

Dividend

Metric ESCA LUCK Leisure median
Dividend yield 3.64% — 2.86%
Payout ratio 1.00 0.00 0.00

Size

Metric ESCA LUCK Leisure median
Market cap 265.82m 707.54m 293.27m

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