FLUENT, INC. (FLNT) vs Marchex, Inc. (MCHX)

FLUENT, INC. and Marchex, Inc. are both Advertising Agencies companies. FLUENT, INC. is the larger, with a market value of $109.0M against $58.1M — 1.9× the size. Marchex, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: −7.47% against −12.1%. FLUENT, INC. has the higher net margin (−11.5% vs −12.4%) and the lower return on invested capital (−28.3% vs −15.0%). Across the 18 metrics below, Marchex, Inc. leads on 12 and FLUENT, INC. on 6.

Valuation

Metric FLNT MCHX Advertising Agencies median
P/E n/m n/m 19.90
P/S 0.49 1.32 0.65
P/B 12.30 2.00 1.58
Price to free cash flow n/m n/m 8.32
EV/EBITDA n/m n/m 11.81
EV/Sales 0.62 1.15 1.11
Earnings yield (24.37%) (9.16%) (6.44%)
Free cash flow yield (10.60%) (3.92%) 0.00%

Profitability

Metric FLNT MCHX Advertising Agencies median
Gross margin 26.50% 61.63% 44.25%
Operating margin (7.42%) (11.40%) 0.00%
Net margin (11.48%) (12.44%) (6.98%)
Free cash flow margin (5.23%) (5.16%) 0.00%
Return on equity (170.46%) (17.91%) 0.00%
Return on assets (31.02%) (13.74%) 0.00%
Return on invested capital (28.29%) (15.01%) 0.00%

Growth

Metric FLNT MCHX Advertising Agencies median
Revenue growth (TTM) (12.05%) (7.47%) 6.06%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 41.67% (9.09%) —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR (7.65%) (2.37%) 4.30%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric FLNT MCHX Advertising Agencies median
Debt to equity 3.94 0.00 0.04
Current ratio 0.88 2.29 1.45
Net debt to EBITDA (2.05) 3.26 0.01

Dividend

Metric FLNT MCHX Advertising Agencies median
Dividend yield — — 5.24%
Payout ratio 0.00 0.00 0.00

Size

Metric FLNT MCHX Advertising Agencies median
Market cap 109.04m 58.08m 43.42m

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