Gaia, Inc. (GAIA) vs Kartoon Studios, Inc. (TOON)

Gaia, Inc. and Kartoon Studios, Inc. are both Entertainment companies. Gaia, Inc. and Kartoon Studios, Inc. are of similar size ($36.4M and $33.8M). Gaia, Inc. has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; Kartoon Studios, Inc. trades at 6.4×. Gaia, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 3.73% against −13.9%. Kartoon Studios, Inc. has the higher net margin (26.9% vs −6.08%) and the lower return on invested capital (−57.4% vs −4.16%). Across the 19 metrics below, Kartoon Studios, Inc. leads on 11 and Gaia, Inc. on 8.

Valuation

Metric GAIA TOON Entertainment median
P/E n/m 6.44 22.03
P/S 0.33 1.18 1.47
P/B 0.33 0.72 2.00
Price to free cash flow n/m 1.47 16.60
EV/EBITDA 2.77 0.17 9.65
EV/Sales 0.33 (0.04) 1.76
Earnings yield (18.46%) 15.52% (0.67%)
Free cash flow yield (60.31%) 68.07% 3.26%

Profitability

Metric GAIA TOON Entertainment median
Gross margin 86.34% 31.40% 45.02%
Operating margin (6.66%) (39.34%) 2.30%
Net margin (6.08%) 26.90% 0.00%
Free cash flow margin (9.73%) 80.20% 1.56%
Return on equity (6.06%) 21.07% 0.00%
Return on assets (4.05%) 10.67% 0.00%
Return on invested capital (4.16%) (57.37%) 0.00%

Growth

Metric GAIA TOON Entertainment median
Revenue growth (TTM) 3.73% (13.93%) 5.07%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 18.18% 9.26% —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 8.17% 73.78% 10.25%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric GAIA TOON Entertainment median
Debt to equity 0.06 0.02 0.46
Current ratio 0.41 2.00 0.86
Net debt to EBITDA (0.59) 0.81 0.72

Dividend

Metric GAIA TOON Entertainment median
Dividend yield 4.01% — 1.16%
Payout ratio 0.00 0.00 0.00

Size

Metric GAIA TOON Entertainment median
Market cap 33.82m 36.43m 1.87b

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