Graham Holdings Company (GHC) vs Pampa Energia S.A. (PAM)

Graham Holdings Company and Pampa Energia S.A. are both Conglomerates companies. Graham Holdings Company is the larger, with a market value of $5.0B against $3.9B — 1.3× the size. Pampa Energia S.A. trades at the lower P/E: 6.7× against 10.5×. Pampa Energia S.A. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 28.9% against 4.26%. Pampa Energia S.A. has the higher net margin (23.6% vs 9.66%) and the higher return on invested capital (5.90% vs 3.88%). Across the 21 metrics below, Pampa Energia S.A. leads on 15 and Graham Holdings Company on 6.

Valuation

Metric GHC PAM Conglomerates median
P/E 10.47 6.66 10.53
P/S 0.99 1.54 0.64
P/B 1.06 0.92 1.14
Price to free cash flow 28.98 n/m 15.31
EV/EBITDA 10.10 5.02 10.37
EV/Sales 0.92 2.08 1.25
Earnings yield 9.55% 15.01% 1.02%
Free cash flow yield 3.45% (12.09%) 0.00%

Profitability

Metric GHC PAM Conglomerates median
Gross margin 30.02% 33.55% 30.27%
Operating margin 5.37% 20.94% 3.36%
Net margin 9.66% 23.58% 0.59%
Free cash flow margin 3.42% (18.82%) (0.12%)
Return on equity 10.62% 15.13% 0.30%
Return on assets 6.12% 8.22% 0.06%
Return on invested capital 3.88% 5.90% 0.73%

Growth

Metric GHC PAM Conglomerates median
Revenue growth (TTM) 4.26% 28.91% 8.17%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (59.32%) (39.21%) 12.05%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 11.20% 13.24% 6.85%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR (0.54%) 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric GHC PAM Conglomerates median
Debt to equity 0.18 0.64 0.46
Current ratio 1.76 3.64 1.71
Net debt to EBITDA (1.24) 0.96 1.17

Dividend

Metric GHC PAM Conglomerates median
Dividend yield 0.62% — 2.58%
Payout ratio 0.07 — 0.36

Size

Metric GHC PAM Conglomerates median
Market cap 4.95b 3.88b 389.84m

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