Grindr Inc. (GRND) vs Vertex, Inc. (VERX)

Grindr Inc. and Vertex, Inc. are both Software Application companies. Vertex, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $2.9B against $2.4B — 1.2× the size. Grindr Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 26.9× against 511×. Grindr Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 32.4% against 10.4%. Grindr Inc. has the higher net margin (18.8% vs −5.83%) and the higher return on invested capital (25.8% vs −2.09%). Across the 19 metrics below, Grindr Inc. leads on 16 and Vertex, Inc. on 3.

Valuation

Metric GRND VERX Software Application median
P/E 26.94 511.05 25.90
P/S 4.67 3.51 3.04
P/B n/m 15.74 2.60
Price to free cash flow 16.66 68.40 17.17
EV/EBITDA 17.58 29.21 15.48
EV/Sales 5.42 3.65 2.89
Earnings yield 3.71% 0.20% 0.00%
Free cash flow yield 6.00% 1.46% 1.98%

Profitability

Metric GRND VERX Software Application median
Gross margin 74.94% 64.61% 66.89%
Operating margin 29.77% (2.15%) 0.00%
Net margin 18.75% (5.83%) 0.00%
Free cash flow margin 28.03% 20.34% 5.77%
Return on equity 108.65% (21.19%) 0.00%
Return on assets 18.92% (3.94%) 0.00%
Return on invested capital 25.77% (2.09%) 0.00%

Growth

Metric GRND VERX Software Application median
Revenue growth (TTM) 32.38% 10.44% 12.27%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 158.11% 111.76% 32.11%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR — 14.84% 14.34%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric GRND VERX Software Application median
Debt to equity (32.91) 1.88 0.02
Current ratio 1.10 0.75 1.53
Net debt to EBITDA 2.27 0.22 0.09

Dividend

Metric GRND VERX Software Application median
Dividend yield — — 1.10%
Payout ratio — — 0.28

Size

Metric GRND VERX Software Application median
Market cap 2.37b 2.85b 487.58m

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