H&R Block, Inc. (HRB) vs MEDIFAST INC (MED)

H&R Block, Inc. and MEDIFAST INC are both Personal Services companies. H&R Block, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $5.9B against $134.8M — 43.9× the size. MEDIFAST INC has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; H&R Block, Inc. trades at 8.5×. H&R Block, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 4.90% against −34.0%. H&R Block, Inc. has the higher net margin (18.6% vs −8.08%) and the higher return on invested capital (89.9% vs −45.9%). Across the 19 metrics below, H&R Block, Inc. leads on 13 and MEDIFAST INC on 6.

Valuation

Metric HRB MED Personal Services median
P/E 8.48 n/m 16.63
P/S 1.57 0.42 1.21
P/B 52.67 0.67 3.89
Price to free cash flow 8.18 n/m 14.72
EV/EBITDA 6.85 n/m 9.66
EV/Sales 1.79 0.00 1.31
Earnings yield 11.80% (19.61%) 4.76%
Free cash flow yield 12.22% (14.60%) 3.88%

Profitability

Metric HRB MED Personal Services median
Gross margin 44.33% 69.24% 30.06%
Operating margin 23.01% (6.15%) 10.27%
Net margin 18.59% (8.08%) 3.09%
Free cash flow margin 19.16% 2.41% 4.96%
Return on equity 710.90% (12.42%) 0.00%
Return on assets 22.50% (9.67%) 0.00%
Return on invested capital 89.89% (45.91%) 5.36%

Growth

Metric HRB MED Personal Services median
Revenue growth (TTM) 4.90% (34.03%) 5.87%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 28.93% (994.74%) 16.19%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 2.64% (16.22%) 4.52%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 5.79% 0.00% 5.79%

Health

Metric HRB MED Personal Services median
Debt to equity 12.69 0.00 1.93
Current ratio 1.13 4.86 1.13
Net debt to EBITDA 0.50 260.55 1.31

Dividend

Metric HRB MED Personal Services median
Dividend yield 3.55% — —
Payout ratio 0.30 — —

Size

Metric HRB MED Personal Services median
Market cap 5.92b 134.84m 134.84m

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