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Ispire Technology Inc. (ISPR) vs Universal Corporation (UVV)

Ispire Technology Inc. and Universal Corporation are both Tobacco companies. Universal Corporation is the larger, with a market value of $1.0B against $82.6M — 12.4× the size. Universal Corporation grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: −8.88% against −24.7%. Universal Corporation has the higher net margin (−0.09% vs −34.6%) and the higher return on invested capital (3.51% vs 0.00%). Across the 18 metrics below, Universal Corporation leads on 13 and Ispire Technology Inc. on 5.

Valuation

Metric ISPR UVV Tobacco median
P/E n/m n/m 16.05
P/S 0.85 0.38 1.73
P/B n/m 0.72 0.88
Price to free cash flow n/m 28.83 26.00
EV/EBITDA n/m 7.45 10.60
EV/Sales 0.66 0.63 1.06
Earnings yield (41.26%) (0.24%) 3.39%
Free cash flow yield (1.62%) 3.47% 1.46%

Profitability

Metric ISPR UVV Tobacco median
Gross margin 12.81% 16.48% 25.71%
Operating margin (33.95%) 4.11% 0.00%
Net margin (34.58%) (0.09%) 8.78%
Free cash flow margin (1.38%) 1.31% 1.31%
Return on equity 231.86% (0.17%) (0.17%)
Return on assets (39.89%) (0.08%) 0.00%
Return on invested capital 0.00% 3.51% 1.93%

Growth

Metric ISPR UVV Tobacco median
Revenue growth (TTM) (24.69%) (8.88%) 0.23%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 15.94% (65.61%) 60.62%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 1.74% 8.08% 1.07%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% (17.88%) 0.00%

Health

Metric ISPR UVV Tobacco median
Debt to equity (0.03) 0.43 0.01
Current ratio 1.02 2.54 1.41
Net debt to EBITDA 0.63 2.11 0.64

Dividend

Metric ISPR UVV Tobacco median
Dividend yield — 8.03% 5.27%
Payout ratio — 4.40 —

Size

Metric ISPR UVV Tobacco median
Market cap 82.59m 1.02b 1.19b

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