Aquaron Acquisition Corp. (JXG) vs The Children's Place, Inc. (PLCE)

Aquaron Acquisition Corp. and The Children's Place, Inc. are both Apparel Manufacturing companies. Aquaron Acquisition Corp. is the larger, with a market value of $84.4M against $49.4M — 1.7× the size. Aquaron Acquisition Corp. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 515.3% against −15.9%. The Children's Place, Inc. has the higher net margin (−11.8% vs −63.8%) and the lower return on invested capital (−22.9% vs 0.00%). Across the 18 metrics below, The Children's Place, Inc. leads on 11 and Aquaron Acquisition Corp. on 7.

Valuation

Metric JXG PLCE Apparel Manufacturing median
P/E n/m n/m 17.21
P/S 0.28 0.04 0.44
P/B 2.47 n/m 1.58
Price to free cash flow 13.43 2.07 9.18
EV/EBITDA n/m n/m 8.64
EV/Sales 0.29 0.39 0.54
Earnings yield (2,663.73%) (279.91%) 0.00%
Free cash flow yield 7.44% 48.37% 9.25%

Profitability

Metric JXG PLCE Apparel Manufacturing median
Gross margin 3.74% 28.97% 48.31%
Operating margin 0.00% (8.21%) 2.46%
Net margin (63.76%) (11.82%) (0.46%)
Free cash flow margin 0.00% 2.04% 5.26%
Return on equity 0.00% 184.95% 4.29%
Return on assets 0.00% (17.19%) 0.00%
Return on invested capital 0.00% (22.89%) 0.00%

Growth

Metric JXG PLCE Apparel Manufacturing median
Revenue growth (TTM) 515.32% (15.92%) 0.02%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (237.35%) 11.48% —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 50.13% (4.51%) 6.76%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric JXG PLCE Apparel Manufacturing median
Debt to equity 0.06 (2.87) 0.23
Current ratio 2.09 0.89 1.81
Net debt to EBITDA (0.15) (13.70) (0.43)

Dividend

Metric JXG PLCE Apparel Manufacturing median
Dividend yield — — 2.76%
Payout ratio 0.00 0.00 0.07

Size

Metric JXG PLCE Apparel Manufacturing median
Market cap 84.42m 49.37m 402.31m

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