KVH Industries, Inc. (KVHI) vs Optimum Communications, Inc. (OPTU)

KVH Industries, Inc. and Optimum Communications, Inc. are both Telecom Services companies. Optimum Communications, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $365.5M against $109.2M — 3.3× the size. KVH Industries, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 15.8% against −4.36%. KVH Industries, Inc. has the higher net margin (−4.68% vs −58.2%) and the higher return on invested capital (−7.52% vs −9.40%). Across the 17 metrics below, KVH Industries, Inc. leads on 11 and Optimum Communications, Inc. on 6.

Valuation

Metric KVHI OPTU Telecom Services median
P/E n/m n/m 13.80
P/S 0.92 0.05 0.83
P/B 0.88 n/m 1.35
Price to free cash flow 27.20 n/m 8.86
EV/EBITDA 53.50 n/m 6.37
EV/Sales 0.52 3.05 1.82
Earnings yield (5.07%) (1,154.44%) 2.02%
Free cash flow yield 3.68% (34.50%) 5.99%

Profitability

Metric KVHI OPTU Telecom Services median
Gross margin 25.07% 69.90% 51.26%
Operating margin (7.00%) (35.34%) 7.62%
Net margin (4.68%) (58.15%) 4.22%
Free cash flow margin 3.38% (1.58%) 4.98%
Return on equity (4.35%) 158.83% 5.80%
Return on assets (3.86%) (16.32%) 0.00%
Return on invested capital (7.52%) (9.40%) 3.41%

Growth

Metric KVHI OPTU Telecom Services median
Revenue growth (TTM) 15.83% (4.36%) 3.31%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 33.33% (1,718.18%) 0.62%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR (6.90%) (2.79%) 2.53%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric KVHI OPTU Telecom Services median
Debt to equity 0.00 (4.82) 0.63
Current ratio 7.07 0.32 1.13
Net debt to EBITDA 147.18 15.57 1.86

Dividend

Metric KVHI OPTU Telecom Services median
Dividend yield — — 2.72%
Payout ratio — — 0.43

Size

Metric KVHI OPTU Telecom Services median
Market cap 109.21m 365.52m 2.77b

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