Legacy Education Inc. (LGCY) vs Puxin Limited (NEW)

Legacy Education Inc. and Puxin Limited are both Education & Training Services companies. Legacy Education Inc. and Puxin Limited are of similar size ($120.8M and $118.8M). Puxin Limited has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; Legacy Education Inc. trades at 13.9×. Legacy Education Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 32.1% against 2.20%. Legacy Education Inc. has the higher net margin (10.9% vs −45.7%) and the higher return on invested capital (24.5% vs 0.00%). Across the 16 metrics below, Legacy Education Inc. leads on 10 and Puxin Limited on 6.

Valuation

Metric LGCY NEW Education & Training Services median
P/E 13.90 n/m 11.19
P/S 1.53 0.03 0.92
P/B 2.41 n/m 1.63
Price to free cash flow 25.11 n/m 9.62
EV/EBITDA 8.35 n/m 7.02
EV/Sales 1.26 0.19 0.82
Earnings yield 7.20% (1,779.41%) 3.17%
Free cash flow yield 3.98% (883.04%) 2.30%

Profitability

Metric LGCY NEW Education & Training Services median
Gross margin 47.24% 45.48% 54.64%
Operating margin 14.36% (8.80%) 0.00%
Net margin 10.89% (45.70%) 3.29%
Free cash flow margin 6.10% 0.00% 0.00%
Return on equity 19.11% 561.15% 0.00%
Return on assets 11.91% (36.30%) 0.00%
Return on invested capital 24.48% 0.00% 0.00%

Growth

Metric LGCY NEW Education & Training Services median
Revenue growth (TTM) 32.10% 2.20% 6.97%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 11.32% 93.18% —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR — — 4.27%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR — — 0.00%

Health

Metric LGCY NEW Education & Training Services median
Debt to equity 0.01 (1.31) 0.08
Current ratio 3.36 0.33 1.33
Net debt to EBITDA (1.80) (2.49) (0.15)

Dividend

Metric LGCY NEW Education & Training Services median
Dividend yield — — 1.13%
Payout ratio — 0.00 0.00

Size

Metric LGCY NEW Education & Training Services median
Market cap 120.81m 118.82m 68.93m

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