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

Legacy Education Inc. and Puxin Limited are both Education & Training Services companies. Legacy Education Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $132.6M against $118.8M — 1.1× the size. Puxin Limited has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; Legacy Education Inc. trades at 14.0×. Legacy Education Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 24.8% against 2.20%. Legacy Education Inc. has the higher net margin (11.4% vs −45.7%) and the higher return on invested capital (24.4% 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 14.04 n/m 13.22
P/S 1.61 0.03 0.99
P/B 2.45 n/m 1.62
Price to free cash flow 48.17 n/m 10.06
EV/EBITDA 8.56 n/m 8.56
EV/Sales 1.33 0.19 0.78
Earnings yield 7.12% (1,779.41%) 3.17%
Free cash flow yield 2.08% (883.04%) 2.81%

Profitability

Metric LGCY NEW Education & Training Services median
Gross margin 46.39% 45.48% 54.64%
Operating margin 14.75% (8.80%) 0.00%
Net margin 11.42% (45.70%) 2.98%
Free cash flow margin 3.35% 0.00% 0.00%
Return on equity 19.49% 561.15% 0.00%
Return on assets 12.37% (36.30%) 0.00%
Return on invested capital 24.41% 0.00% 0.00%

Growth

Metric LGCY NEW Education & Training Services median
Revenue growth (TTM) 24.76% 2.20% 6.97%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 11.86% 93.18% 15.68%
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 0.00 (1.31) 0.05
Current ratio 3.70 0.33 1.33
Net debt to EBITDA (1.81) (2.49) (0.15)

Dividend

Metric LGCY NEW Education & Training Services median
Dividend yield — — 1.84%
Payout ratio — — 0.23

Size

Metric LGCY NEW Education & Training Services median
Market cap 132.62m 118.82m 68.84m

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