The Madison Square Garden Company (MSGS) vs Versant Media Group, Inc. (VSNT)

The Madison Square Garden Company and Versant Media Group, Inc. are both Entertainment companies. The Madison Square Garden Company is the larger, with a market value of $9.8B against $4.4B — 2.2× the size. Versant Media Group, Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 3.8× against 1,298×. Versant Media Group, Inc. has the higher net margin (17.3% vs 0.67%) and the higher return on invested capital (11.1% vs 0.00%). Across the 17 metrics below, Versant Media Group, Inc. leads on 16 and The Madison Square Garden Company on 1.

Valuation

Metric MSGS VSNT Entertainment median
P/E 1,297.74 3.77 22.45
P/S 8.42 0.64 1.25
P/B n/m 0.52 1.73
Price to free cash flow 158.63 1.29 15.69
EV/EBITDA 306.15 2.13 9.35
EV/Sales 8.50 0.86 1.75
Earnings yield 0.08% 26.55% (0.65%)
Free cash flow yield 0.63% 77.82% 3.31%

Profitability

Metric MSGS VSNT Entertainment median
Gross margin 27.74% 60.83% 44.92%
Operating margin 2.50% 25.47% 2.34%
Net margin 0.67% 17.29% 0.00%
Free cash flow margin 5.31% 49.76% 1.50%
Return on equity (2.84%) 0.00% 0.00%
Return on assets 0.51% 18.30% 0.00%
Return on invested capital 0.00% 11.07% 0.00%

Growth

Metric MSGS VSNT Entertainment median
Revenue growth (TTM) 11.03% — 5.25%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 134.41% — 4.17%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 22.65% — 9.28%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% — 0.00%

Health

Metric MSGS VSNT Entertainment median
Debt to equity (0.98) 0.36 0.46
Current ratio 0.50 2.38 0.87
Net debt to EBITDA 2.93 (0.05) 0.61

Dividend

Metric MSGS VSNT Entertainment median
Dividend yield — 3.67% 1.22%
Payout ratio — 0.14 0.21

Size

Metric MSGS VSNT Entertainment median
Market cap 9.80b 4.41b 1.15b

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