Murphy USA Inc. (MUSA) vs Williams-Sonoma, Inc. (WSM)

Murphy USA Inc. and Williams-Sonoma, Inc. are both Specialty Retail companies. Williams-Sonoma, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $26.9B against $9.5B — 2.8× the size. Murphy USA Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 15.4× against 23.4×. Murphy USA Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 10.3% against 2.24%. Williams-Sonoma, Inc. has the higher net margin (14.7% vs 2.87%) and the higher return on invested capital (86.4% vs 20.6%). Both pay a dividend; Williams-Sonoma, Inc. yields more (1.62% vs 0.41%). Across the 23 metrics below, Williams-Sonoma, Inc. leads on 12 and Murphy USA Inc. on 11.

Valuation

Metric MUSA WSM Specialty Retail median
P/E 15.44 23.41 17.14
P/S 0.44 3.41 0.48
P/B 12.05 12.75 1.71
Price to free cash flow 17.38 20.32 13.04
EV/EBITDA 9.47 15.64 8.92
EV/Sales 0.53 3.46 0.64
Earnings yield 6.48% 4.27% 3.85%
Free cash flow yield 5.76% 4.92% 3.02%

Profitability

Metric MUSA WSM Specialty Retail median
Gross margin 12.22% 47.19% 37.89%
Operating margin 4.29% 19.21% 3.66%
Net margin 2.87% 14.73% 1.42%
Free cash flow margin 2.53% 16.78% 1.44%
Return on equity 86.39% 54.96% 2.58%
Return on assets 12.72% 21.97% 0.25%
Return on invested capital 20.62% 86.41% 0.00%

Growth

Metric MUSA WSM Specialty Retail median
Revenue growth (TTM) 10.27% 2.24% 3.35%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (0.04%) 0.57% —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 11.47% 2.85% 3.70%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 4.04% 9.84% 0.00%

Health

Metric MUSA WSM Specialty Retail median
Debt to equity 2.79 0.00 0.27
Current ratio 0.92 1.45 1.35
Net debt to EBITDA 2.16 (0.62) 0.24

Dividend

Metric MUSA WSM Specialty Retail median
Dividend yield 0.41% 1.62% 1.73%
Payout ratio 0.06 0.23 0.00

Size

Metric MUSA WSM Specialty Retail median
Market cap 9.47b 26.93b 348.57m

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