The9 Limited (NCTY) vs Scully Royalty Ltd. (SRL)

The9 Limited and Scully Royalty Ltd. are both Capital Markets companies. Scully Royalty Ltd. is the larger, with a market value of $76.1M against $53.8M — 1.4× the size. Scully Royalty Ltd. has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; The9 Limited trades at 1.8×. The9 Limited grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: −8.79% against −24.7%. Scully Royalty Ltd. has the higher net margin (−21.0% vs −152.8%) and the higher return on invested capital (0.00% vs 0.00%). Across the 16 metrics below, Scully Royalty Ltd. leads on 12 and The9 Limited on 4.

Valuation

Metric NCTY SRL Capital Markets median
P/E 1.77 n/m 15.78
P/S 438.78 0.90 2.32
P/B 134.97 0.35 1.89
Price to free cash flow n/m 2.30 6.25
EV/EBITDA n/m n/m 8.87
EV/Sales 435.48 1.21 2.28
Earnings yield 56.52% (23.32%) (3.77%)
Free cash flow yield (1.14%) 43.48% (1.49%)

Profitability

Metric NCTY SRL Capital Markets median
Gross margin (32.19%) 0.00% 62.80%
Operating margin 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Net margin (152.80%) (20.99%) (0.55%)
Free cash flow margin (424.18%) 0.00% 0.00%
Return on equity (133.93%) 0.00% 0.00%
Return on assets (41.27%) 0.00% 0.00%
Return on invested capital 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Growth

Metric NCTY SRL Capital Markets median
Revenue growth (TTM) (8.79%) (24.74%) 21.02%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (318.60%) (1,542.86%) —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 176.25% (21.30%) 18.16%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric NCTY SRL Capital Markets median
Debt to equity 0.35 0.13 0.08
Current ratio 2.57 5.10 1.51
Net debt to EBITDA 0.33 (0.61) (0.24)

Dividend

Metric NCTY SRL Capital Markets median
Dividend yield — 2.16% 2.20%
Payout ratio 0.00 5.19 0.00

Size

Metric NCTY SRL Capital Markets median
Market cap 53.76m 76.13m 724.58m

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