Perion Network Ltd (PERI) vs Zhihu Inc. Sponsored ADR (ZH)

Perion Network Ltd and Zhihu Inc. Sponsored ADR are both Internet Content & Information companies. Perion Network Ltd is the larger, with a market value of $341.4M against $220.9M — 1.5× the size. Perion Network Ltd grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 2.86% against −10.1%. Perion Network Ltd has the higher net margin (−2.95% vs −11.1%) and the lower return on invested capital (−3.19% vs 0.00%). Across the 19 metrics below, Perion Network Ltd leads on 13 and Zhihu Inc. Sponsored ADR on 6.

Valuation

Metric PERI ZH Internet Content & Information median
P/E n/m n/m 10.24
P/S 0.73 0.74 0.87
P/B 0.51 0.52 1.32
Price to free cash flow 8.96 n/m 8.85
EV/EBITDA 58.89 4.57 8.86
EV/Sales 0.16 (0.86) 1.15
Earnings yield (3.96%) (14.63%) (1.58%)
Free cash flow yield 11.16% (45.50%) 2.32%

Profitability

Metric PERI ZH Internet Content & Information median
Gross margin 88.57% 57.94% 66.84%
Operating margin (4.14%) (18.76%) (3.41%)
Net margin (2.95%) (11.08%) (3.02%)
Free cash flow margin 8.13% (33.67%) 1.75%
Return on equity (1.96%) (7.43%) 0.00%
Return on assets (1.46%) (5.57%) (0.36%)
Return on invested capital (3.19%) 0.00% 0.00%

Growth

Metric PERI ZH Internet Content & Information median
Revenue growth (TTM) 2.86% (10.06%) 2.65%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (176.00%) (30.77%) —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 6.04% 13.66% 9.73%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric PERI ZH Internet Content & Information median
Debt to equity 0.00 0.03 0.01
Current ratio 2.53 3.73 1.82
Net debt to EBITDA (137.89) 8.61 (0.48)

Dividend

Metric PERI ZH Internet Content & Information median
Dividend yield — — 3.19%
Payout ratio 0.00 0.00 0.00

Size

Metric PERI ZH Internet Content & Information median
Market cap 341.39m 220.93m 283.68m

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