Pingtan Marine Enterprise Ltd. (PME) vs Village Farms International, Inc. (VFF)

Pingtan Marine Enterprise Ltd. and Village Farms International, Inc. are both Farm Products companies. Village Farms International, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $317.9M against $56.5M — 5.6× the size. Pingtan Marine Enterprise Ltd. has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; Village Farms International, Inc. trades at 13.3×. Pingtan Marine Enterprise Ltd. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 88.1% against 40.8%. Village Farms International, Inc. has the higher net margin (9.85% vs −1.90%) and the higher return on invested capital (8.16% vs 0.00%). Across the 20 metrics below, Village Farms International, Inc. leads on 15 and Pingtan Marine Enterprise Ltd. on 5.

Valuation

Metric PME VFF Farm Products median
P/E n/m 13.32 22.63
P/S 0.14 1.27 0.48
P/B 0.28 0.94 1.11
Price to free cash flow n/m n/m 16.04
EV/EBITDA 9.33 4.94 10.06
EV/Sales 1.69 1.15 0.61
Earnings yield (14.81%) 7.51% 0.59%
Free cash flow yield (26.58%) (0.33%) (5.27%)

Profitability

Metric PME VFF Farm Products median
Gross margin (7.70%) 44.29% 6.87%
Operating margin 8.26% 16.09% 0.11%
Net margin (1.90%) 9.85% 0.63%
Free cash flow margin 0.00% (0.19%) 0.00%
Return on equity 0.00% 7.61% 1.52%
Return on assets 0.00% 5.46% 0.02%
Return on invested capital 0.00% 8.16% 0.00%

Growth

Metric PME VFF Farm Products median
Revenue growth (TTM) 88.08% 40.75% 7.27%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 96.74% 184.38% (38.73%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 51.53% 4.89% 8.40%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 22.82% 0.00%

Health

Metric PME VFF Farm Products median
Debt to equity 3.49 0.14 0.24
Current ratio 0.75 3.17 1.43
Net debt to EBITDA 10.00 (1.11) (0.04)

Dividend

Metric PME VFF Farm Products median
Dividend yield — — 3.86%
Payout ratio — — 0.91

Size

Metric PME VFF Farm Products median
Market cap 56.46m 317.94m 299.85m

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