RCM Technologies, Inc. (RCMT) vs Live Oak Acquisition Corp. V (TMS)

RCM Technologies, Inc. and Live Oak Acquisition Corp. V are both Conglomerates companies. Live Oak Acquisition Corp. V is the larger, with a market value of $402.5M against $271.7M — 1.5× the size. Live Oak Acquisition Corp. V has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; RCM Technologies, Inc. trades at 16.2×. RCM Technologies, Inc. has the higher net margin (5.13% vs 0.00%) and the lower return on invested capital (24.6% vs 31.1%). Across the 14 metrics below, RCM Technologies, Inc. leads on 10 and Live Oak Acquisition Corp. V on 4.

Valuation

Metric RCMT TMS Conglomerates median
P/E 16.16 n/m 16.16
P/S 0.80 n/m 0.80
P/B 5.44 2.66 1.50
Price to free cash flow 11.64 n/m 12.10
EV/EBITDA 11.26 3.38 11.13
EV/Sales 0.95 n/m 1.25
Earnings yield 6.19% (24.60%) 0.37%
Free cash flow yield 8.59% (1.91%) (0.75%)

Profitability

Metric RCMT TMS Conglomerates median
Gross margin 26.91% — 33.55%
Operating margin 7.73% 0.00% 2.86%
Net margin 5.13% 0.00% 0.49%
Free cash flow margin 6.84% 0.00% (0.47%)
Return on equity 39.51% 0.00% 0.27%
Return on assets 12.69% 0.00% 0.00%
Return on invested capital 24.58% 31.08% 1.29%

Growth

Metric RCMT TMS Conglomerates median
Revenue growth (TTM) 11.24% — 8.17%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 27.38% (77,435.14%) (8.46%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 16.26% — 6.01%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% — 0.00%

Health

Metric RCMT TMS Conglomerates median
Debt to equity 0.48 2.64 0.51
Current ratio 1.92 0.73 1.77
Net debt to EBITDA 0.82 0.15 1.29

Dividend

Metric RCMT TMS Conglomerates median
Dividend yield — — 3.06%
Payout ratio — — 0.30

Size

Metric RCMT TMS Conglomerates median
Market cap 271.70m 402.52m 425.00m

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