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RELX PLC (RELX) vs Unifirst Corporation (UNF)

RELX PLC and Unifirst Corporation are both Specialty Business Services companies. RELX PLC is the larger, with a market value of $58.1B against $4.5B — 13.0× the size. RELX PLC trades at the lower P/E: 15.3× against 39.1×. RELX PLC grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 10.3% against 1.42%. RELX PLC has the higher net margin (19.7% vs 4.65%) and the lower return on invested capital (0.00% vs 4.43%). Both pay a dividend; RELX PLC yields more (1.76% vs 0.75%). Across the 20 metrics below, RELX PLC leads on 11 and Unifirst Corporation on 9.

Valuation

Metric RELX UNF Specialty Business Services median
P/E 15.33 39.14 23.86
P/S n/m 1.88 1.06
P/B n/m 2.13 2.37
Price to free cash flow n/m 52.66 16.54
EV/EBITDA 1.51 15.81 11.51
EV/Sales 0.55 1.81 1.51
Earnings yield 6.52% 2.56% 2.14%
Free cash flow yield 0.00% 1.90% 1.55%

Profitability

Metric RELX UNF Specialty Business Services median
Gross margin 60.78% 36.68% 35.31%
Operating margin 0.00% 5.77% 3.43%
Net margin 19.65% 4.65% 1.67%
Free cash flow margin 0.00% 3.57% 3.28%
Return on equity 0.00% 5.30% 0.58%
Return on assets 0.00% 4.15% 0.33%
Return on invested capital 0.00% 4.43% 0.65%

Growth

Metric RELX UNF Specialty Business Services median
Revenue growth (TTM) 10.29% 1.42% 6.04%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 12.12% 2.70% —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 6.73% 6.16% 7.66%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 11.62% 1.78% 0.00%

Health

Metric RELX UNF Specialty Business Services median
Debt to equity 7.10 0.00 0.21
Current ratio 0.45 3.11 1.62
Net debt to EBITDA 1.89 (0.64) 1.16

Dividend

Metric RELX UNF Specialty Business Services median
Dividend yield 1.76% 0.75% 1.61%
Payout ratio 0.58 0.23 0.00

Size

Metric RELX UNF Specialty Business Services median
Market cap 58.14b 4.48b 879.14m

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