RLX Technology Inc. Sponsored ADR (RLX) vs RYTHM, Inc. (RYM)

RLX Technology Inc. Sponsored ADR and RYTHM, Inc. are both Tobacco companies. RLX Technology Inc. Sponsored ADR is the larger, with a market value of $1.6B against $48.3M — 32.3× the size. RYTHM, Inc. has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; RLX Technology Inc. Sponsored ADR trades at 15.8×. RYTHM, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 316.1% against 63.7%. RLX Technology Inc. Sponsored ADR has the higher net margin (22.0% vs −6.20%) and the higher return on invested capital (5.28% vs −19.2%). Across the 19 metrics below, RLX Technology Inc. Sponsored ADR leads on 13 and RYTHM, Inc. on 6.

Valuation

Metric RLX RYM Tobacco median
P/E 15.85 n/m 15.85
P/S 3.14 0.92 2.43
P/B 0.92 1.20 0.92
Price to free cash flow 42.96 35.70 29.52
EV/EBITDA 9.01 n/m 10.47
EV/Sales 1.17 2.66 2.66
Earnings yield 6.31% (9.79%) 3.65%
Free cash flow yield 2.33% 2.80% 1.59%

Profitability

Metric RLX RYM Tobacco median
Gross margin 34.93% 75.18% 47.05%
Operating margin 13.02% (46.92%) 0.00%
Net margin 21.95% (6.20%) 0.67%
Free cash flow margin 11.80% 2.54% 2.54%
Return on equity 0.00% (10.54%) (10.54%)
Return on assets 5.86% (3.09%) 0.00%
Return on invested capital 5.28% (19.23%) 1.93%

Growth

Metric RLX RYM Tobacco median
Revenue growth (TTM) 63.68% 316.07% (0.30%)
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 66.67% 59.24% —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR (2.44%) 7.41% 1.07%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric RLX RYM Tobacco median
Debt to equity 0.01 2.06 0.02
Current ratio 10.61 0.59 1.41
Net debt to EBITDA (25.80) (1.85) 0.64

Dividend

Metric RLX RYM Tobacco median
Dividend yield 0.56% — 5.95%
Payout ratio 0.00 0.00 0.35

Size

Metric RLX RYM Tobacco median
Market cap 1.56b 48.25m 1.20b

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