RLX Technology Inc. Sponsored ADR (RLX) vs Universal Corporation (UVV)

RLX Technology Inc. Sponsored ADR and Universal Corporation are both Tobacco companies. RLX Technology Inc. Sponsored ADR is the larger, with a market value of $1.6B against $1.1B — 1.5× the size. RLX Technology Inc. Sponsored ADR trades at the lower P/E: 15.8× against 55.9×. RLX Technology Inc. Sponsored ADR grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 63.7% against −3.04%. RLX Technology Inc. Sponsored ADR has the higher net margin (22.0% vs 0.67%) and the higher return on invested capital (5.28% vs 4.59%). Both pay a dividend; Universal Corporation yields more (5.95% vs 0.56%). Across the 23 metrics below, RLX Technology Inc. Sponsored ADR leads on 14 and Universal Corporation on 9.

Valuation

Metric RLX UVV Tobacco median
P/E 15.85 55.88 15.85
P/S 3.14 0.37 2.43
P/B 0.92 0.75 0.92
Price to free cash flow 42.96 6.25 29.52
EV/EBITDA 9.01 7.06 10.47
EV/Sales 1.17 0.57 2.66
Earnings yield 6.31% 1.79% 3.65%
Free cash flow yield 2.33% 16.00% 1.59%

Profitability

Metric RLX UVV Tobacco median
Gross margin 34.93% 16.85% 47.05%
Operating margin 13.02% 4.80% 0.00%
Net margin 21.95% 0.67% 0.67%
Free cash flow margin 11.80% 5.97% 2.54%
Return on equity 0.00% 1.31% (10.54%)
Return on assets 5.86% 0.61% 0.00%
Return on invested capital 5.28% 4.59% 1.93%

Growth

Metric RLX UVV Tobacco median
Revenue growth (TTM) 63.68% (3.04%) (0.30%)
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 66.67% (65.61%) —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR (2.44%) 8.08% 1.07%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% (17.88%) 0.00%

Health

Metric RLX UVV Tobacco median
Debt to equity 0.01 0.43 0.02
Current ratio 10.61 2.57 1.41
Net debt to EBITDA (25.80) 2.11 0.64

Dividend

Metric RLX UVV Tobacco median
Dividend yield 0.56% 5.95% 5.95%
Payout ratio 0.00 0.86 0.35

Size

Metric RLX UVV Tobacco median
Market cap 1.56b 1.06b 1.20b

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