Research Solutions Inc. (RSSS) vs RTB Digital, Inc. (RTB)

Research Solutions Inc. and RTB Digital, Inc. are both Software Application companies. RTB Digital, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $83.4M against $61.5M — 1.4× the size. RTB Digital, Inc. has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; Research Solutions Inc. trades at 20.3×. RTB Digital, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 44.4% against −1.53%. Research Solutions Inc. has the higher net margin (5.84% vs −151.3%) and the higher return on invested capital (27.8% vs −59.6%). Across the 18 metrics below, Research Solutions Inc. leads on 15 and RTB Digital, Inc. on 3.

Valuation

Metric RSSS RTB Software Application median
P/E 20.33 n/m 26.44
P/S 1.20 3.74 2.90
P/B 2.81 1.57 2.60
Price to free cash flow 11.24 n/m 17.04
EV/EBITDA 9.44 n/m 15.48
EV/Sales 0.95 3.01 3.00
Earnings yield 4.92% (172.93%) 0.20%
Free cash flow yield 8.90% (60.33%) 1.96%

Profitability

Metric RSSS RTB Software Application median
Gross margin 51.90% 44.40% 67.34%
Operating margin 7.43% (158.15%) 0.00%
Net margin 5.84% (151.33%) 0.00%
Free cash flow margin 10.84% (222.50%) 5.77%
Return on equity 16.30% (164.43%) 0.00%
Return on assets 6.15% (59.48%) 0.00%
Return on invested capital 27.77% (59.55%) 0.00%

Growth

Metric RSSS RTB Software Application median
Revenue growth (TTM) (1.53%) 44.43% 12.12%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 125.00% 79.09% 32.44%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 8.75% 5.48% 14.34%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric RSSS RTB Software Application median
Debt to equity 0.00 0.05 0.04
Current ratio 0.83 1.37 1.53
Net debt to EBITDA (2.61) 0.54 0.09

Dividend

Metric RSSS RTB Software Application median
Dividend yield — — 1.07%
Payout ratio — — 0.28

Size

Metric RSSS RTB Software Application median
Market cap 61.45m 83.35m 383.88m

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