SPAR Group, Inc. (SGRP) vs System1, Inc. (SST)

SPAR Group, Inc. and System1, Inc. are both Specialty Business Services companies. System1, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $18.6M against $8.2M — 2.3× the size. SPAR Group, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: −8.81% against −42.9%. SPAR Group, Inc. has the higher net margin (−19.3% vs −50.7%) and the lower return on invested capital (−250.5% vs −29.2%). Across the 16 metrics below, SPAR Group, Inc. leads on 10 and System1, Inc. on 6.

Valuation

Metric SGRP SST Specialty Business Services median
P/E n/m n/m 26.30
P/S 0.12 0.08 1.10
P/B 4.87 n/m 2.32
Price to free cash flow n/m n/m 17.44
EV/EBITDA n/m n/m 10.90
EV/Sales 0.13 1.46 1.46
Earnings yield (176.22%) (657.56%) 2.01%
Free cash flow yield (116.23%) (390.33%) 1.41%

Profitability

Metric SGRP SST Specialty Business Services median
Gross margin 15.72% 50.68% 33.75%
Operating margin (13.36%) (51.03%) 3.53%
Net margin (19.28%) (50.66%) 1.88%
Free cash flow margin (13.98%) (24.54%) 3.18%
Return on equity (179.41%) (41,665.91%) 0.00%
Return on assets (40.52%) (25.44%) 0.00%
Return on invested capital (250.50%) (29.18%) 0.00%

Growth

Metric SGRP SST Specialty Business Services median
Revenue growth (TTM) (8.81%) (42.93%) 6.08%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (700.00%) 22.24% 3.41%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR (10.00%) — 7.60%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric SGRP SST Specialty Business Services median
Debt to equity 1.26 (5.51) 0.24
Current ratio 0.97 0.77 1.79
Net debt to EBITDA 0.10 8.89 0.69

Dividend

Metric SGRP SST Specialty Business Services median
Dividend yield — — 2.21%
Payout ratio — — 0.37

Size

Metric SGRP SST Specialty Business Services median
Market cap 8.16m 18.56m 725.94m

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