Spire Global, Inc. (SPIR) vs Transcat, Inc. (TRNS)

Spire Global, Inc. and Transcat, Inc. are both Specialty Business Services companies. Transcat, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $806.2M against $508.6M — 1.6× the size. Spire Global, Inc. has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; Transcat, Inc. trades at 237×. Transcat, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 20.9% against −33.1%. Transcat, Inc. has the higher net margin (0.99% vs −145.2%) and the higher return on invested capital (1.79% vs −105.3%). Across the 19 metrics below, Transcat, Inc. leads on 13 and Spire Global, Inc. on 6.

Valuation

Metric SPIR TRNS Specialty Business Services median
P/E n/m 237.11 23.86
P/S 7.42 2.36 1.06
P/B 3.21 2.71 2.37
Price to free cash flow n/m 32.35 16.54
EV/EBITDA n/m 23.54 11.51
EV/Sales 7.63 2.66 1.51
Earnings yield (22.10%) 0.42% 2.14%
Free cash flow yield (21.53%) 3.09% 1.55%

Profitability

Metric SPIR TRNS Specialty Business Services median
Gross margin 37.74% 32.50% 35.31%
Operating margin (142.09%) 3.34% 3.43%
Net margin (145.22%) 0.99% 1.67%
Free cash flow margin (159.67%) 7.28% 3.28%
Return on equity (61.72%) 1.16% 0.58%
Return on assets (38.86%) 0.78% 0.33%
Return on invested capital (105.29%) 1.79% 0.65%

Growth

Metric SPIR TRNS Specialty Business Services median
Revenue growth (TTM) (33.13%) 20.91% 6.04%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 134.98% (63.69%) —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 20.22% 13.87% 7.66%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% (7.15%) 0.00%

Health

Metric SPIR TRNS Specialty Business Services median
Debt to equity 0.00 0.36 0.21
Current ratio 1.87 2.49 1.62
Net debt to EBITDA 1.02 2.40 1.16

Dividend

Metric SPIR TRNS Specialty Business Services median
Dividend yield — — 1.61%
Payout ratio 0.00 0.00 0.00

Size

Metric SPIR TRNS Specialty Business Services median
Market cap 508.59m 806.16m 879.14m

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