TransUnion (TRU) vs Value Line, Inc. (VALU)

TransUnion and Value Line, Inc. are both Financial Data & Stock Exchanges companies. TransUnion is the larger, with a market value of $15.8B against $415.0M — 38.1× the size. TransUnion trades at the lower P/E: 19.5× against 20.5×. TransUnion grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 13.5% against −5.49%. Value Line, Inc. has the higher net margin (60.3% vs 15.8%) and the higher return on invested capital (10.8% vs 6.43%). Both pay a dividend; Value Line, Inc. yields more (3.17% vs 0.60%). Across the 21 metrics below, Value Line, Inc. leads on 12 and TransUnion on 9.

Valuation

Metric TRU VALU Financial Data & Stock Exchanges median
P/E 19.47 20.55 24.72
P/S 3.08 12.37 6.77
P/B 3.10 3.73 4.55
Price to free cash flow 17.05 12.41 20.03
EV/EBITDA — — —
EV/Sales — — —
Earnings yield 5.14% 4.87% 4.01%
Free cash flow yield 5.87% 8.06% 4.64%

Profitability

Metric TRU VALU Financial Data & Stock Exchanges median
Gross margin 58.82% 100.00% 72.83%
Operating margin 19.32% 10.83% 29.06%
Net margin 15.83% 60.27% 25.36%
Free cash flow margin 18.06% 53.90% 32.14%
Return on equity 16.66% 18.69% 17.00%
Return on assets 6.88% 13.18% 8.22%
Return on invested capital 6.43% 10.75% 10.55%

Growth

Metric TRU VALU Financial Data & Stock Exchanges median
Revenue growth (TTM) 13.45% (5.49%) 10.44%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 60.00% 4.55% 13.54%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 12.58% (3.70%) 9.24%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 5.82% (1.46%) 10.85%

Health

Metric TRU VALU Financial Data & Stock Exchanges median
Debt to equity 1.07 0.00 0.67
Current ratio 2.03 4.09 1.04
Net debt to EBITDA 2.83 (16.23) 1.20

Dividend

Metric TRU VALU Financial Data & Stock Exchanges median
Dividend yield 0.60% 3.17% 1.13%
Payout ratio 0.12 0.65 0.29

Size

Metric TRU VALU Financial Data & Stock Exchanges median
Market cap 15.81b 414.98m 36.53b

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