Carriage Services vs UniFirst
CSV and UNF side by side, both in consumer discretionary. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How CSV and UNF compare
UniFirst is the larger company, worth 9.6 times as much as Carriage Services ($4.4B against $452M).
On earnings, Carriage Services is cheaper: it trades at 9.7× trailing earnings, against 40.0× for UniFirst.
UniFirst grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (3.7% versus 1.3% for Carriage Services).
Carriage Services keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 11.3% compared with 4.3% at UniFirst.
Both pay dividends: Carriage Services yields 1.2% and UniFirst 0.61%.
Carriage Services scores higher on the StockData Score (20 against 11 for UniFirst), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | CSV | UNF |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $452M | $4.4B |
| Share price | $28.47 | $240.95 |
| Change, 1 year | −31.1% | 57.6% |
| Change, 5 years | −45.0% | 22.5% |
| Beta (5Y) | 0.74 | 0.62 |
| Employees | 2,321 | 15K |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 20 (better) | 11 |
| Valuation score | 6 (better) | 0 |
| Growth score | 0 | 1 (better) |
| Performance score | 6 (better) | 1 |
| Health score | 4 | 6 (better) |
| Dividend score | 4 (better) | 3 |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 9.7× (better) | 40.0× |
| P/S | 1.1× (better) | 1.7× |
| P/B | 1.6× (better) | 2.0× |
| EV/EBITDA | 3.8× (better) | 15.0× |
| P/FCF | 11.8× (better) | 61.6× |
| PEG | 1.32 (better) | 13.94 |
| FCF yield | 8.5% (better) | 1.6% |
| Fair value | $50.15 | $155.60 |
| Margin of safety | 43.2% (better) | −54.9% |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 1.3% | 3.7% (better) |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 4.8% | 6.7% (better) |
| Net income growth (TTM) | −4.4% (better) | −26.2% |
| EPS growth (TTM) | −5.4% (better) | −24.6% |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | 29.6% (better) | −5.4% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 34.1% | 36.6% (better) |
| Operating margin | 22.5% (better) | 5.4% |
| Net margin | 11.3% (better) | 4.3% |
| FCF margin | 9.2% (better) | 2.8% |
| Return on equity | 17.7% (better) | 5.0% |
| Return on invested capital | 27.6% (better) | 5.2% |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 0.02 (better) | 0.00 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | −0.02 | – |
| Interest coverage | 3.4× | – |
| Current ratio | 1.45 | 3.14 (better) |
| Altman Z-score | 1.06 | 6.43 (better) |
| Piotroski F-score | 6 | 6 |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | 1.2% (better) | 0.61% |
| Payout ratio | 15.2% | 23.0% |
| Years of dividend growth | 0 | – |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | 5.9% | – |
| Buyback yield | – | 0.75% |
| Shareholder yield | 1.2% | 1.4% (better) |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 85.0% | 81.3% |
| Held by insiders | 2.3% | 54.2% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | – | −$575K |
| Superinvestors holding | – | 1 |
| Short interest, % of float | 6.9% | 12.0% |
Go deeper
- CSV stock overview
- CSV income statement
- CSV valuation and score
- UNF stock overview
- UNF income statement
- UNF valuation and score
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