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National Vision vs Warby Parker

EYE and WRBY side by side, both in measuring, analyzing, and controlling instruments; photographic, medical and optical goods; watches and clocks. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.

How EYE and WRBY compare

Warby Parker is the larger company, worth 2.3 times as much as National Vision ($3.0B against $1.3B).

On earnings, National Vision is cheaper: it trades at 27.2× trailing earnings, against 352× for Warby Parker.

Warby Parker grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (11.0% versus 7.8% for National Vision).

National Vision keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 2.5% compared with 0.85% at Warby Parker.

National Vision scores higher on the StockData Score (13 against 11 for Warby Parker), 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.

MetricEYEWRBY
Size and price
Market cap$1.3B$3.0B
Share price$16.59$24.61
Change, 1 year−38.6%22.7%
Change, 5 years−74.5%−57.1%
Beta (5Y)0.981.90
Employees13K4,036
StockData Score
Total score13 (better)11
Valuation score6 (better)0
Growth score13 (better)
Performance score3 (better)2
Health score36 (better)
Dividend score00
Valuation
P/E27.2× (better)352×
P/S0.6× (better)3.3×
P/B1.5× (better)7.8×
EV/EBITDA8.6× (better)50.0×
P/FCF26.7× (better)140×
FCF yield3.7% (better)0.71%
Fair value$23.82$9.45
Margin of safety30.4% (better)−160%
Growth
Revenue growth (TTM)7.8%11.0% (better)
Revenue growth, 5Y average3.0%17.2% (better)
EPS growth, 5Y average−3.4%–
Profitability
Gross margin58.6% (better)54.7%
Operating margin4.1% (better)0.17%
Net margin2.5% (better)0.85%
FCF margin2.4% (better)2.4%
Return on equity5.8% (better)2.1%
Return on invested capital5.7% (better)1.4%
Financial health
Debt / equity0.26 (better)0.00
Net debt / EBITDA1.11–
Current ratio0.592.27 (better)
Altman Z-score2.005.08 (better)
Piotroski F-score8 (better)5
Dividends and buybacks
Buyback yield2.4%–
Shareholder yield2.4% (better)0.00%
Ownership
Held by institutions126%101%
Held by insiders2.5%17.3%
Insider net buying, 12 months−$498K (better)−$47.1M
Superinvestors holding12 (better)
Short interest, % of float20.2%17.8%

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