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Gold.com vs WESCO International

GOLD and WCC side by side, both in wholesale trade-durable goods. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.

How GOLD and WCC compare

WESCO International is the larger company, worth 15 times as much as Gold.com ($15.7B against $1.1B).

On earnings, Gold.com is cheaper: it trades at 12.0× trailing earnings, against 20.0× for WESCO International.

Gold.com grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (110% versus 13.5% for WESCO International).

WESCO International keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 3.0% compared with 0.34% at Gold.com.

Both pay dividends: Gold.com yields 5.0% and WESCO International 0.61%.

Gold.com scores higher on the StockData Score (17 against 12 for WESCO International), 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.

MetricGOLDWCC
Size and price
Market cap$1.1B$15.7B
Share price$36.22$321.79
Change, 1 year37.8%20.5%
Change, 5 years8.1%136%
Beta (5Y)1.121.65
Employees1,35521K
StockData Score
Total score17 (better)12
Valuation score4 (better)0
Growth score3 (better)1
Performance score05 (better)
Health score5 (better)3
Dividend score5 (better)3
Valuation
P/E12.0× (better)20.0×
P/S0.0× (better)0.6×
P/B1.3× (better)2.9×
EV/EBITDA4.7× (better)12.6×
P/FCF2.8× (better)37.7×
FCF yield35.4% (better)2.7%
Fair value$68.08$264.08
Margin of safety46.8% (better)−21.9%
Growth
Revenue growth (TTM)110% (better)13.5%
Revenue growth, 5Y average27.4% (better)13.8%
Net income growth (TTM)1048% (better)22.4%
EPS growth (TTM)975% (better)26.5%
EPS growth, 5Y average−19.4%53.9% (better)
Profitability
Gross margin1.9%21.5% (better)
Operating margin–5.6%
Net margin0.34%3.0% (better)
FCF margin1.5%1.6% (better)
Return on equity11.4%15.4% (better)
Return on invested capital–10.7%
Financial health
Debt / equity0.00 (better)1.10
Net debt / EBITDA−0.613.12 (better)
Current ratio1.152.01 (better)
Altman Z-score7.25 (better)3.17
Piotroski F-score6 (better)5
Dividends and buybacks
Dividend yield5.0% (better)0.61%
Payout ratio62.0%12.0%
Buyback yield–0.48%
Shareholder yield5.0% (better)1.1%
Ownership
Held by institutions59.3%96.9%
Held by insiders32.3%2.1%
Insider net buying, 12 months−$9.6M (better)−$62.6M
Superinvestors holding–2
Short interest, % of float17.8%2.0%

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