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Ingram Micro vs ScanSource

INGM and SCSC side by side, both in professional and commercial equipment and supplies. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.

How INGM and SCSC compare

Ingram Micro is the larger company, worth 7.3 times as much as ScanSource ($6.5B against $901M).

On earnings, ScanSource is cheaper: it trades at 14.0× trailing earnings, against 14.4× for Ingram Micro.

Ingram Micro grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (14.8% versus 14.8% for ScanSource).

ScanSource keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 2.0% compared with 0.79% at Ingram Micro.

Ingram Micro pays a dividend yielding 0.89%; ScanSource does not pay one.

ScanSource scores higher on the StockData Score (14 against 12 for Ingram Micro), 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.

MetricINGMSCSC
Size and price
Market cap$6.5B$901M
Share price$28.42$44.76
Change, 1 year33.6%7.9%
Change, 5 years–33.0%
Beta (5Y)1.261.15
Employees22K2,100
StockData Score
Total score1214 (better)
Valuation score5 (better)4
Growth score12 (better)
Performance score12 (better)
Health score26 (better)
Dividend score3 (better)0
Valuation
P/E14.4×14.0× (better)
P/S0.1× (better)0.3×
P/B1.5×1.0× (better)
EV/EBITDA7.5× (better)8.7×
P/FCF42.3×18.4× (better)
PEG–15.04
FCF yield2.4%5.4% (better)
Fair value$41.33$57.45
Margin of safety31.2% (better)22.1%
Growth
Revenue growth (TTM)14.8% (better)14.8%
Revenue growth, 5Y average–0.47%
Net income growth (TTM)59.6% (better)−9.1%
EPS growth (TTM)61.0% (better)−0.62%
EPS growth, 5Y average–54.0%
Profitability
Gross margin6.6%13.0% (better)
Operating margin1.8%2.5% (better)
Net margin0.79%2.0% (better)
FCF margin0.26%1.4% (better)
Return on equity10.9% (better)7.4%
Return on invested capital9.7% (better)6.9%
Financial health
Debt / equity0.890.11 (better)
Net debt / EBITDA2.290.50 (better)
Interest coverage3.6×11.0× (better)
Current ratio1.311.75 (better)
Altman Z-score3.26 (better)3.08
Piotroski F-score68 (better)
Dividends and buybacks
Dividend yield0.89%–
Payout ratio17.4%–
Years of dividend growth0–
Buyback yield–9.0%
Shareholder yield0.89%9.0% (better)
Ownership
Held by institutions103%107%
Held by insiders78.3%3.1%
Insider net buying, 12 months−$1.5B−$7.2M (better)
Short interest, % of float12.4%6.9%

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