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.
| Metric | INGM | SCSC |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $6.5B | $901M |
| Share price | $28.42 | $44.76 |
| Change, 1 year | 33.6% | 7.9% |
| Change, 5 years | – | 33.0% |
| Beta (5Y) | 1.26 | 1.15 |
| Employees | 22K | 2,100 |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 12 | 14 (better) |
| Valuation score | 5 (better) | 4 |
| Growth score | 1 | 2 (better) |
| Performance score | 1 | 2 (better) |
| Health score | 2 | 6 (better) |
| Dividend score | 3 (better) | 0 |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 14.4× | 14.0× (better) |
| P/S | 0.1× (better) | 0.3× |
| P/B | 1.5× | 1.0× (better) |
| EV/EBITDA | 7.5× (better) | 8.7× |
| P/FCF | 42.3× | 18.4× (better) |
| PEG | – | 15.04 |
| FCF yield | 2.4% | 5.4% (better) |
| Fair value | $41.33 | $57.45 |
| Margin of safety | 31.2% (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 margin | 6.6% | 13.0% (better) |
| Operating margin | 1.8% | 2.5% (better) |
| Net margin | 0.79% | 2.0% (better) |
| FCF margin | 0.26% | 1.4% (better) |
| Return on equity | 10.9% (better) | 7.4% |
| Return on invested capital | 9.7% (better) | 6.9% |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 0.89 | 0.11 (better) |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 2.29 | 0.50 (better) |
| Interest coverage | 3.6× | 11.0× (better) |
| Current ratio | 1.31 | 1.75 (better) |
| Altman Z-score | 3.26 (better) | 3.08 |
| Piotroski F-score | 6 | 8 (better) |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | 0.89% | – |
| Payout ratio | 17.4% | – |
| Years of dividend growth | 0 | – |
| Buyback yield | – | 9.0% |
| Shareholder yield | 0.89% | 9.0% (better) |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 103% | 107% |
| Held by insiders | 78.3% | 3.1% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$1.5B | −$7.2M (better) |
| Short interest, % of float | 12.4% | 6.9% |
Go deeper
- INGM stock overview
- INGM income statement
- INGM valuation and score
- SCSC stock overview
- SCSC income statement
- SCSC valuation and score
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