BOOZ ALLEN HAMILTON HOLDING CORPORATION vs VSE CORPORATION, two Consulting stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where BAH and VSEC diverge most: on revenue growth, BAH reads -6.3% and VSEC reads +34.8%; on fcf yield, BAH reads 12.6% and VSEC reads -0.2%. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. What BAH's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (whole-company basis). What VSEC's price implies is a somewhat stretched bet versus history (whole-company basis). The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | BAH | VSEC |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $62.18 | $219.66 |
| Market cap | $7.5B | $6.1B |
| Sector | Consulting | Consulting |
| Stage | Mature | Growth |
| P/E | 9.0 | 108.2 |
| P/B | 6.83 | 2.29 |
| P/S | 0.67 | 5.18 |
| EV/EBITDA | 9.0 | 47.6 |
| Revenue growth | -6.3% | +34.8% |
| Operating margin | 9.4% | 10.1% |
| Net margin | 7.6% | 4.2% |
| Return on equity | 77.0% | 1.9% |
| Return on assets | 12.0% | 1.5% |
| Return on invested capital | 18.5% | 2.7% |
| FCF yield | 12.6% | -0.2% |
| Dividend yield | 3.6% | 0.2% |
| Debt / equity | 3.58 | 0.15 |
| Current ratio | 1.78 | 8.78 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 3.39 | 6.95 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 8 / 9 | 4 / 9 |
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