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 -7.3% and VSEC reads +40.8%; on fcf yield, BAH reads 12.2% and VSEC reads -0.0%. 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 | $75.89 | $194.96 |
| Market cap | $9.1B | $5.5B |
| Sector | Consulting | Consulting |
| Stage | Mature | Growth |
| P/E | 11.9 | 70.1 |
| P/B | 7.59 | 1.87 |
| P/S | 0.82 | 4.03 |
| EV/EBITDA | 10.3 | 46.5 |
| Revenue growth | -7.3% | +40.8% |
| Operating margin | 10.0% | 10.9% |
| Net margin | 7.0% | 5.5% |
| Return on equity | 64.7% | 2.6% |
| Return on assets | 10.2% | 1.7% |
| Return on invested capital | 16.1% | 2.3% |
| FCF yield | 12.2% | -0.0% |
| Dividend yield | 3.0% | 0.2% |
| Debt / equity | 3.29 | 0.33 |
| Current ratio | 1.59 | 3.77 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 3.30 | 3.00 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 7 / 9 | 5 / 9 |
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