Covista Inc. vs GRAHAM HOLDINGS CO, two Education stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where CVSA and GHC diverge most: on implied growth (priced in), CVSA reads +0.3% and GHC reads +4.8%; on return on invested capital, CVSA reads 14.5% and GHC reads 2.6%. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. On valuation, today's CVSA price has a different growth bar priced in than GHC (+0.3% implied for CVSA vs +4.8% for GHC); the higher figure is the steeper assumption to clear, not a better or worse stock. What CVSA's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (whole-company basis). What GHC's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (whole-company basis). The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | CVSA | GHC |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $115.67 | $1153.78 |
| Market cap | $4.0B | $5.1B |
| Sector | Education | Education |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | +0.3% | +4.8% |
| P/E | 18.1 | 17.4 |
| P/B | 2.95 | 1.05 |
| P/S | 2.11 | 1.03 |
| EV/EBITDA | 10.7 | 18.0 |
| Revenue growth | +9.8% | +2.5% |
| Operating margin | 18.8% | 3.8% |
| Net margin | 12.3% | 6.0% |
| Return on equity | 17.2% | 6.0% |
| Return on assets | 8.6% | 3.5% |
| Return on invested capital | 14.5% | 2.6% |
| FCF yield | 8.4% | 5.5% |
| Dividend yield | — | 0.6% |
| Debt / equity | 0.37 | 0.18 |
| Current ratio | 0.70 | 1.75 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 4.00 | 2.99 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 6 / 9 | 5 / 9 |
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