Covista Inc. vs UNIVERSAL TECHNICAL INSTITUTE, INC, two Education stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where CVSA and UTI diverge most: on implied growth (priced in), CVSA reads -3.5% and UTI reads +16.7%; on operating margin, CVSA reads 18.8% and UTI reads 0.1%. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. On valuation, today's CVSA price has a different growth bar priced in than UTI (-3.5% implied for CVSA vs +16.7% for UTI); 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 UTI'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 | CVSA | UTI |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $124.67 | $39.35 |
| Market cap | $4.2B | $2.2B |
| Sector | Education | Education |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | -3.5% | +16.7% |
| P/E | 19.4 | 51.8 |
| P/B | 3.11 | 6.45 |
| P/S | 2.22 | 2.52 |
| EV/EBITDA | 11.3 | 24.9 |
| Revenue growth | +9.8% | +11.2% |
| Operating margin | 18.8% | 0.1% |
| Net margin | 12.3% | 4.9% |
| Return on equity | 17.2% | 12.6% |
| Return on assets | 8.6% | 5.0% |
| Return on invested capital | 14.5% | 9.2% |
| FCF yield | 7.9% | 0.1% |
| Debt / equity | 0.37 | 0.39 |
| Current ratio | 0.70 | 1.17 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 4.10 | 3.83 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 7 / 9 | 5 / 9 |
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