Happen, Inc. vs NELNET, INC., two Credit Services stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where LC and NNI diverge most: on debt / equity, LC reads 0.00 and NNI reads 1.87; on ev/ebitda, LC reads 18.8 and NNI reads 124.8. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | LC | NNI |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $19.20 | $125.20 |
| Market cap | $2.3B | $4.5B |
| Sector | Financial Services | Financial Services |
| Stage | Growth | Growth |
| P/E | 11.5 | 14.9 |
| P/B | 1.44 | 1.20 |
| P/S | 2.15 | 11.57 |
| EV/EBITDA | 18.8 | 124.8 |
| Revenue growth | +19.1% | +23.9% |
| Net margin | 18.7% | 77.5% |
| Return on equity | 12.5% | 8.0% |
| Return on assets | 1.6% | 2.1% |
| Dividend yield | — | 0.4% |
| Debt / equity | 0.00 | 1.87 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 0.20 | 0.65 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 5 / 9 | 8 / 9 |
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