Happen, Inc. vs SLM Corp, two Credit Services stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where LC and SLM diverge most: on revenue growth, LC reads +19.1% and SLM reads -0.9%; on debt / equity, LC reads 0.00 and SLM reads 2.36. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | LC | SLM |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $19.20 | $26.01 |
| Market cap | $2.3B | $5.0B |
| Sector | Financial Services | Financial Services |
| Stage | Growth | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | — | -4.1% |
| P/E | 11.5 | 7.3 |
| P/B | 1.44 | 2.00 |
| P/S | 2.15 | 3.40 |
| EV/EBITDA | — | 1434.0 |
| Revenue growth | +19.1% | -0.9% |
| Net margin | 18.7% | 50.4% |
| Return on equity | 12.5% | 29.7% |
| Return on assets | 1.6% | 2.6% |
| Dividend yield | — | 2.0% |
| Debt / equity | 0.00 | 2.36 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 0.20 | 0.41 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 5 / 9 | 5 / 9 |
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