SERVICE CORPORATION INTERNATIONAL vs UNIFIRST CORPORATION, two Personal Services stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where SCI and UNF diverge most: on debt / equity, SCI reads 3.45 and UNF reads 0.00; on return on equity, SCI reads 35.0% and UNF reads 5.3%. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. What SCI's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (whole-company basis). What UNF'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 | SCI | UNF |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $76.92 | $260.89 |
| Market cap | $10.6B | $4.8B |
| Sector | Personal Services | Personal Services |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | — | +2.0% |
| P/E | 20.1 | 41.1 |
| P/B | 6.92 | 2.16 |
| P/S | 3.26 | 1.91 |
| EV/EBITDA | 12.9 | 16.0 |
| Revenue growth | +0.6% | +1.5% |
| Gross margin | 24.8% | — |
| Operating margin | 21.0% | 3.6% |
| Net margin | 16.5% | 4.7% |
| Return on equity | 35.0% | 5.3% |
| Return on assets | 2.8% | 4.1% |
| Return on invested capital | 12.7% | 5.3% |
| FCF yield | 6.0% | 1.9% |
| Dividend yield | 1.7% | — |
| Debt / equity | 3.45 | 0.00 |
| Current ratio | 0.53 | 3.11 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 6.22 | 6.80 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 6 / 9 | 8 / 9 |
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