Compare price, profitability, solvency, and SEC-reported financials side by side—before deciding which assumptions deserve a closer look.
FY 2025 ·
Decision snapshot: SMPL stock price vs RELX: inconclusive Relative valuation is incomplete for this pair. Review the available filing metrics before drawing a conclusion.
Quick read
Each company valued on the other's multiple, then compared with the market price.
Implied fair value · at RELX's multiple
Needs RELX P/E.
Implied fair value · at SMPL's multiple
Needs SMPL P/E.
Snapshot Sep 4, 4:00 PM ET
Metric by metric
Where each company leads, and how wide the gap is.
Growth edge
Pricing power
Operating leverage
Multiple discount
Not comparable
Lower leverage
Statements
Core statements aligned to each company's latest fiscal year.
SEC periods: SMPL FY 2025 (ended Aug 30, 2025) · RELX FY 2025 (ended Dec 31, 2025). Fiscal years are not aligned.
Trendline
Seven fiscal years of revenue, earnings, and margins before underwriting a re-rating.
Price framework
Market cap plus debt, less cash.
Capital structure 80% equity / 20% debt · EV / Revenue 0.80x · EV / EBITDA 6.26x
Capital structure 84% equity / 16% debt · EV / Revenue 6.25x · EV / EBITDA 28.86x
RELX carries the larger enterprise value at $81.15B against $1.16B; SMPL trades on the lower EV / Revenue multiple (0.80x vs 6.25x); SMPL on the lower EV / EBITDA (6.26x vs 28.86x).
Price framework
The same filing-backed model used on each company's valuation page, with company-specific inputs and calculated scenarios.
The Simply Good Foods Company · implied price per share
Debt and bridge-cash inputs are required to translate enterprise value into equity value.
RELX PLC · implied price per share
Five annual free-cash-flow observations are required for the filing-backed baseline.
Balance sheet health
Financial health checks to separate durable balance sheets from potential value traps.
Financial strength on a 0–9 scale.
Bankruptcy-risk signal from balance sheet and earnings power.
Debt / equity
Total debt against shareholders' equity
0.14x
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Net debt / EBITDA
Leverage against operating earnings
0.81x
5.89x
Cash and equivalents
Liquid reserves on the balance sheet
$98.47M
$131.00M
Total debt
Interest-bearing obligations outstanding
$249.07M
Comparable set
Where the pair sits against the wider comparable set.
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