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Financial ratios & Valuation

Forward Multiples (2026 – 2029)

2026202720282029
Price/Earnings ratio
33.0727.6722.5414.96
Price/Sales ratio
5.965.114.453.84
Earnings per Share (EPS)
$7.91$9.46$11.62$17.5

Historical Multiples (2015 – 2024)

2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 TTM Median
Valuation Ratios
Price/Earnings ratio
-58.86-42.49-40.33-77.54-94.08-87.08-198.632.15K-125.9955.08N/A-94.08
Price/Sales ratio
18.5210.5910.4911.6213.9411.5412.9912.177.4310.47N/A11.54
Price/Book Value ratio
12.9610.8414.1615.7620.0916.8317.1113.798.279.41N/A16.83
Price/Cash Flow ratio
143.1047.6347.2353.4864.8648.4144.2237.8927.8835.39N/A48.41
Price/Free Cash Flow ratio
-8.88K98.5872.2879.5399.9567.5155.4245.3835.6239.80N/A67.51
Price/Earnings Growth ratio
-1.74-3.18-1.163.13-3.83-8.844.52-19.590.09-0.11N/A-3.83
Dividend Yield
N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
Profitability Indicator Ratios
Gross Profit Margin
66.38%67.78%69.18%70.63%70.41%70.63%72.25%72.20%72.40%75.60%N/A70.63%
Operating Profit Margin
-27.37%-22.76%-24.00%-14.14%-16.41%-13.84%-5.75%-2.26%-3.57%2.52%N/A-16.41%
Pretax Profit Margin
-31.22%-24.85%-26.06%-14.68%-15.01%-13.30%-6.37%0.31%-4.18%4.90%N/A-15.01%
Net Profit Margin
-31.47%-24.94%-26.01%-14.98%-14.82%-13.25%-6.54%0.56%-5.90%19.02%N/A-14.82%
Effective Tax Rate
-0.81%-0.35%0.19%-2.04%1.29%0.36%-2.65%-81.51%-41.08%-287.92%N/A0.36%
Return on Assets
-10.51%-10.61%-12.89%-6.49%-7.57%-7.05%-3.23%0.27%-2.71%8.39%N/A-7.57%
Return On Equity
-22.02%-25.51%-35.10%-20.32%-21.35%-19.33%-8.61%0.63%-6.56%17.08%N/A-21.35%
Return on Capital Employed
-12.55%-14.64%-20.14%-10.49%-14.99%-13.05%-5.60%-2.14%-2.50%1.60%N/A-14.99%
Liquidity Ratios
Current Ratio
N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
Quick Ratio
3.282.561.921.921.111.041.121.021.711.96N/A1.04
Cash ratio
0.460.320.410.550.260.240.320.300.400.39N/A0.24
Days of Sales Outstanding
87.2692.1395.3089.9691.1388.3087.2788.2592.1982.41N/A88.30
Days of Inventory outstanding
N/A0.00N/A0.00N/AN/A0.00N/A40.65N/AN/AN/A
Operating Cycle
87.2692.1395.3089.9691.1388.3087.2788.25132.8582.41N/A88.30
Days of Payables Outstanding
14.6419.1120.2412.1712.7119.7223.0214.1832.7116.07N/A19.72
Cash Conversion Cycle
72.6173.0275.0577.7878.4268.5864.2474.07100.1366.33N/A68.58
Debt Ratios
Debt Ratio
0.200.180.160.300.210.180.210.180.220.18N/A0.18
Debt Equity Ratio
0.430.440.450.940.610.500.570.420.540.37N/A0.50
Long-term Debt to Capitalization
0.300.300.310.420.330.290.170.110.340.26N/A0.29
Total Debt to Capitalization
0.300.300.310.480.380.330.360.290.350.27N/A0.33
Interest Coverage Ratio
N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
Cash Flow to Debt Ratio
0.200.500.650.310.500.680.670.850.540.70N/A0.68
Company Equity Multiplier
2.092.402.723.132.812.742.652.312.412.03N/A2.74
Cash Flow Ratios
Operating Cash Flow / Sales Ratio
0.120.220.220.210.210.230.290.320.260.29N/A0.23
Free Cash Flow / Operating Cash Flow Ratio
-0.010.480.650.670.640.710.790.830.780.88N/A0.71
Cash Flow Coverage Ratio
0.200.500.650.310.500.680.670.850.540.70N/A0.68
Short Term Coverage Ratio
N/AN/AN/A1.362.603.531.061.2618.1424.14N/A3.53
Dividend Payout Ratio
N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A