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Financial ratios & Valuation

Forward Multiples (2025 – 2028)

2025202620272028
Price/Earnings ratio
-348.7822.207.824.46
Price/Sales ratio
2.291.701.491.26
Earnings per Share (EPS)
$-0.03$0.51$1.47$2.58

Historical Multiples (2018 – 2023)

2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 TTM Median
Valuation Ratios
Price/Earnings ratio
-134.65-62.38-117.43-37.61-12.61-32.19-18.74-117.43
Price/Sales ratio
135.5545.0823.128.203.055.034.548.20
Price/Book Value ratio
N/A-45.38-34.485.282.655.303.94-34.48
Price/Cash Flow ratio
N/A-66.48464.6234.47-17.35-135.49-25.4734.47
Price/Free Cash Flow ratio
N/A-60.933.24K41.26-13.19-52.61-19.4341.26
Price/Earnings Growth ratio
N/A-0.532.55-0.44-0.421.164.062.55
Dividend Yield
N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
Profitability Indicator Ratios
Gross Profit Margin
38.67%22.52%45.74%42.87%43.85%49.20%43.85%42.87%
Operating Profit Margin
-101.65%-74.20%-19.50%-21.42%-25.19%-18.63%-25.19%-21.42%
Pretax Profit Margin
-100.63%-72.24%-19.45%-21.61%-24.22%-15.52%-24.22%-21.61%
Net Profit Margin
-100.66%-72.26%-19.68%-21.81%-24.24%-15.63%-24.24%-21.81%
Effective Tax Rate
-0.03%-0.03%-1.20%-0.93%-0.08%-0.70%-0.08%-1.20%
Return on Assets
N/A-25.35%-10.13%-7.95%-11.16%-8.15%-11.16%-7.95%
Return On Equity
N/A72.74%29.36%-14.05%-21.03%-16.48%-20.09%-14.05%
Return on Capital Employed
N/A-38.33%-17.08%-13.70%-18.74%-15.22%-18.74%-13.70%
Liquidity Ratios
Current Ratio
N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A2.16N/A
Quick Ratio
N/A2.742.122.022.162.112.132.12
Cash ratio
N/A1.861.401.330.800.540.801.33
Days of Sales Outstanding
N/A284.48197.32271.92213.68214.67213.68197.32
Days of Inventory outstanding
N/AN/A0.000.00N/AN/AN/A0.00
Operating Cycle
N/A284.48197.32271.92213.68214.6752.68271.92
Days of Payables Outstanding
N/A378.44490.65705.87499.19456.66499.19490.65
Cash Conversion Cycle
N/A-93.96-293.33-433.95-285.51-241.98-285.51-293.33
Debt Ratios
Debt Ratio
N/AN/A0.010.000.080.120.460.01
Debt Equity Ratio
N/AN/A-0.030.000.150.250.88-0.03
Long-term Debt to Capitalization
N/AN/A-0.030.000.130.200.13-0.03
Total Debt to Capitalization
N/AN/A-0.030.000.130.200.13-0.03
Interest Coverage Ratio
N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A-108.48N/A
Cash Flow to Debt Ratio
N/AN/A2.1447.22-0.98-0.15-0.9847.22
Company Equity Multiplier
N/A-2.86-2.891.761.882.021.88-2.89
Cash Flow Ratios
Operating Cash Flow / Sales Ratio
N/A-0.670.040.23-0.17-0.03-0.170.23
Free Cash Flow / Operating Cash Flow Ratio
N/A1.090.140.831.312.571.310.14
Cash Flow Coverage Ratio
N/AN/A2.1447.22-0.98-0.15-0.9847.22
Short Term Coverage Ratio
N/AN/AN/A65.30N/AN/A-64.2565.30
Dividend Payout Ratio
N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A