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Financial ratios & Valuation

Forward Multiples (2025 – 2027)

202520262027
Price/Earnings ratio
16.3614.8413.88
Price/Sales ratio
N/AN/AN/A
Earnings per Share (EPS)
$3.24$3.57$3.82

Historical Multiples (2014 – 2023)

2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 TTM Median
Valuation Ratios
Price/Earnings ratio
20.0935.5445.1735.4434.9237.8351.9635.7422.5025.60-33.6937.83
Price/Sales ratio
1.101.241.301.201.361.862.582.271.051.291.351.86
Price/Book Value ratio
7.617.913.393.254.457.099.118.514.584.802.527.09
Price/Cash Flow ratio
9.329.9261.238.9710.1213.8321.2217.8357.189.7148.1010.12
Price/Free Cash Flow ratio
15.1820.85-28.8314.3721.1322.5395.30923.02-11.8222.13-69.1322.53
Price/Earnings Growth ratio
0.93-0.88-1.480.582.211.2811.100.71-1.44-29.066.792.21
Dividend Yield
0.76%0.72%0.69%0.97%0.86%0.85%0.65%0.72%1.56%1.39%1.43%0.86%
Profitability Indicator Ratios
Gross Profit Margin
19.44%19.21%19.36%20.63%19.81%19.79%20.86%19.73%16.82%19.03%18.34%19.79%
Operating Profit Margin
10.72%10.00%8.77%9.31%9.67%10.18%10.38%10.28%8.25%10.16%10.09%9.67%
Pretax Profit Margin
7.53%4.32%1.12%4.68%5.44%5.29%5.83%7.29%5.75%5.80%5.89%5.44%
Net Profit Margin
5.48%3.51%2.88%3.40%3.90%4.93%4.96%6.35%4.68%5.03%-4.06%4.93%
Effective Tax Rate
23.21%13.60%-105.82%27.23%29.22%11.67%14.41%15.47%17.98%15.11%22.31%22.31%
Return on Assets
6.20%2.87%1.60%2.17%2.74%3.26%3.20%4.45%3.61%3.66%-2.66%3.26%
Return On Equity
37.91%22.27%7.51%9.18%12.74%18.74%17.53%23.82%20.38%18.75%-8.12%18.74%
Return on Capital Employed
16.51%10.47%5.96%7.82%9.03%9.92%8.86%10.31%9.82%10.87%9.08%9.03%
Liquidity Ratios
Current Ratio
N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A1.09N/A
Quick Ratio
0.640.600.740.540.650.640.740.570.470.530.820.65
Cash ratio
0.090.100.200.100.170.320.300.090.070.110.280.17
Days of Sales Outstanding
40.7640.4159.6954.3056.5351.8853.8467.6561.6860.7278.6356.53
Days of Inventory outstanding
53.7550.7570.1563.8949.7250.5252.9759.1062.3050.0950.2349.72
Operating Cycle
94.5191.17129.85118.19106.25102.41106.81126.76123.98110.82128.86106.25
Days of Payables Outstanding
70.8484.80100.94115.65121.09124.37134.28156.70125.31120.59118.28124.37
Cash Conversion Cycle
23.666.3628.912.54-14.83-21.96-27.46-29.94-1.33-9.7710.58-14.83
Debt Ratios
Debt Ratio
0.410.520.450.400.400.450.420.390.440.440.300.45
Debt Equity Ratio
2.554.062.151.711.882.582.332.092.532.270.862.58
Long-term Debt to Capitalization
0.700.800.670.610.640.670.690.670.680.660.440.67
Total Debt to Capitalization
0.710.800.680.630.650.720.700.670.710.690.460.72
Interest Coverage Ratio
N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A3.69N/A
Cash Flow to Debt Ratio
0.310.190.020.210.230.190.180.220.030.210.060.19
Company Equity Multiplier
6.107.754.674.224.645.755.465.345.645.122.815.75
Cash Flow Ratios
Operating Cash Flow / Sales Ratio
0.110.120.020.130.130.130.120.120.010.130.020.13
Free Cash Flow / Operating Cash Flow Ratio
0.610.47-2.120.620.470.610.220.01-4.830.43-0.680.61
Cash Flow Coverage Ratio
0.310.190.020.210.230.190.180.220.030.210.060.19
Short Term Coverage Ratio
5.7813.020.873.267.151.0484.23135.380.201.740.771.04
Dividend Payout Ratio
15.46%25.62%31.55%34.49%30.17%32.15%33.84%26.08%35.32%35.64%-49.50%32.15%