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Financial ratios & Valuation

Forward Multiples (2025 – 2028)

2025202620272028
Price/Earnings ratio
13.1511.145.348.24
Price/Sales ratio
2.522.382.262.87
Earnings per Share (EPS)
$6.53$7.71$16.09$10.42

Historical Multiples (2013 – 2023)

2013 2016 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 TTM Median
Valuation Ratios
Price/Earnings ratio
17.2537.8350.2333.0936.1984.06110.2740.97245.1433.6820.9484.06
Price/Sales ratio
1.563.543.003.894.867.378.684.643.043.442.857.37
Price/Book Value ratio
3.253.743.854.084.091.292.351.541.221.441.251.29
Price/Cash Flow ratio
15.5017.3315.3830.2514.7926.0227.8514.2212.1714.778.0826.02
Price/Free Cash Flow ratio
26.2720.5019.4946.9018.3233.4134.3217.2916.7820.889.8933.41
Price/Earnings Growth ratio
1.08-39.15-1.530.27-6.09-3.52-10.870.59-2.790.04-1.66-6.09
Dividend Yield
0.16%0.05%0.05%0.04%0.03%0.23%0.36%0.65%1.00%0.78%0.89%0.03%
Profitability Indicator Ratios
Gross Profit Margin
63.71%60.40%52.43%51.49%67.47%57.78%50.82%55.72%57.90%61.39%62.78%62.78%
Operating Profit Margin
15.03%14.66%10.57%14.05%21.89%16.11%12.04%15.94%7.13%17.77%20.95%20.95%
Pretax Profit Margin
14.06%12.45%7.62%9.87%16.69%10.54%8.00%12.25%2.49%12.11%15.14%15.14%
Net Profit Margin
9.09%9.37%5.98%11.78%13.42%8.76%7.87%11.32%1.24%10.21%13.61%13.42%
Effective Tax Rate
28.58%19.58%14.11%-25.81%13.78%12.00%12.98%16.18%74.31%17.86%10.79%12.00%
Return on Assets
6.91%2.58%1.89%3.60%3.41%0.96%1.32%2.13%0.24%1.95%2.72%2.72%
Return On Equity
18.85%9.89%7.66%12.34%11.32%1.54%2.13%3.76%0.49%4.28%6.03%6.03%
Return on Capital Employed
14.75%5.25%4.56%6.08%7.39%1.93%2.25%3.32%1.68%4.04%5.06%5.06%
Liquidity Ratios
Current Ratio
1.72N/AN/A1.121.031.211.00N/AN/AN/A0.921.21
Quick Ratio
1.231.171.091.121.031.221.001.050.890.990.921.22
Cash ratio
0.960.420.400.350.370.460.420.440.280.250.340.46
Days of Sales Outstanding
29.2736.32197.2627.7137.7766.5239.0440.5140.5942.3441.9037.77
Days of Inventory outstanding
4.68N/AN/AN/A-1.06-0.08N/A0.4613.40N/AN/A-1.06
Operating Cycle
33.9636.32197.2627.7136.7066.4439.0440.9854.0042.3441.9036.70
Days of Payables Outstanding
111.308.016.418.9725.4026.0612.8625.3422.1628.43243.5825.40
Cash Conversion Cycle
-77.3428.31190.8518.7411.2940.3726.1715.6331.8413.90-201.6740.37
Debt Ratios
Debt Ratio
0.360.460.450.400.440.210.210.260.310.340.350.35
Debt Equity Ratio
1.001.781.831.391.460.340.350.460.630.750.760.76
Long-term Debt to Capitalization
0.430.610.610.540.550.240.230.300.350.400.400.40
Total Debt to Capitalization
0.500.640.640.580.590.250.260.310.380.420.430.43
Interest Coverage Ratio
10.73N/AN/A3.193.762.592.60N/AN/AN/A3.232.59
Cash Flow to Debt Ratio
0.200.120.130.090.180.140.240.230.150.130.200.18
Company Equity Multiplier
2.723.824.053.423.311.591.611.762.002.192.192.19
Cash Flow Ratios
Operating Cash Flow / Sales Ratio
0.100.200.190.120.320.280.310.320.250.230.350.32
Free Cash Flow / Operating Cash Flow Ratio
0.590.840.780.640.800.770.810.820.720.700.810.80
Cash Flow Coverage Ratio
0.200.120.130.090.180.140.240.230.150.130.200.18
Short Term Coverage Ratio
0.921.151.150.691.352.791.974.861.171.401.511.35
Dividend Payout Ratio
2.86%2.00%2.92%1.43%1.40%20.14%39.89%26.90%245.71%26.40%18.71%1.40%