Gates Industrial Corporation
Financial ratios & Valuation

Forward Multiples (2025 – 2026)

202520252026
Price/Earnings ratio
18.5520.7515.22
Price/Sales ratio
1.931.871.84
Earnings per Share (EPS)
$1.32$1.18$1.60

Historical Multiples (2014 – 2023)

2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2022 2022 2023 TTM Median
Valuation Ratios
Price/Earnings ratio
-36.97210.9891.0434.7215.365.7615.6114.6715.6617.0416.20
Price/Sales ratio
1.721.911.911.721.121.281.330.911.021.051.20
Price/Book Value ratio
N/A6.687.595.171.931.501.491.041.131.211.71
Price/Cash Flow ratio
64.4619.0414.1316.7512.0111.3912.1312.197.5814.1514.38
Price/Free Cash Flow ratio
-242.0927.6317.3025.9528.8014.9615.7018.128.9014.0521.88
Price/Earnings Growth ratio
0.36-1.790.710.210.240.030.05-0.621.52-0.710.13
Dividend Yield
N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
Profitability Indicator Ratios
Gross Profit Margin
33.75%37.74%38.61%40.04%39.74%37.00%38.54%35.18%38.06%35.18%38.37%
Operating Profit Margin
-0.01%6.72%10.87%13.16%14.84%11.23%13.93%10.80%12.95%10.80%13.03%
Pretax Profit Margin
-4.10%1.51%3.38%3.59%9.06%6.43%10.06%7.25%7.99%7.25%7.75%
Net Profit Margin
-4.67%0.90%2.10%4.97%7.32%22.35%8.55%6.21%6.52%6.21%14.84%
Effective Tax Rate
41.52%-22.06%22.71%-66.21%10.47%-249.44%5.26%5.77%9.91%10.89%-27.86%
Return on Assets
N/A0.37%0.90%2.20%3.64%9.31%3.94%3.07%3.21%3.07%6.48%
Return On Equity
N/A3.16%8.34%14.91%12.59%26.03%9.58%7.09%7.23%7.36%19.31%
Return on Capital Employed
N/A3.07%5.14%6.50%8.22%5.13%7.25%5.96%7.14%5.96%6.67%
Liquidity Ratios
Current Ratio
N/AN/AN/AN/AN/A2.97N/AN/AN/A3.021.48
Quick Ratio
N/A1.822.171.961.882.251.862.152.251.862.06
Cash ratio
N/A0.590.900.800.620.960.760.760.920.760.71
Days of Sales Outstanding
N/A83.2287.6185.6581.7284.7576.3984.3781.6484.3783.68
Days of Inventory outstanding
N/A88.7879.4291.4897.2889.17116.68103.97106.82103.9794.38
Operating Cycle
N/A172.00167.03177.14179.00173.92193.08188.34188.47124.77176.46
Days of Payables Outstanding
N/A58.5167.7778.4576.7270.3386.6074.4075.5474.4073.52
Cash Conversion Cycle
N/A113.4899.2698.68102.27103.59106.48113.94112.9235.60102.93
Debt Ratios
Debt Ratio
N/A0.590.600.570.440.390.340.340.330.520.48
Debt Equity Ratio
N/A4.965.553.891.541.110.830.790.761.201.37
Long-term Debt to Capitalization
N/A0.820.840.790.600.520.440.430.420.030.56
Total Debt to Capitalization
N/A0.830.840.790.600.520.450.440.430.040.56
Interest Coverage Ratio
N/AN/AN/AN/AN/A2.19N/AN/AN/A2.871.09
Cash Flow to Debt Ratio
N/A0.070.090.070.100.110.140.100.191.670.09
Company Equity Multiplier
N/A8.349.236.753.452.792.432.312.252.313.12
Cash Flow Ratios
Operating Cash Flow / Sales Ratio
0.020.100.130.100.090.110.110.070.130.070.10
Free Cash Flow / Operating Cash Flow Ratio
-0.260.680.810.640.410.760.770.670.851.000.53
Cash Flow Coverage Ratio
N/A0.070.090.070.100.110.140.100.191.670.09
Short Term Coverage Ratio
N/A3.127.924.726.077.567.317.2613.177.265.39
Dividend Payout Ratio
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