NanoString Technologies
Financial ratios & Valuation

Forward Multiples (2025 – 2027)

202520262027
Price/Earnings ratio
N/AN/AN/A
Price/Sales ratio
N/AN/AN/A
Earnings per Share (EPS)
$-1.52$-0.64$-0.61

Historical Multiples (2013 – 2022)

2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 TTM Median
Valuation Ratios
Price/Earnings ratio
-4.50-4.96-6.14-9.52-4.06-5.34-23.64-23.74-16.59-2.31-2.96-4.06
Price/Sales ratio
4.195.224.465.181.543.877.6622.2813.182.903.721.54
Price/Book Value ratio
4.185.5413.8436.454.4111.219.238.5110.818.0710.334.41
Price/Cash Flow ratio
-4.20-6.52-6.45-73.79-3.43-7.64-10.76-32.00-21.12-2.87-3.68-3.68
Price/Free Cash Flow ratio
-4.10-6.21-5.93-44.54-3.16-7.06-9.88-29.33-19.28-2.43-3.12-3.16
Price/Earnings Growth ratio
-0.040.180.423.810.19-0.100.41-0.171.67-0.060.080.08
Dividend Yield
N/A12.29%3.88%0.33%0.99%16.08%N/AN/AN/AN/AN/A16.08%
Profitability Indicator Ratios
Gross Profit Margin
52.20%55.56%58.30%65.03%72.25%65.96%64.92%55.32%52.92%48.55%48.55%65.96%
Operating Profit Margin
-90.74%-96.70%-65.81%-47.60%-33.24%-65.01%-65.86%-75.05%-74.59%-119.58%-119.58%-65.01%
Pretax Profit Margin
-93.24%-105.13%-72.47%-54.31%-37.73%-72.28%-32.19%-93.61%-79.32%-125.11%-125.11%-72.28%
Net Profit Margin
-93.24%-105.13%-72.73%-54.44%-37.91%-72.51%-32.40%-93.83%-79.43%-125.36%-125.36%-72.51%
Effective Tax Rate
-0.33%-4.90%-0.36%-0.24%-0.47%-0.32%-0.66%-0.23%-0.14%-0.19%-0.19%-0.47%
Return on Assets
-45.48%-48.69%-49.08%-37.26%-31.85%-52.45%-15.66%-20.22%-24.03%-45.14%-45.14%-52.45%
Return On Equity
-93.04%-111.65%-225.48%-382.68%-108.60%-209.93%-39.07%-35.86%-65.12%-348.24%-165.02%-209.93%
Return on Capital Employed
-62.29%-54.82%-57.31%-45.75%-37.87%-66.44%-38.50%-17.36%-25.32%-51.66%-51.66%-66.44%
Liquidity Ratios
Current Ratio
3.265.063.953.123.393.054.7213.44N/AN/A4.873.39
Quick Ratio
2.734.783.472.742.832.744.2812.837.594.133.872.83
Cash ratio
0.530.911.040.560.720.560.6411.102.051.901.900.72
Days of Sales Outstanding
96.8395.37114.8893.6562.1459.0978.9296.76100.9590.3690.3662.14
Days of Inventory outstanding
164.1593.95141.63166.68229.63132.34163.94159.89168.25241.23241.23229.63
Operating Cycle
260.98189.32256.52260.34291.78191.43242.87256.65269.21331.59263.51263.51
Days of Payables Outstanding
81.5658.3345.3059.5546.8586.7685.2137.0076.3292.6492.6446.85
Cash Conversion Cycle
179.41130.99211.21200.78244.93104.67157.65219.65192.88238.9457.19104.67
Debt Ratios
Debt Ratio
0.280.290.440.370.350.390.320.320.470.650.870.35
Debt Equity Ratio
0.580.662.033.851.211.580.800.571.295.066.711.21
Long-term Debt to Capitalization
0.270.390.660.790.540.610.430.360.550.830.840.54
Total Debt to Capitalization
0.360.400.670.790.540.610.440.360.560.830.840.54
Interest Coverage Ratio
-14.67-11.11-10.26-7.25-6.20-9.33-9.74-5.71N/AN/A-20.19-9.33
Cash Flow to Debt Ratio
-1.71-1.26-1.05-0.12-1.05-0.92-1.06-0.46-0.39-0.55-0.51-1.05
Company Equity Multiplier
2.042.294.5910.273.404.002.491.772.707.717.713.40
Cash Flow Ratios
Operating Cash Flow / Sales Ratio
-0.99-0.79-0.69-0.07-0.44-0.50-0.71-0.69-0.62-1.01-1.01-0.50
Free Cash Flow / Operating Cash Flow Ratio
1.021.041.081.651.081.081.081.091.091.171.171.08
Cash Flow Coverage Ratio
-1.71-1.26-1.05-0.12-1.05-0.92-1.06-0.46-0.39-0.55-0.51-1.05
Short Term Coverage Ratio
-5.10-151.63-191.86-104.81N/AN/A-23.74-18.93-18.52-23.30-23.30N/A
Dividend Payout Ratio
N/A-61.04%-23.86%-3.16%-4.04%-85.93%N/AN/AN/AN/AN/A-4.04%