Primo Water
Financial ratios & Valuation

Forward Multiples (2025 – 2028)

20252025202620272028
Price/Earnings ratio
21.7426.9517.3117.0115.38
Price/Sales ratio
1.951.461.881.861.80
Earnings per Share (EPS)
$1.11$0.9$1.40$1.42$1.57

Historical Multiples (2012 – 2023)

2012 2013 2016 2016 2017 2018 2019 2022 2022 2023 TTM Median
Valuation Ratios
Price/Earnings ratio
17.4944.9440-22.03-485.6167.38-15.57K-885.7884.4036.9341.62-485.61
Price/Sales ratio
0.370.360.270.480.770.820.651.361.121.352.040.77
Price/Book Value ratio
1.361.281.281.811.981.661.332.141.941.662.611.98
Price/Cash Flow ratio
4.834.923.235.836.2713.276.3111.038.876.7211.076.27
Price/Free Cash Flow ratio
8.528.155.9112.9211.51721.2412.8429.7738.4311.6316.6311.51
Price/Earnings Growth ratio
0.63-0.692.260.055.09-0.07155.269.03-0.040.110.20-0.07
Dividend Yield
0.69%2.86%3.76%1.99%1.91%1.71%2.13%1.36%1.74%N/A4.50%1.91%
Profitability Indicator Ratios
Gross Profit Margin
12.86%12.03%30.41%33.19%49.68%49.54%51.27%55.82%58.39%64.17%64.86%49.68%
Operating Profit Margin
4.87%4.23%0.54%3.46%3.87%5.32%3.77%4.96%5.77%9.22%9.96%3.87%
Pretax Profit Margin
2.52%1.15%-0.07%-1.41%-1.48%1.01%0.39%0.30%2.22%5.12%6.71%-1.48%
Net Profit Margin
2.12%0.81%0.69%-2.20%-0.15%1.21%-0.00%-0.15%1.33%3.66%4.91%-0.15%
Effective Tax Rate
8.08%9.09%1080.95%-55.77%89.28%-19.91%101.06%150.79%39.95%29.73%34.18%-19.91%
Return on Assets
3.05%1.19%0.71%-1.81%-0.08%0.91%-0.00%-0.08%0.80%1.84%2.61%-0.08%
Return On Equity
7.81%2.85%3.22%-8.23%-0.40%2.46%-0.00%-0.24%2.30%4.50%6.41%-0.40%
Return on Capital Employed
8.59%8.25%0.68%3.58%2.78%4.83%3.24%3.41%4.29%5.27%6.02%2.78%
Liquidity Ratios
Current Ratio
2.15N/AN/A1.05N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A2.34N/A
Quick Ratio
1.310.710.690.680.860.900.850.580.611.922.220.86
Cash ratio
0.610.130.130.140.090.300.330.180.171.191.560.09
Days of Sales Outstanding
32.5335.8234.2531.2145.8347.4233.0342.4425.8030.1535.7447.42
Days of Inventory outstanding
41.8346.1844.4350.8940.7839.5038.3237.6944.3927.1926.6139.50
Operating Cycle
74.3782.0078.6982.1086.6186.9371.3580.1470.1957.3562.3586.93
Days of Payables Outstanding
31.0639.0940.4831.3863.0262.8339.5772.2942.7654.22N/A62.83
Cash Conversion Cycle
43.3042.9138.2150.7123.5824.1031.787.8527.423.1362.3523.58
Debt Ratios
Debt Ratio
0.600.320.570.550.550.420.390.390.380.350.360.42
Debt Equity Ratio
1.540.762.572.522.591.141.131.111.100.850.881.14
Long-term Debt to Capitalization
0.490.400.700.690.700.510.510.480.480.460.460.51
Total Debt to Capitalization
0.490.430.720.710.720.530.530.520.520.460.460.53
Interest Coverage Ratio
2.05N/AN/A0.93N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A4.49N/A
Cash Flow to Debt Ratio
0.280.330.150.120.120.100.180.170.190.280.260.12
Company Equity Multiplier
2.552.394.514.534.652.712.902.822.852.442.402.71
Cash Flow Ratios
Operating Cash Flow / Sales Ratio
0.070.070.080.080.120.060.100.120.120.200.180.12
Free Cash Flow / Operating Cash Flow Ratio
0.560.600.540.450.540.010.490.370.230.570.660.54
Cash Flow Coverage Ratio
0.280.330.150.120.120.100.180.170.190.280.260.12
Short Term Coverage Ratio
91.052.832.081.281.241.622.631.151.36N/A8.531.24
Dividend Payout Ratio
12.13%128.82%150.48%-43.91%-927.77%115.57%-33255.57%-1204.92%147.30%N/A61.28%-927.77%