S4 Capital
Financial ratios & Valuation

Forward Multiples (2025 – 2027)

202520262027
Price/Earnings ratio
-128.86K30.68K6.98K
Price/Sales ratio
366.96340.50374.35
Earnings per Share (EPS)
Β£-0.00Β£0.02Β£0.09

Historical Multiples (2015 – 2023)

2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 TTM Median
Valuation Ratios
Price/Earnings ratio
42.9397.10-17.32-36.25-70.57-627.75-61.67-7.00-56.89-76.34-349.16
Price/Sales ratio
1.980.820.035.363.297.195.091.040.333.584.32
Price/Book Value ratio
10.786.591.140.861.513.444.361.310.390.642.48
Price/Cash Flow ratio
23.16-143.10-17.41117.1335.7340.4871.2517.43-31.9031.4138.10
Price/Free Cash Flow ratio
55.56-25.07-2.49284.3368.2346.10101.3524.18-18.2551.0957.16
Price/Earnings Growth ratio
N/A-1.560.030.754.278.87-0.05-0.040.580.006.57
Dividend Yield
0.77%N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
Profitability Indicator Ratios
Gross Profit Margin
79.87%71%74.80%6.99%16.16%15.47%13.29%11.80%12.30%79.63%11.58%
Operating Profit Margin
7.73%4.81%-0.25%-6.31%4.17%6.55%6.03%4.01%3.15%4.14%5.36%
Pretax Profit Margin
7.14%3.18%-0.23%-16.63%-4.27%0.90%-8.10%-14.92%-1.37%-4.29%-1.68%
Net Profit Margin
4.62%0.85%-0.21%-14.78%-4.66%-1.14%-8.26%-14.92%-0.59%-4.69%-2.90%
Effective Tax Rate
32.74%47.04%8.39%11.08%-9.18%226.90%-1.91%0.02%56.83%-9.13%-9.16%
Return on Assets
7.98%1.68%-6.56%-1.62%-1.30%-0.33%-3.36%-8.21%-0.34%-0.41%-1.46%
Return On Equity
25.13%6.79%-6.62%-2.39%-2.15%-0.54%-7.07%-18.79%-0.69%-0.96%-2.27%
Return on Capital Employed
30.99%20.17%-7.81%-0.83%1.52%2.56%3.33%3.29%2.52%0.50%2.04%
Liquidity Ratios
Current Ratio
N/AN/AN/AN/AN/A1.10N/AN/AN/A1.080.55
Quick Ratio
1.241.151.04K1.291.041.091.441.171.220.381.07
Cash ratio
0.190.07116.440.300.350.480.680.340.320.380.33
Days of Sales Outstanding
117.3998.38N/AN/AN/AN/A178.35150.98N/AN/AN/A
Days of Inventory outstanding
0.000.00-377.36N/A0.000.000.00-35.28N/AN/A0.00
Operating Cycle
117.3998.38-377.36N/A0.000.00178.35115.69N/AN/A0.00
Days of Payables Outstanding
125.7955.490.11434.39180.08160.46205.3397.35102.501.98K307.24
Cash Conversion Cycle
-8.4042.88-377.47-434.39-180.08-160.46-26.9818.33-102.50-1.98K-170.27
Debt Ratios
Debt Ratio
0.210.270.010.090.050.070.180.160.180.510.07
Debt Equity Ratio
0.661.110.010.130.090.120.380.380.371.050.11
Long-term Debt to Capitalization
0.240.39N/A0.110.080.050.270.270.270.280.10
Total Debt to Capitalization
0.390.520.010.110.080.110.270.270.270.290.10
Interest Coverage Ratio
N/AN/AN/AN/AN/A3.91N/AN/AN/A3.001.95
Cash Flow to Debt Ratio
0.70-0.04-5.340.050.460.670.150.19-0.030.040.57
Company Equity Multiplier
3.144.021.001.471.651.632.102.281.982.051.56
Cash Flow Ratios
Operating Cash Flow / Sales Ratio
0.08-0.00-0.000.040.090.170.070.05-0.010.110.06
Free Cash Flow / Operating Cash Flow Ratio
0.415.706.990.410.520.870.700.721.740.610.46
Cash Flow Coverage Ratio
0.70-0.04-5.340.050.460.670.150.19-0.030.040.57
Short Term Coverage Ratio
1.39-0.10-5.34N/AN/A1.3319.4591.56-53.50.890.66
Dividend Payout Ratio
33.17%N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A