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Financial ratios & Valuation

Historical Multiples (2013 – 2022)

2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 TTM Median
Valuation Ratios
Price/Earnings ratio
-153.77-54.91-268.38-422.84-759.69-2.70-3.62-7.49-3.13-0.93-1.10-759.69
Price/Sales ratio
12.885.3927.2546.6055.121.430.652.631.980.170.261.43
Price/Book Value ratio
68.0940.71134.59145.3795.626.047.414.222.780.510.636.04
Price/Cash Flow ratio
-479.57-92.09-261.21-4.89K-786.64-10.82-29.7224.40-7.48-3.47-1.51-786.64
Price/Free Cash Flow ratio
-392.43-87.22-246.82-675.86-289.05-4.76-7.0252.93-5.76-1.51-1.09-289.05
Price/Earnings Growth ratio
0.505.0310.95-156.4533.96-0.000.09-0.21-0.160.010.060.06
Dividend Yield
N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
Profitability Indicator Ratios
Gross Profit Margin
38.93%34.91%38.12%40.30%39.41%31.30%43.11%50.86%48.06%47.82%47.34%39.41%
Operating Profit Margin
9.02%10.86%11.09%9.92%-6.70%-51.40%-5.00%-14.92%-58.52%-25.41%-27.96%-51.40%
Pretax Profit Margin
-8.98%-11.66%-10.55%-11.45%-8.27%-52.82%-17.63%-38.07%-60.34%-20.32%-23.86%-23.86%
Net Profit Margin
-8.37%-9.82%-10.15%-11.02%-7.25%-52.92%-18.02%-35.10%-63.38%-18.99%-23.60%-23.60%
Effective Tax Rate
6.77%2.54%3.81%3.73%12.29%-0.19%-2.24%7.80%-5.03%6.54%1.07%-0.19%
Return on Assets
-22.75%-24.30%-18.75%-18.65%-8.73%-28.45%-21.78%-26.08%-41.26%-24.49%-26.49%-28.45%
Return On Equity
-44.28%-74.14%-50.14%-34.37%-12.58%-223.45%-204.66%-56.32%-89.08%-55.65%-52.45%-52.45%
Return on Capital Employed
42.43%72.76%49.19%29.24%-11.27%-52.23%-9.81%-13.84%-48.58%-63.41%-43.18%-52.23%
Liquidity Ratios
Current Ratio
N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A1.10N/A
Quick Ratio
0.990.711.031.422.290.500.632.541.770.530.900.50
Cash ratio
0.390.160.430.901.480.190.211.981.020.090.360.19
Days of Sales Outstanding
33.5133.6366.1442.6867.8496.2646.0951.4565.7643.0748.1596.26
Days of Inventory outstanding
0.220.093.384.543.652.691.651.151.120.570.532.69
Operating Cycle
33.7433.7269.5247.2371.4998.9647.7552.6066.8943.6512.4098.96
Days of Payables Outstanding
46.2684.1088.3180.2086.34203.2578.57124.14121.8090.61102.6086.34
Cash Conversion Cycle
-12.52-50.37-18.78-32.97-14.84-104.29-30.82-71.53-54.91-46.96-54.30-54.30
Debt Ratios
Debt Ratio
0.100.200.160.000.000.450.570.320.290.270.540.00
Debt Equity Ratio
0.200.630.440.010.013.555.380.700.640.631.180.01
Long-term Debt to Capitalization
0.070.050.060.000.000.750.820.380.360.040.320.00
Total Debt to Capitalization
0.170.380.300.000.010.780.840.410.390.380.350.01
Interest Coverage Ratio
N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A-5.70N/A
Cash Flow to Debt Ratio
-0.67-0.70-1.15-2.96-10.19-0.15-0.040.24-0.57-0.23-0.77-10.19
Company Equity Multiplier
1.943.052.671.841.447.859.392.152.152.272.181.44
Cash Flow Ratios
Operating Cash Flow / Sales Ratio
-0.02-0.05-0.10-0.00-0.07-0.13-0.020.10-0.26-0.05-0.17-0.13
Free Cash Flow / Operating Cash Flow Ratio
1.221.051.057.242.722.274.230.461.292.291.382.27
Cash Flow Coverage Ratio
-0.67-0.70-1.15-2.96-10.19-0.15-0.040.24-0.57-0.23-0.77-10.19
Short Term Coverage Ratio
-1.06-0.77-1.36-5.30-20.42-1.27-0.392.14-5.89-0.25-6.34-20.42
Dividend Payout Ratio
N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A