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MetricABXAbacus Global Management, Inc.BWINBaldwin Insurance Group, Inc.LIFEEthos Technologies Inc.GSHDGoosehead Insurance, Inc.Median of the restexcluding ABX
TypeCompanyCompanyCompanyCompany
Price
$8.50▲ 0.11 (1.31%)
$31.92▲ 0.03 (0.09%)
$43.53▼ 0.69 (1.56%)
$45.32▼ 1.69 (3.59%)
Health scoreComposite of profitability, growth, debt and accounting quality.7.3/104.7/108.7/104.0/104.7/10
Market value$828.5M$2.17B$2.84B$1.13B
Revenue$235.2M$1.49B$387.6M$365.3M
Profit$36.5M-$33.8M$71.2M$27.8M
Revenue growthChange in sales versus the prior year.110.2%8.5%52.0%—30.3%
Gross marginShare of sales left after the direct cost of producing them.87.7%—98.3%—98.3%
Operating marginShare of sales left after running the business, before interest and tax.37.7%4.9%18.8%20.4%18.8%
Profit marginProfit kept from each dollar of sales.15.5%-2.3%18.4%7.6%7.6%
Free cash flow marginCash left after capital spending, as a share of sales.-11.3%-4.6%9.0%23.6%9.0%
Return on equityProfit against the owners' stake in the company.8.7%-5.6%-295.0%-29.1%-29.1%
Return on invested capital (approx.)Operating profit after tax against equity plus debt, less cash. Cash here excludes short-term investments, so this runs low for cash-rich companies.8.9%11.9%—25.1%18.5%
P/E ratioPrice paid per dollar of annual profit.22.68x—39.88x40.67x40.28x
EV / EBITDA (approx.)Market value plus debt less cash, against operating profit before depreciation. Cash excludes short-term investments, so this runs high for cash-rich companies.11.14x10.20x—16.21x13.21x
Price to book1.98x3.61x-117.66x-11.85x-11.85x
Debt to equityTotal liabilities compared with owners' stake.1.14x4.63x-5.62x-6.05x-5.62x
Piotroski F-ScoreNine checks of financial strength. Higher is stronger.5/92/75/85/85.0
Bankruptcy riskAltman Z-Score zone.n/a for banksn/a for banksn/a for banksn/a for banks

How ABX compares with the others

  • ABX's operating margin of 37.7% is higher than the median of the other companies selected (18.8%).
  • Its revenue grew faster than the median of the other companies selected: 110.2% against 30.3%.
  • It trades at a lower P/E than the median of the other companies selected: 22.7x against 40.3x.
  • Its liabilities are higher relative to equity than the median of the other companies selected: 1.1x against -5.6x.

Measured against the other companies entered, from each one's latest annual filing. A difference describes the companies; it does not rank them.