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MetricACCSACCESS Newswire Inc.NTRPNextTrip, Inc.AWREAWARE INC /MA/PAYDPAID INCMedian of the restexcluding ACCS
TypeCompanyCompanyCompanyCompany
Price
$4.57▲ 0.02 (0.44%)
$1.29▼ 0.06 (4.44%)
$0.8865▲ 0.02 (1.85%)
$2.20▼ 0.31 (12.18%)
Health scoreComposite of profitability, growth, debt and accounting quality.5.0/104.7/102.0/103.3/103.3/10
Market value$17.6M$18.0M$19.0M$18.4M
Revenue$22.6M$3.7M$17.3M$20.7M
Profit$4.3M-$15.9M-$5.9M-$368.2K
Revenue growthChange in sales versus the prior year.-1.9%641.0%-0.6%11.4%11.4%
Gross marginShare of sales left after the direct cost of producing them.76.5%17.6%92.3%22.4%22.4%
Operating marginShare of sales left after running the business, before interest and tax.-8.3%-440.5%-37.9%-3.2%-37.9%
Profit marginProfit kept from each dollar of sales.19.0%-428.3%-34.0%-1.8%-34.0%
Free cash flow marginCash left after capital spending, as a share of sales.2.4%—-32.2%-0.3%-16.2%
Return on equityProfit against the owners' stake in the company.14.1%-296.1%-22.5%-6.6%-22.5%
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.-4.9%-351.5%-27.5%-11.7%-27.5%
P/E ratioPrice paid per dollar of annual profit.4.10x————
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.15.27x————
Price to book0.58x3.36x0.73x3.33x3.33x
Debt to equityTotal liabilities compared with owners' stake.0.38x1.36x0.42x0.49x0.49x
Piotroski F-ScoreNine checks of financial strength. Higher is stronger.8/93/83/84/83.0
Bankruptcy riskAltman Z-Score zone.safedistressdistressdistress

How ACCS compares with the others

  • ACCS's operating margin of -8.3% is higher than the median of the other companies selected (-37.9%).
  • Its revenue grew more slowly than the median of the other companies selected: -1.9% against 11.4%.
  • Its liabilities are lower relative to equity than the median of the other companies selected: 0.4x against 0.5x.

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