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Latest annual figures from each company's filings

MetricADVAdvantage Solutions Inc.IBTAIbotta, Inc.PUBMPubMatic, Inc.MNTNMNTN, Inc.Median of the restexcluding ADV
TypeCompanyCompanyCompanyCompany
Price
$28.30▲ 0.60 (2.17%)
$47.98▼ 0.92 (1.88%)
$17.17▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
$9.66▼ 0.20 (2.03%)
Health scoreComposite of profitability, growth, debt and accounting quality.4.0/105.0/103.3/107.3/105.0/10
Market value$389.0M$1.36B$807.1M$737.6M
Revenue$3.54B$342.4M$282.9M$290.1M
Profit-$227.7M$3.6M-$14.5M-$6.4M
Revenue growthChange in sales versus the prior year.-0.7%-6.8%-2.9%28.6%-2.9%
Gross marginShare of sales left after the direct cost of producing them.14.0%79.2%63.6%77.2%77.2%
Operating marginShare of sales left after running the business, before interest and tax.-3.6%-0.2%-6.1%8.3%-0.2%
Profit marginProfit kept from each dollar of sales.-6.4%1.0%-5.1%-2.2%-2.2%
Free cash flow marginCash left after capital spending, as a share of sales.1.6%21.9%23.6%—22.7%
Return on equityProfit against the owners' stake in the company.-41.1%1.2%-5.5%-2.1%-2.1%
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.-5.0%-0.7%-11.6%19.9%-0.7%
P/E ratioPrice paid per dollar of annual profit.—380.71x——380.71x
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.—157.03x——157.03x
Price to book0.70x4.73x3.07x2.41x3.07x
Debt to equityTotal liabilities compared with owners' stake.4.04x0.83x1.59x0.24x0.83x
Piotroski F-ScoreNine checks of financial strength. Higher is stronger.6/95/95/85/85.0
Bankruptcy riskAltman Z-Score zone.distresssafegreysafe

How ADV compares with the others

  • ADV's operating margin of -3.6% is lower than the median of the other companies selected (-0.2%).
  • Its revenue grew faster than the median of the other companies selected: -0.7% against -2.9%.
  • It has no P/E to set against theirs, because it did not make a profit.
  • Its liabilities are higher relative to equity than the median of the other companies selected: 4.0x against 0.8x.

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