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MetricAGCOAGCO CORP /DEDEDEERE & COTTCTORO COALGALAMO GROUP INCMedian of the restexcluding AGCO
TypeCompanyCompanyCompanyCompany
Price
$106.17▲ 0.95 (0.90%)
$643.62▲ 7.08 (1.11%)
$105.32▲ 1.97 (1.91%)
$147.23▼ 1.27 (0.86%)
Health scoreComposite of profitability, growth, debt and accounting quality.6.0/107.3/107.0/107.0/107.0/10
Market value$7.71B$174.03B$10.31B$1.78B
Revenue$10.08B$45.68B$4.51B$1.60B
Profit$726.5M$5.03B$316.1M$103.8M
Revenue growthChange in sales versus the prior year.-13.5%-11.7%-1.6%-1.5%-1.6%
Gross marginShare of sales left after the direct cost of producing them.25.5%—33.4%24.8%29.1%
Operating marginShare of sales left after running the business, before interest and tax.5.9%—9.1%9.5%9.3%
Profit marginProfit kept from each dollar of sales.7.2%11.0%7.0%6.5%7.0%
Free cash flow marginCash left after capital spending, as a share of sales.7.3%13.4%12.8%9.2%12.8%
Return on equityProfit against the owners' stake in the company.17.0%19.4%21.8%9.0%19.4%
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.8.0%—16.9%10.8%13.8%
P/E ratioPrice paid per dollar of annual profit.10.61x34.62x32.61x17.13x32.61x
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.10.90x—19.70x9.37x14.53x
Price to book1.80x6.71x7.09x1.55x6.71x
Debt to equityTotal liabilities compared with owners' stake.1.72x3.08x1.37x0.40x1.37x
Piotroski F-ScoreNine checks of financial strength. Higher is stronger.8/94/66/96/96.0
Bankruptcy riskAltman Z-Score zone.greynot reportedsafesafe

How AGCO compares with the others

  • AGCO's operating margin of 5.9% is lower than the median of the other companies selected (9.3%).
  • Its revenue grew more slowly than the median of the other companies selected: -13.5% against -1.6%.
  • It trades at a lower P/E than the median of the other companies selected: 10.6x against 32.6x.
  • Its liabilities are higher relative to equity than the median of the other companies selected: 1.7x against 1.4x.

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