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Latest annual figures from each company's filings

MetricALPPAlpine 4 Holdings IncDAIODATA I/O CORPKTCCKEY TRONIC CORPHPNNHop On IncMedian of the restexcluding ALPP
TypeCompanyCompanyCompany—
Price
$0.0001▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
$2.59▲ 0.01 (0.39%)
$2.16▲ 0.02 (0.93%)
$0.0014▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Health scoreComposite of profitability, growth, debt and accounting quality.4.0/104.7/104.0/10not reported4.3/10
Market value$2.5K$24.3M$23.5M$10.4M
Revenue$104.6M$21.5M$386.7M—
Profit-$12.9M-$5.2M-$47.8M—
Revenue growthChange in sales versus the prior year.102.5%-1.2%-17.4%—-9.3%
Gross marginShare of sales left after the direct cost of producing them.20.8%49.3%6.2%—27.7%
Operating marginShare of sales left after running the business, before interest and tax.-16.0%-23.8%-3.8%—-13.8%
Profit marginProfit kept from each dollar of sales.-12.3%-24.4%-12.4%—-18.4%
Free cash flow marginCash left after capital spending, as a share of sales.-19.7%-13.0%-0.5%—-6.7%
Return on equityProfit against the owners' stake in the company.-18.4%-38.7%-69.1%—-53.9%
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.-14.7%-72.0%-6.7%—-39.3%
P/E ratioPrice paid per dollar of annual profit.—————
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.—————
Price to book0.00x1.80x0.34x—1.07x
Debt to equityTotal liabilities compared with owners' stake.1.08x0.49x3.33x—1.91x
Piotroski F-ScoreNine checks of financial strength. Higher is stronger.5/93/83/9not reported3.0
Bankruptcy riskAltman Z-Score zone.distressgreydistressnot reported

How ALPP compares with the others

  • ALPP's operating margin of -16.0% is lower than the median of the other companies selected (-13.8%).
  • Its revenue grew faster than the median of the other companies selected: 102.5% against -9.3%.
  • Its liabilities are lower relative to equity than the median of the other companies selected: 1.1x against 1.9x.

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