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MetricAWREAWARE INC /MA/TAOXTAO Synergies Inc.MAPS.VMAPS.VBGDEBig Digital Energy, Inc.Median of the restexcluding AWRE
TypeCompanyCompanyCompanyCompany
Price
$0.8865▲ 0.02 (1.85%)
$3.35▼ 0.20 (5.50%)
C$0.135▼ 0.02 (12.90%)
$4.28▼ 0.17 (3.82%)
Health scoreComposite of profitability, growth, debt and accounting quality.2.0/104.0/103.3/102.0/103.3/10
Market value$19.0M$25.0M$21.8M$23.8M
Revenue$17.3M$299.1K$1.5M$39.8M
Profit-$5.9M-$28.7M-$1.9M-$23.7M
Revenue growthChange in sales versus the prior year.-0.6%—8.2%-32.9%-12.3%
Gross marginShare of sales left after the direct cost of producing them.92.3%87.2%80.3%43.6%80.3%
Operating marginShare of sales left after running the business, before interest and tax.-37.9%-3025.2%-126.5%-48.5%-126.5%
Profit marginProfit kept from each dollar of sales.-34.0%-9609.2%-123.2%-59.5%-123.2%
Free cash flow marginCash left after capital spending, as a share of sales.-32.2%——-17.7%-17.7%
Return on equityProfit against the owners' stake in the company.-22.5%-136.5%213.6%758.8%213.6%
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.-27.5%-46.0%—-44.9%-45.4%
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 book0.73x1.19x-24.81x-7.63x-7.63x
Debt to equityTotal liabilities compared with owners' stake.0.42x0.19x-1.34x-19.42x-1.34x
Piotroski F-ScoreNine checks of financial strength. Higher is stronger.3/82/73/85/93.0
Bankruptcy riskAltman Z-Score zone.distressn/a for banksdistressn/a for banks

How AWRE compares with the others

  • AWRE's operating margin of -37.9% is higher than the median of the other companies selected (-126.5%).
  • Its revenue grew faster than the median of the other companies selected: -0.6% against -12.3%.
  • Its liabilities are higher relative to equity than the median of the other companies selected: 0.4x against -1.3x.

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