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MetricBHEBENCHMARK ELECTRONICS INCJBLJABIL INCSANMSANMINA CORPTTMITTM TECHNOLOGIES INCMedian of the restexcluding BHE
TypeCompanyCompanyCompanyCompany
Price
$66.30▼ 4.95 (6.95%)
$267.41▼ 13.58 (4.83%)
$154.47▼ 17.60 (10.23%)
$73.89▼ 28.26 (27.67%)
Health scoreComposite of profitability, growth, debt and accounting quality.7.0/107.3/107.3/109.0/107.3/10
Market value$2.36B$28.74B$8.25B$7.64B
Revenue$2.75B$29.80B$8.13B$2.91B
Profit$24.9M$657.0M$245.9M$177.4M
Revenue growthChange in sales versus the prior year.-0.4%3.2%7.4%19.0%7.4%
Gross marginShare of sales left after the direct cost of producing them.9.8%8.9%8.8%20.7%8.9%
Operating marginShare of sales left after running the business, before interest and tax.2.8%4.0%4.4%9.1%4.4%
Profit marginProfit kept from each dollar of sales.0.9%2.2%3.0%6.1%3.0%
Free cash flow marginCash left after capital spending, as a share of sales.3.2%3.9%5.8%-0.0%3.9%
Return on equityProfit against the owners' stake in the company.2.3%43.4%9.7%10.1%10.1%
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.6.1%35.3%13.4%10.3%13.4%
P/E ratioPrice paid per dollar of annual profit.95.16x43.75x33.55x43.05x43.05x
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.18.25x16.00x16.08x21.48x16.08x
Price to book2.15x19.00x3.25x4.33x4.33x
Debt to equityTotal liabilities compared with owners' stake.0.88x11.25x1.31x1.18x1.31x
Piotroski F-ScoreNine checks of financial strength. Higher is stronger.7/95/97/98/97.0
Bankruptcy riskAltman Z-Score zone.safesafegreysafe

How BHE compares with the others

  • BHE's operating margin of 2.8% is lower than the median of the other companies selected (4.4%).
  • Its revenue grew more slowly than the median of the other companies selected: -0.4% against 7.4%.
  • It trades at a higher P/E than the median of the other companies selected: 95.2x against 43.0x.
  • Its liabilities are lower relative to equity than the median of the other companies selected: 0.9x 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.