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Latest annual figures from each company's filings

MetricBOBSBob's Discount Furniture, Inc.WSMWILLIAMS SONOMA INCWWayfair Inc.RHRHMedian of the restexcluding BOBS
TypeCompanyCompanyCompanyCompany
Price
$16.31▲ 1.23 (8.16%)
$260.80▲ 7.48 (2.95%)
$113.49▲ 0.18 (0.16%)
$140.15▲ 12.14 (9.48%)
Health scoreComposite of profitability, growth, debt and accounting quality.6.0/107.3/103.3/104.7/104.7/10
Market value$2.12B$30.98B$14.53B$2.64B
Revenue$2.37B$7.81B$12.46B$3.44B
Profit$121.7M$1.09B-$313.0M$124.8M
Revenue growthChange in sales versus the prior year.16.8%1.2%5.1%8.1%5.1%
Gross marginShare of sales left after the direct cost of producing them.45.7%46.2%30.2%44.1%44.1%
Operating marginShare of sales left after running the business, before interest and tax.7.7%18.1%0.1%11.3%11.3%
Profit marginProfit kept from each dollar of sales.5.1%13.9%-2.5%3.6%3.6%
Free cash flow marginCash left after capital spending, as a share of sales.3.4%13.5%3.7%7.3%7.3%
Return on equityProfit against the owners' stake in the company.74.3%52.3%11.3%205.9%52.3%
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.30.5%99.8%—1491.5%795.7%
P/E ratioPrice paid per dollar of annual profit.17.39x28.46x—21.14x24.80x
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.9.51x—50.69x—50.69x
Price to book12.91x14.87x-5.22x43.52x14.87x
Debt to equityTotal liabilities compared with owners' stake.10.05x1.60x-2.24x78.80x1.60x
Piotroski F-ScoreNine checks of financial strength. Higher is stronger.7/84/86/96/86.0
Bankruptcy riskAltman Z-Score zone.distresssafedistressdistress

How BOBS compares with the others

  • BOBS's operating margin of 7.7% is lower than the median of the other companies selected (11.3%).
  • Its revenue grew faster than the median of the other companies selected: 16.8% against 5.1%.
  • It trades at a lower P/E than the median of the other companies selected: 17.4x against 24.8x.
  • Its liabilities are higher relative to equity than the median of the other companies selected: 10.1x against 1.6x.

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