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Latest annual figures from each company's filings

MetricCAUDCollective Audience IncDRCTDirect Digital Holdings, Inc.ASPRAdsouth Partners IncCMGOCMG Holdings Group IncMedian of the restexcluding CAUD
TypeCompanyCompanyCompanyCompany
Price
$0.0001▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
$0.2295▼ 0.02 (8.20%)
$0.0006▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
$0.0001▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Health scoreComposite of profitability, growth, debt and accounting quality.2.0/104.0/102.0/103.3/103.3/10
Market value$20.0K$70.7K$85.1K$43.9K
Revenue$12.1M$34.7M$0.00$2.0M
Profit-$4.6M-$18.9M$0.00-$122.5K
Revenue growthChange in sales versus the prior year.-40.0%-44.3%—0.1%-22.1%
Gross marginShare of sales left after the direct cost of producing them.—30.0%—29.6%29.8%
Operating marginShare of sales left after running the business, before interest and tax.-54.8%-42.5%—-9.7%-26.1%
Profit marginProfit kept from each dollar of sales.-37.7%-54.6%—-6.0%-30.3%
Free cash flow marginCash left after capital spending, as a share of sales.—————
Return on equityProfit against the owners' stake in the company.-159.1%269.8%—-20.0%124.9%
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.-89.6%-265.0%—-13.5%-139.3%
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 book0.01x-0.01x—0.07x0.03x
Debt to equityTotal liabilities compared with owners' stake.3.25x-3.87x—2.25x-0.81x
Piotroski F-ScoreNine checks of financial strength. Higher is stronger.2/83/91/33/83.0
Bankruptcy riskAltman Z-Score zone.distressdistressnot reporteddistress

How CAUD compares with the others

  • CAUD's operating margin of -54.8% is lower than the median of the other companies selected (-26.1%).
  • Its revenue grew more slowly than the median of the other companies selected: -40.0% against -22.1%.
  • Its liabilities are higher relative to equity than the median of the other companies selected: 3.3x against -0.8x.

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