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MetricDJCODAILY JOURNAL CORPCDChaince Digital Holdings Inc.DSPViant Technology Inc.MITKMITEK SYSTEMS INCMedian of the restexcluding DJCO
TypeCompanyCompanyCompanyCompany
Price
$592.84▲ 19.65 (3.43%)
$8.76▲ 0.56 (6.76%)
$13.81▲ 0.21 (1.54%)
$18.64▲ 0.78 (4.37%)
Health scoreComposite of profitability, growth, debt and accounting quality.10.0/106.0/109.0/106.0/106.0/10
Market value$1.07B$638.5M$918.3M$850.7M
Revenue$87.7M$1.9M$344.2M$179.7M
Profit$112.1M-$5.1M$8.4M$8.8M
Revenue growthChange in sales versus the prior year.25.4%277.9%19.0%4.4%19.0%
Gross marginShare of sales left after the direct cost of producing them.—64.3%45.8%—55.0%
Operating marginShare of sales left after running the business, before interest and tax.10.9%-202.0%3.5%9.3%3.5%
Profit marginProfit kept from each dollar of sales.127.9%-273.0%2.4%4.9%2.4%
Free cash flow marginCash left after capital spending, as a share of sales.15.2%—15.0%30.2%22.6%
Return on equityProfit against the owners' stake in the company.28.7%-11.6%10.2%3.7%3.7%
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.1.9%-29.2%12.1%14.1%12.1%
P/E ratioPrice paid per dollar of annual profit.9.54x—109.96x96.71x103.33x
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.——29.84x38.74x34.29x
Price to book2.74x14.50x11.18x3.54x11.18x
Debt to equityTotal liabilities compared with owners' stake.0.40x0.06x2.26x0.91x0.91x
Piotroski F-ScoreNine checks of financial strength. Higher is stronger.5/74/88/95/85.0
Bankruptcy riskAltman Z-Score zone.safen/a for bankssafegrey

How DJCO compares with the others

  • DJCO's operating margin of 10.9% is higher than the median of the other companies selected (3.5%).
  • Its revenue grew faster than the median of the other companies selected: 25.4% against 19.0%.
  • It trades at a lower P/E than the median of the other companies selected: 9.5x against 103.3x.
  • Its liabilities are lower relative to equity than the median of the other companies selected: 0.4x against 0.9x.

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