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Latest annual figures from each company's filings

MetricEACOEACO CORPNSITINSIGHT ENTERPRISES INCPLUSEPLUS INCCNXNPC CONNECTION INCMedian of the restexcluding EACO
TypeCompanyCompanyCompanyCompany
Price
$125.00▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
$171.27▲ 0.08 (0.05%)
$94.14▲ 0.06 (0.06%)
$88.51▲ 0.78 (0.89%)
Health scoreComposite of profitability, growth, debt and accounting quality.8.0/106.0/108.7/107.3/107.3/10
Market value$607.7M$5.31B$2.48B$2.23B
Revenue$427.9M$8.25B$2.44B$2.87B
Profit$32.3M$157.3M$132.6M$83.7M
Revenue growthChange in sales versus the prior year.20.1%-5.2%22.1%2.5%2.5%
Gross marginShare of sales left after the direct cost of producing them.30.1%21.4%25.2%18.8%21.4%
Operating marginShare of sales left after running the business, before interest and tax.9.8%4.1%6.8%3.5%4.1%
Profit marginProfit kept from each dollar of sales.7.5%1.9%5.4%2.9%2.9%
Free cash flow marginCash left after capital spending, as a share of sales.3.7%3.4%-4.9%2.0%2.0%
Return on equityProfit against the owners' stake in the company.20.7%9.5%12.4%9.2%9.5%
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.19.8%8.8%19.3%10.2%10.2%
P/E ratioPrice paid per dollar of annual profit.18.82x33.74x18.67x26.66x26.66x
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.14.04x14.31x——14.31x
Price to book3.90x3.22x2.32x2.45x2.45x
Debt to equityTotal liabilities compared with owners' stake.0.48x4.51x0.68x0.48x0.68x
Piotroski F-ScoreNine checks of financial strength. Higher is stronger.7/96/95/84/85.0
Bankruptcy riskAltman Z-Score zone.safegreysafesafe

How EACO compares with the others

  • EACO's operating margin of 9.8% is higher than the median of the other companies selected (4.1%).
  • Its revenue grew faster than the median of the other companies selected: 20.1% against 2.5%.
  • It trades at a lower P/E than the median of the other companies selected: 18.8x against 26.7x.
  • Its liabilities are lower relative to equity than the median of the other companies selected: 0.5x against 0.7x.

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