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MetricETNEaton Corp plcADSEAds-Tec Energy Public Ltd CoHTOOFusion Fuel Green PLCMedian of the restexcluding ETN
TypeCompanyCompanyCompany
Price
$368.99▼ 24.95 (6.33%)
$9.55▲ 0.05 (0.53%)
$1.82▼ 0.01 (0.50%)
Health scoreComposite of profitability, growth, debt and accounting quality.9.0/103.3/102.0/102.6/10
Market value$143.13B$500.1M$41.7M
Revenue$27.45B$123.3M$1.8M
Profit$4.09B-$109.8M-$15.4M
Revenue growthChange in sales versus the prior year.10.3%2.4%-61.3%-29.4%
Gross marginShare of sales left after the direct cost of producing them.37.6%17.7%27.2%22.4%
Operating marginShare of sales left after running the business, before interest and tax.—-7.8%-1070.5%-539.1%
Profit marginProfit kept from each dollar of sales.14.9%-89.0%-855.5%-472.3%
Free cash flow marginCash left after capital spending, as a share of sales.12.9%-15.7%-516.5%-266.1%
Return on equityProfit against the owners' stake in the company.21.0%228.8%-128.3%50.2%
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.——-107.7%-107.7%
P/E ratioPrice paid per dollar of annual profit.35.02x———
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 book7.37x-10.43x3.48x-3.47x
Debt to equityTotal liabilities compared with owners' stake.1.12x-4.39x1.63x-1.38x
Piotroski F-ScoreNine checks of financial strength. Higher is stronger.6/93/83/83.0
Bankruptcy riskAltman Z-Score zone.safedistressdistress

How ETN compares with the others

  • ETN's profit margin of 14.9% is higher than the median of the other companies selected (-472.3%).
  • Its revenue grew faster than the median of the other companies selected: 10.3% against -29.4%.
  • Its liabilities are higher relative to equity than the median of the other companies selected: 1.1x against -1.4x.

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