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MetricFDCTFDCTECH, INC.SPTSprout Social, Inc.PARPAR TECHNOLOGY CORPYEXTYext, Inc.Median of the restexcluding FDCT
TypeCompanyCompanyCompanyCompany
Price
$4.37▲ 0.38 (9.52%)
$12.86▼ 0.25 (1.91%)
$17.85▼ 0.32 (1.76%)
$7.35▲ 0.01 (0.14%)
Health scoreComposite of profitability, growth, debt and accounting quality.7.3/105.0/106.0/106.0/106.0/10
Market value$547.7M$753.9M$725.7M$903.6M
Revenue$35.0M$457.5M$455.5M$446.6M
Profit$5.8M-$43.3M-$84.5M$37.9M
Revenue growthChange in sales versus the prior year.29.7%12.7%30.2%6.1%12.7%
Gross marginShare of sales left after the direct cost of producing them.54.8%77.6%43.5%74.5%74.5%
Operating marginShare of sales left after running the business, before interest and tax.17.4%-9.5%-15.1%10.0%-9.5%
Profit marginProfit kept from each dollar of sales.16.6%-9.5%-18.5%8.5%-9.5%
Free cash flow marginCash left after capital spending, as a share of sales.—8.6%-6.7%11.9%8.6%
Return on equityProfit against the owners' stake in the company.25.6%-21.3%-10.2%23.8%-10.2%
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.121.0%-23.2%-4.8%40.7%-4.8%
P/E ratioPrice paid per dollar of annual profit.94.46x——23.86x23.86x
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.———15.34x15.34x
Price to book24.17x3.71x0.88x5.67x3.71x
Debt to equityTotal liabilities compared with owners' stake.1.83x1.57x0.66x2.90x1.57x
Piotroski F-ScoreNine checks of financial strength. Higher is stronger.4/84/93/97/94.0
Bankruptcy riskAltman Z-Score zone.safedistressdistressdistress

How FDCT compares with the others

  • FDCT's operating margin of 17.4% is higher than the median of the other companies selected (-9.5%).
  • Its revenue grew faster than the median of the other companies selected: 29.7% against 12.7%.
  • It trades at a higher P/E than the other company selected: 94.5x against 23.9x.
  • Its liabilities are higher relative to equity than the median of the other companies selected: 1.8x 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.