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Latest annual figures from each company's filings

MetricGOGrocery Outlet Holding Corp.ACIAlbertsons Companies, Inc.SFMSprouts Farmers Market, Inc.WMKWEIS MARKETS INCMedian of the restexcluding GO
TypeCompanyCompanyCompanyCompany
Price
$13.90▲ 0.75 (5.70%)
$13.87▲ 0.51 (3.82%)
$68.86▲ 3.35 (5.11%)
$80.29▲ 4.42 (5.83%)
Health scoreComposite of profitability, growth, debt and accounting quality.5.0/106.0/106.0/107.3/106.0/10
Market value$1.36B$6.86B$6.61B$1.99B
Revenue$4.69B$83.17B$8.81B$4.96B
Profit-$224.9M$217.4M$523.7M$93.7M
Revenue growthChange in sales versus the prior year.7.3%3.5%14.1%3.5%3.5%
Gross marginShare of sales left after the direct cost of producing them.30.3%27.2%38.8%25.0%27.2%
Operating marginShare of sales left after running the business, before interest and tax.-4.7%0.9%7.8%2.3%2.3%
Profit marginProfit kept from each dollar of sales.-4.8%0.3%5.9%1.9%1.9%
Free cash flow marginCash left after capital spending, as a share of sales.0.5%0.6%5.3%0.1%0.6%
Return on equityProfit against the owners' stake in the company.-22.9%11.8%37.3%6.9%11.8%
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.-12.4%5.6%45.5%7.0%7.0%
P/E ratioPrice paid per dollar of annual profit.—31.55x12.61x21.21x21.21x
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.—7.18x——7.18x
Price to book1.39x3.74x4.71x1.47x3.74x
Debt to equityTotal liabilities compared with owners' stake.2.14x13.58x1.96x0.50x1.96x
Piotroski F-ScoreNine checks of financial strength. Higher is stronger.5/95/96/85/85.0
Bankruptcy riskAltman Z-Score zone.distressdistressgreysafe

How GO compares with the others

  • GO's operating margin of -4.7% is lower than the median of the other companies selected (2.3%).
  • Its revenue grew faster than the median of the other companies selected: 7.3% against 3.5%.
  • It has no P/E to set against theirs, because it did not make a profit.

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