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Latest annual figures from each company's filings

MetricHGASGlobal Gas CorpAPDAir Products & Chemicals, Inc.AFPWAlumifuel Power Corp
TypeCompanyCompany—
Price
$0.051▼ 0.01 (16.39%)
$302.58▲ 3.93 (1.32%)
$0.00003▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Health scoreComposite of profitability, growth, debt and accounting quality.4.0/102.0/10not reported
Market value$381.5K$67.35B$6.1K
Revenue$33.0K$12.04B—
Profit$24.3K-$394.5M—
Revenue growthChange in sales versus the prior year.—-0.5%—
Gross marginShare of sales left after the direct cost of producing them.—31.4%—
Operating marginShare of sales left after running the business, before interest and tax.-503.6%-7.3%—
Profit marginProfit kept from each dollar of sales.73.7%-3.3%—
Free cash flow marginCash left after capital spending, as a share of sales.—-31.3%—
Return on equityProfit against the owners' stake in the company.-8.2%-2.6%—
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.—-5.2%—
P/E ratioPrice paid per dollar of annual profit.15.68x——
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.—95.36x—
Price to book-1.29x4.48x—
Debt to equityTotal liabilities compared with owners' stake.-1.19x1.58x—
Piotroski F-ScoreNine checks of financial strength. Higher is stronger.2/53/8not reported
Bankruptcy riskAltman Z-Score zone.distressgreynot reported

How HGAS compares with the others

  • HGAS's operating margin of -503.6% is lower than the other company selected (-7.3%).
  • Its liabilities are lower relative to equity than the other company selected: -1.2x 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.