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Latest annual figures from each company's filings

MetricHNRGHALLADOR ENERGY COVSTVistra Corp.TLNTalen Energy CorpAESAES CORPMedian of the restexcluding HNRG
TypeCompanyCompanyCompanyCompany
Price
$11.45▲ 0.11 (0.97%)
$140.83▼ 15.31 (9.81%)
$331.42▼ 28.07 (7.81%)
$14.97▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Health scoreComposite of profitability, growth, debt and accounting quality.6.0/106.0/104.7/103.3/104.7/10
Market value$501.7M$47.61B$15.14B$10.66B
Revenue$469.5M$17.59B$2.52B$12.23B
Profit$41.9M$944.0M-$219.0M$910.0M
Revenue growthChange in sales versus the prior year.16.2%19.1%60.0%-0.4%19.1%
Gross marginShare of sales left after the direct cost of producing them.———18.1%18.1%
Operating marginShare of sales left after running the business, before interest and tax.13.0%10.8%-3.6%—3.6%
Profit marginProfit kept from each dollar of sales.8.9%5.4%-8.7%7.4%5.4%
Free cash flow marginCash left after capital spending, as a share of sales.2.5%7.5%24.1%-13.3%7.5%
Return on equityProfit against the owners' stake in the company.26.2%18.5%-20.0%22.4%18.5%
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.32.6%6.9%-1.0%—3.0%
P/E ratioPrice paid per dollar of annual profit.11.98x50.43x—11.72x31.07x
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.5.10x16.87x112.51x—64.69x
Price to book3.14x9.34x13.85x2.62x9.34x
Debt to equityTotal liabilities compared with owners' stake.1.55x7.15x8.98x11.74x8.98x
Piotroski F-ScoreNine checks of financial strength. Higher is stronger.7/86/83/84/84.0
Bankruptcy riskAltman Z-Score zone.distressdistressdistressdistress

How HNRG compares with the others

  • HNRG's operating margin of 13.0% is higher than the median of the other companies selected (3.6%).
  • Its revenue grew more slowly than the median of the other companies selected: 16.2% against 19.1%.
  • It trades at a lower P/E than the median of the other companies selected: 12.0x against 31.1x.
  • Its liabilities are lower relative to equity than the median of the other companies selected: 1.6x against 9.0x.

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