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MetricHOSTHost Digital Inc.IMKTAINGLES MARKETS INCYSWYYesway, Inc.GOGrocery Outlet Holding Corp.Median of the restexcluding HOST
TypeCompanyCompanyCompanyCompany
Price
$2.40▼ 0.44 (15.49%)
$88.75▲ 3.61 (4.24%)
$24.50▲ 1.25 (5.35%)
$13.90▲ 0.75 (5.70%)
Health scoreComposite of profitability, growth, debt and accounting quality.5.0/106.0/106.0/105.0/106.0/10
Market value$48.0M$1.69B$712.7M$1.36B
Revenue$78.2M$5.33B$2.67B$4.69B
Profit-$3.9M$83.6M$11.3M-$224.9M
Revenue growthChange in sales versus the prior year.12.7%-5.4%5.8%7.3%5.8%
Gross marginShare of sales left after the direct cost of producing them.39.2%23.9%21.7%30.3%23.9%
Operating marginShare of sales left after running the business, before interest and tax.-3.2%2.2%3.5%-4.7%2.2%
Profit marginProfit kept from each dollar of sales.-5.0%1.6%0.4%-4.8%0.4%
Free cash flow marginCash left after capital spending, as a share of sales.0.9%0.7%1.7%0.5%0.7%
Return on equityProfit against the owners' stake in the company.-53.9%5.2%3.4%-22.9%3.4%
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.-18.8%5.1%9.7%-12.4%5.1%
P/E ratioPrice paid per dollar of annual profit.—20.16x63.07x—41.62x
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.—7.63x6.93x—7.28x
Price to book6.57x1.04x2.13x1.39x1.39x
Debt to equityTotal liabilities compared with owners' stake.3.59x0.59x3.64x2.14x2.14x
Piotroski F-ScoreNine checks of financial strength. Higher is stronger.6/96/87/95/96.0
Bankruptcy riskAltman Z-Score zone.distresssafedistressdistress

How HOST compares with the others

  • HOST's operating margin of -3.2% is lower than the median of the other companies selected (2.2%).
  • Its revenue grew faster than the median of the other companies selected: 12.7% against 5.8%.
  • It has no P/E to set against theirs, because it did not make a profit.
  • Its liabilities are higher relative to equity than the median of the other companies selected: 3.6x against 2.1x.

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