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MetricJOBGEE Group Inc.DLHCDLH Holdings Corp.SKILSkillsoft Corp.BGSFBGSF, INC.Median of the restexcluding JOB
TypeCompanyCompanyCompanyCompany
Price
$0.208▼ 0.00 (0.19%)
$3.72▼ 0.13 (3.38%)
$5.66▲ 0.09 (1.62%)
$4.17▲ 0.09 (2.21%)
Health scoreComposite of profitability, growth, debt and accounting quality.2.0/106.0/104.0/104.7/104.7/10
Market value$22.8M$53.9M$49.8M$46.8M
Revenue$96.5M$344.5M$512.7M$93.3M
Profit-$34.7M$1.4M-$139.8M-$11.4M
Revenue growthChange in sales versus the prior year.-9.8%-13.0%-3.5%-10.6%-10.6%
Gross marginShare of sales left after the direct cost of producing them.34.6%18.9%73.7%35.7%35.7%
Operating marginShare of sales left after running the business, before interest and tax.-26.2%4.9%-17.5%-9.5%-9.5%
Profit marginProfit kept from each dollar of sales.-36.0%0.4%-27.3%-12.2%-12.2%
Free cash flow marginCash left after capital spending, as a share of sales.0.6%6.7%4.5%0.0%4.5%
Return on equityProfit against the owners' stake in the company.-69.5%1.2%462.6%-23.8%1.2%
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.-69.8%5.4%-15.8%-24.2%-15.8%
P/E ratioPrice paid per dollar of annual profit.—39.60x——39.60x
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.—5.35x——5.35x
Price to book0.46x0.48x-1.65x0.97x0.48x
Debt to equityTotal liabilities compared with owners' stake.0.20x1.57x-32.86x0.20x0.20x
Piotroski F-ScoreNine checks of financial strength. Higher is stronger.6/86/94/96/96.0
Bankruptcy riskAltman Z-Score zone.greygreydistresssafe

How JOB compares with the others

  • JOB's operating margin of -26.2% is lower than the median of the other companies selected (-9.5%).
  • Its revenue growth of -9.8% is in line with the median of the other companies selected (-10.6%).
  • 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.