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Latest annual figures from each company's filings

MetricKTELKonaTel, Inc.SPOKSpok Holdings, IncOMCCOLD MARKET CAPITAL CorpSURGSurgePays, Inc.Median of the restexcluding KTEL
TypeCompanyCompanyCompanyCompany
Price
$0.038▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
$10.36▼ 0.19 (1.80%)
$3.90▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
$0.1258▲ 0.01 (4.83%)
Health scoreComposite of profitability, growth, debt and accounting quality.2.0/108.7/104.0/104.0/104.0/10
Market value$1.7M$213.5M$26.1M$2.7M
Revenue$8.5M$139.7M$9.4M$57.0M
Profit-$2.6M$15.9M-$5.1M-$36.1M
Revenue growthChange in sales versus the prior year.-45.5%1.5%—-6.4%-2.5%
Gross marginShare of sales left after the direct cost of producing them.30.9%78.7%—-18.6%30.0%
Operating marginShare of sales left after running the business, before interest and tax.-31.7%14.1%-74.3%-59.9%-59.9%
Profit marginProfit kept from each dollar of sales.-31.3%11.4%-55.0%-63.3%-55.0%
Free cash flow marginCash left after capital spending, as a share of sales.—18.0%-110.1%-37.4%-37.4%
Return on equityProfit against the owners' stake in the company.-689.0%10.8%-9.7%235.0%10.8%
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.—12.1%-18.7%-241.6%-18.7%
P/E ratioPrice paid per dollar of annual profit.—13.45x——13.45x
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.—————
Price to book4.35x1.46x0.49x-0.17x0.49x
Debt to equityTotal liabilities compared with owners' stake.5.41x0.41x0.20x-1.56x0.20x
Piotroski F-ScoreNine checks of financial strength. Higher is stronger.4/86/84/84/94.0
Bankruptcy riskAltman Z-Score zone.distresssafen/a for banksdistress

How KTEL compares with the others

  • KTEL's operating margin of -31.7% is higher than the median of the other companies selected (-59.9%).
  • Its revenue grew more slowly than the median of the other companies selected: -45.5% against -2.5%.
  • 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: 5.4x against 0.2x.

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