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MetricMASMASCO CORP /DE/CARRCARRIER GLOBAL CorpCSLCARLISLE COMPANIES INCLIILENNOX INTERNATIONAL INCMedian of the restexcluding MAS
TypeCompanyCompanyCompanyCompany
Price
$74.56▼ 0.10 (0.13%)
$56.17▲ 0.96 (1.74%)
$339.79▲ 9.32 (2.82%)
$363.77▲ 7.99 (2.25%)
Health scoreComposite of profitability, growth, debt and accounting quality.8.0/104.7/109.0/107.3/107.3/10
Market value$15.23B$46.97B$13.93B$12.94B
Revenue$7.56B$21.75B$5.02B$5.20B
Profit$810.0M$1.48B$740.7M$805.8M
Revenue growthChange in sales versus the prior year.-3.4%-3.3%0.3%-2.7%-2.7%
Gross marginShare of sales left after the direct cost of producing them.35.4%—35.7%33.4%34.6%
Operating marginShare of sales left after running the business, before interest and tax.16.5%10.0%20.0%20.0%20.0%
Profit marginProfit kept from each dollar of sales.10.7%6.8%14.8%15.5%14.8%
Free cash flow marginCash left after capital spending, as a share of sales.11.5%9.8%19.3%12.3%12.3%
Return on equityProfit against the owners' stake in the company.-437.8%10.5%41.3%69.3%41.3%
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.42.2%7.5%21.9%36.7%21.9%
P/E ratioPrice paid per dollar of annual profit.18.81x31.65x18.81x16.06x18.81x
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.12.56x16.51x13.10x—14.80x
Price to book-82.34x3.32x7.76x11.13x7.76x
Debt to equityTotal liabilities compared with owners' stake.-27.70x1.63x2.49x2.51x2.49x
Piotroski F-ScoreNine checks of financial strength. Higher is stronger.6/94/85/95/95.0
Bankruptcy riskAltman Z-Score zone.safegreysafesafe

How MAS compares with the others

  • MAS's operating margin of 16.5% is lower than the median of the other companies selected (20.0%).
  • Its revenue growth of -3.4% is in line with the median of the other companies selected (-2.7%).
  • It trades at a P/E in line with the median of the other companies selected (18.8x against 18.8x).
  • Its liabilities are lower relative to equity than the median of the other companies selected: -27.7x against 2.5x.

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