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MetricMATVMativ Holdings, Inc.HWKNHAWKINS INCOLNOLIN CorpKROKRONOS WORLDWIDE INCMedian of the restexcluding MATV
TypeCompanyCompanyCompanyCompany
Price
$12.25▲ 0.51 (4.34%)
$133.17▲ 2.87 (2.20%)
$15.54▲ 0.61 (4.09%)
$7.64▲ 0.16 (2.14%)
Health scoreComposite of profitability, growth, debt and accounting quality.5.0/108.0/103.3/102.0/103.3/10
Market value$669.8M$2.76B$1.77B$878.6M
Revenue$1.99B$1.08B$6.78B$1.86B
Profit-$337.4M$81.5M-$101.1M-$110.9M
Revenue growthChange in sales versus the prior year.0.3%11.2%3.7%-1.5%3.7%
Gross marginShare of sales left after the direct cost of producing them.18.3%22.6%7.4%11.5%11.5%
Operating marginShare of sales left after running the business, before interest and tax.-19.3%11.2%0.1%-2.0%0.1%
Profit marginProfit kept from each dollar of sales.-17.0%7.5%-1.5%-6.0%-1.5%
Free cash flow marginCash left after capital spending, as a share of sales.4.7%7.9%3.7%-2.2%3.7%
Return on equityProfit against the owners' stake in the company.-67.7%15.3%-5.5%-14.8%-5.5%
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.-21.2%11.7%0.1%-2.3%0.1%
P/E ratioPrice paid per dollar of annual profit.—33.89x——33.89x
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.—17.28x8.40x58.45x17.28x
Price to book1.34x5.18x0.96x1.17x1.17x
Debt to equityTotal liabilities compared with owners' stake.3.11x0.85x2.97x1.42x1.42x
Piotroski F-ScoreNine checks of financial strength. Higher is stronger.4/94/94/95/94.0
Bankruptcy riskAltman Z-Score zone.distresssafedistressdistress

How MATV compares with the others

  • MATV's operating margin of -19.3% is lower than the median of the other companies selected (0.1%).
  • Its revenue grew more slowly than the median of the other companies selected: 0.3% against 3.7%.
  • 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: 3.1x against 1.4x.

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