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MetricMDLNMedline Inc.950130.KQ950130.KQSOLVSolventum CorpCOOCOOPER COMPANIES, INC.Median of the restexcluding MDLN
TypeCompanyCompanyCompanyCompany
Price
$35.31▼ 0.15 (0.42%)
₩1959.00▼ 46.00 (2.29%)
$86.67▲ 0.28 (0.32%)
$61.65▲ 2.68 (4.54%)
Health scoreComposite of profitability, growth, debt and accounting quality.6.0/102.0/104.7/107.0/104.7/10
Market value$28.60B$68.91B$15.04B$12.08B
Revenue$28.43B$31.26B$8.32B$4.09B
Profit$1.16B-$82.12B$1.56B$374.9M
Revenue growthChange in sales versus the prior year.11.5%-72.2%0.9%5.1%0.9%
Gross marginShare of sales left after the direct cost of producing them.26.4%-78.2%53.5%65.5%53.5%
Operating marginShare of sales left after running the business, before interest and tax.7.8%-202.5%26.2%16.7%16.7%
Profit marginProfit kept from each dollar of sales.4.1%-262.7%18.7%9.2%9.2%
Free cash flow marginCash left after capital spending, as a share of sales.4.6%-99.1%-0.1%10.6%-0.1%
Return on equityProfit against the owners' stake in the company.10.8%-14.7%30.8%4.6%4.6%
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.9.6%-20.1%21.5%4.3%4.3%
P/E ratioPrice paid per dollar of annual profit.24.68x—9.66x32.21x20.94x
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.12.17x—7.19x13.65x10.42x
Price to book2.66x0.12x2.98x1.47x1.47x
Debt to equityTotal liabilities compared with owners' stake.1.79x0.09x1.83x0.50x0.50x
Piotroski F-ScoreNine checks of financial strength. Higher is stronger.6/83/87/96/96.0
Bankruptcy riskAltman Z-Score zone.greysafegreysafe

How MDLN compares with the others

  • MDLN's operating margin of 7.8% is lower than the median of the other companies selected (16.7%).
  • Its revenue grew faster than the median of the other companies selected: 11.5% against 0.9%.
  • It trades at a higher P/E than the median of the other companies selected: 24.7x against 20.9x.
  • Its liabilities are higher relative to equity than the median of the other companies selected: 1.8x against 0.5x.

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