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MetricMMEDMiniMed Group, Inc.COOCOOPER COMPANIES, INC.ALGNALIGN TECHNOLOGY INCLNTHLantheus Holdings, Inc.Median of the restexcluding MMED
TypeCompanyCompanyCompanyCompany
Price
$18.29▲ 0.49 (2.75%)
$61.65▲ 2.68 (4.54%)
$155.51▲ 4.14 (2.74%)
$100.10▼ 0.14 (0.14%)
Health scoreComposite of profitability, growth, debt and accounting quality.6.0/107.0/108.7/109.0/108.7/10
Market value$5.14B$12.08B$11.10B$6.47B
Revenue$3.10B$4.09B$4.03B$1.54B
Profit-$333.0M$374.9M$410.4M$233.6M
Revenue growthChange in sales versus the prior year.14.3%5.1%0.9%0.5%0.9%
Gross marginShare of sales left after the direct cost of producing them.54.2%65.5%67.2%61.1%65.5%
Operating marginShare of sales left after running the business, before interest and tax.-6.1%16.7%13.5%20.2%16.7%
Profit marginProfit kept from each dollar of sales.-10.7%9.2%10.2%15.2%10.2%
Free cash flow marginCash left after capital spending, as a share of sales.-13.5%10.6%12.2%23.0%12.2%
Return on equityProfit against the owners' stake in the company.-9.2%4.6%10.1%21.4%10.1%
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.-4.5%4.3%13.0%17.8%13.0%
P/E ratioPrice paid per dollar of annual profit.—32.21x27.04x27.68x27.68x
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.—13.65x—17.52x15.59x
Price to book1.42x1.47x2.74x5.93x2.74x
Debt to equityTotal liabilities compared with owners' stake.0.28x0.50x0.54x1.04x0.54x
Piotroski F-ScoreNine checks of financial strength. Higher is stronger.3/86/96/85/96.0
Bankruptcy riskAltman Z-Score zone.safesafesafesafe

How MMED compares with the others

  • MMED's operating margin of -6.1% is lower than the median of the other companies selected (16.7%).
  • Its revenue grew faster than the median of the other companies selected: 14.3% against 0.9%.
  • It has no P/E to set against theirs, because it did not make a profit.
  • Its liabilities are lower relative to equity than the median of the other companies selected: 0.3x 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.