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MetricMTCHMatch Group, Inc.GOOGLAlphabet Inc.METAMeta Platforms, Inc.RDDTReddit, Inc.Median of the restexcluding MTCH
TypeCompanyCompanyCompanyCompany
Price
$45.92▼ 0.38 (0.82%)
$324.22▼ 10.54 (3.15%)
$697.52▲ 3.27 (0.47%)
$150.26▼ 3.02 (1.97%)
Health scoreComposite of profitability, growth, debt and accounting quality.7.0/1010.0/1010.0/1010.0/1010.0/10
Market value$10.68B$3.92T$1.76T$28.01B
Revenue$3.49B$402.84B$200.97B$2.20B
Profit$613.5M$132.17B$60.46B$529.7M
Revenue growthChange in sales versus the prior year.0.2%15.1%22.2%69.4%22.2%
Gross marginShare of sales left after the direct cost of producing them.72.8%59.7%82.0%91.2%82.0%
Operating marginShare of sales left after running the business, before interest and tax.25.0%32.0%41.4%20.1%32.0%
Profit marginProfit kept from each dollar of sales.17.6%32.8%30.1%24.1%30.1%
Free cash flow marginCash left after capital spending, as a share of sales.29.4%18.2%22.9%31.1%22.9%
Return on equityProfit against the owners' stake in the company.-242.0%31.8%27.8%18.1%27.8%
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.26.7%24.8%24.4%17.7%24.4%
P/E ratioPrice paid per dollar of annual profit.17.41x29.65x29.09x52.87x29.65x
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.14.50x26.22x17.48x—21.85x
Price to book-42.12x9.44x8.09x9.56x9.44x
Debt to equityTotal liabilities compared with owners' stake.-18.60x0.43x0.68x0.11x0.43x
Piotroski F-ScoreNine checks of financial strength. Higher is stronger.8/97/95/96/86.0
Bankruptcy riskAltman Z-Score zone.distresssafesafesafe

How MTCH compares with the others

  • MTCH's operating margin of 25.0% is lower than the median of the other companies selected (32.0%).
  • Its revenue grew more slowly than the median of the other companies selected: 0.2% against 22.2%.
  • It trades at a lower P/E than the median of the other companies selected: 17.4x against 29.7x.
  • Its liabilities are lower relative to equity than the median of the other companies selected: -18.6x against 0.4x.

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