How comparing works here

How do I compare two companies?

Type the tickers into the box above — up to five at once. Every row is read from the companies' own annual filings, so a comparison shows the same measure computed the same way for each of them rather than whatever each company chose to highlight.

Can I compare an ETF with a stock?

Yes, and the table changes to suit. Two funds are compared on cost, income, spread and record, because revenue growth and debt mean nothing for a fund. A fund against a company shows only what both of them have.

Side by side

Compare

Put up to 4 companies, funds, commodities or coins next to each other — health, valuation, growth and performance.

Every row is computed the same way for every column, from each company's own annual filing, so a comparison is not a collection of whichever figures each of them chose to put in a press release. Funds are compared on what a fund is actually judged on: cost, income, spread and record.

Relative performance

Rebased so every symbol starts at 0%

Loading price history…

Side by side

Latest annual figures from each company's filings

MetricNMAXNewsmax Inc.FOXAFox CorpNXSTNEXSTAR MEDIA GROUP, INC.SBGISinclair, Inc.Median of the restexcluding NMAX
TypeCompanyCompanyCompanyCompany
Price
$8.17▼ 0.21 (2.51%)
$68.27▲ 2.43 (3.69%)
$164.83▼ 4.20 (2.48%)
$12.68▼ 0.62 (4.66%)
Health scoreComposite of profitability, growth, debt and accounting quality.3.3/108.7/103.3/102.0/103.3/10
Market value$884.0M$29.97B$5.00B$876.4M
Revenue$189.3M$17.13B$4.95B$3.17B
Profit-$99.5M$1.73B$109.0M-$112.0M
Revenue growthChange in sales versus the prior year.10.7%5.1%-8.5%-10.7%-8.5%
Gross marginShare of sales left after the direct cost of producing them.39.3%————
Operating marginShare of sales left after running the business, before interest and tax.-52.8%—17.2%5.5%11.3%
Profit marginProfit kept from each dollar of sales.-52.6%10.1%2.2%-3.5%2.2%
Free cash flow marginCash left after capital spending, as a share of sales.-56.6%8.6%15.0%3.6%8.6%
Return on equityProfit against the owners' stake in the company.-93.8%14.9%5.3%-25.3%5.3%
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.-92.1%—7.6%3.5%5.5%
P/E ratioPrice paid per dollar of annual profit.—17.35x45.86x—31.61x
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.——8.37x10.38x9.38x
Price to book8.34x2.58x2.42x1.98x2.42x
Debt to equityTotal liabilities compared with owners' stake.1.26x0.93x4.26x12.59x4.26x
Piotroski F-ScoreNine checks of financial strength. Higher is stronger.1/86/85/82/85.0
Bankruptcy riskAltman Z-Score zone.distresssafegreygrey

How NMAX compares with the others

  • NMAX's operating margin of -52.8% is lower than the median of the other companies selected (11.3%).
  • Its revenue grew faster than the median of the other companies selected: 10.7% against -8.5%.
  • 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: 1.3x against 4.3x.

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