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MetricNOVNOV Inc.SLBSLB LIMITED/NVBKRBaker Hughes CoHALHALLIBURTON COMedian of the restexcluding NOV
TypeCompanyCompanyCompanyCompany
Price
$18.76▼ 0.51 (2.65%)
$49.55▼ 1.55 (3.03%)
$53.62▼ 2.38 (4.25%)
$33.19▼ 0.80 (2.35%)
Health scoreComposite of profitability, growth, debt and accounting quality.7.0/106.0/106.0/106.0/106.0/10
Market value$6.77B$74.09B$53.09B$27.71B
Revenue$8.74B$35.71B$27.73B$22.18B
Profit$145.0M$3.37B$2.59B$1.28B
Revenue growthChange in sales versus the prior year.-1.4%-1.6%-0.3%-3.3%-1.6%
Gross marginShare of sales left after the direct cost of producing them.20.2%————
Operating marginShare of sales left after running the business, before interest and tax.5.6%——10.2%10.2%
Profit marginProfit kept from each dollar of sales.1.7%9.4%9.3%5.8%9.3%
Free cash flow marginCash left after capital spending, as a share of sales.10.0%13.4%9.1%7.5%9.1%
Return on equityProfit against the owners' stake in the company.2.3%12.9%13.7%12.3%12.9%
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.6.1%——10.6%10.6%
P/E ratioPrice paid per dollar of annual profit.46.68x21.96x20.51x21.60x21.60x
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.8.73x——9.62x9.62x
Price to book1.08x2.84x2.82x2.65x2.82x
Debt to equityTotal liabilities compared with owners' stake.0.79x1.06x1.17x1.39x1.17x
Piotroski F-ScoreNine checks of financial strength. Higher is stronger.5/94/86/84/84.0
Bankruptcy riskAltman Z-Score zone.greysafenot reportedsafe

How NOV compares with the others

  • NOV's operating margin of 5.6% is lower than the other company selected (10.2%).
  • Its revenue growth of -1.4% is in line with the median of the other companies selected (-1.6%).
  • It trades at a higher P/E than the median of the other companies selected: 46.7x against 21.6x.
  • Its liabilities are lower relative to equity than the median of the other companies selected: 0.8x against 1.2x.

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