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MetricNTAPNetApp, Inc.DELLDell Technologies Inc.SNDKSandisk CorpWDCWESTERN DIGITAL CORPMedian of the restexcluding NTAP
TypeCompanyCompanyCompanyCompany
Price
$217.21▲ 7.24 (3.45%)
$452.95▼ 32.93 (6.78%)
$1260.93▼ 117.29 (8.51%)
$354.19▼ 24.32 (6.43%)
Health scoreComposite of profitability, growth, debt and accounting quality.9.0/108.0/108.0/108.0/108.0/10
Market value$42.57B$295.32B$184.10B$127.86B
Revenue$6.92B$113.54B$20.25B$12.92B
Profit$1.28B$5.94B$11.43B$9.42B
Revenue growthChange in sales versus the prior year.5.4%18.8%175.3%35.7%35.7%
Gross marginShare of sales left after the direct cost of producing them.70.7%20.0%71.5%48.9%48.9%
Operating marginShare of sales left after running the business, before interest and tax.24.2%7.2%61.2%34.5%34.5%
Profit marginProfit kept from each dollar of sales.18.4%5.2%56.5%72.9%56.5%
Free cash flow marginCash left after capital spending, as a share of sales.27.0%7.5%56.8%27.2%27.2%
Return on equityProfit against the owners' stake in the company.94.4%-240.3%72.7%106.3%72.7%
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.73.3%38.0%99.2%50.8%50.8%
P/E ratioPrice paid per dollar of annual profit.33.36x49.75x16.10x13.57x16.10x
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.23.20x28.21x14.30x26.37x26.37x
Price to book31.51x-119.56x11.70x14.42x11.70x
Debt to equityTotal liabilities compared with owners' stake.6.95x-42.01x0.43x0.56x0.43x
Piotroski F-ScoreNine checks of financial strength. Higher is stronger.8/97/98/97/97.0
Bankruptcy riskAltman Z-Score zone.safesafesafesafe

How NTAP compares with the others

  • NTAP's operating margin of 24.2% is lower than the median of the other companies selected (34.5%).
  • Its revenue grew more slowly than the median of the other companies selected: 5.4% against 35.7%.
  • It trades at a higher P/E than the median of the other companies selected: 33.4x against 16.1x.
  • Its liabilities are higher relative to equity than the median of the other companies selected: 7.0x 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.