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MetricONTOONTO INNOVATION INC.KLACKLA CORPTERTERADYNE, INCQQnity Electronics, Inc.Median of the restexcluding ONTO
TypeCompanyCompanyCompanyCompany
Price
$222.14▲ 2.52 (1.15%)
$163.43▲ 1.69 (1.04%)
$308.75▼ 36.74 (10.63%)
$108.78▼ 11.39 (9.48%)
Health scoreComposite of profitability, growth, debt and accounting quality.8.7/108.0/108.7/109.0/108.7/10
Market value$11.04B$213.60B$48.19B$22.80B
Revenue$1.01B$13.58B$3.19B$4.75B
Profit$136.8M$4.83B$554.0M$729.0M
Revenue growthChange in sales versus the prior year.1.8%11.7%13.1%9.7%11.7%
Gross marginShare of sales left after the direct cost of producing them.49.7%61.3%58.2%46.2%58.2%
Operating marginShare of sales left after running the business, before interest and tax.13.2%—20.4%—20.4%
Profit marginProfit kept from each dollar of sales.13.6%35.6%17.4%15.3%17.4%
Free cash flow marginCash left after capital spending, as a share of sales.29.8%27.7%14.1%20.8%20.8%
Return on equityProfit against the owners' stake in the company.6.5%76.1%19.8%10.3%19.8%
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.6.4%—20.4%—20.4%
P/E ratioPrice paid per dollar of annual profit.80.73x44.22x86.98x31.28x44.22x
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.——61.82x—61.82x
Price to book5.26x33.64x17.24x3.21x17.24x
Debt to equityTotal liabilities compared with owners' stake.0.13x1.83x0.50x0.94x0.94x
Piotroski F-ScoreNine checks of financial strength. Higher is stronger.4/87/96/87/97.0
Bankruptcy riskAltman Z-Score zone.safesafesafegrey

How ONTO compares with the others

  • ONTO's operating margin of 13.2% is lower than the other company selected (20.4%).
  • Its revenue grew more slowly than the median of the other companies selected: 1.8% against 11.7%.
  • It trades at a higher P/E than the median of the other companies selected: 80.7x against 44.2x.
  • Its liabilities are lower relative to equity than the median of the other companies selected: 0.1x against 0.9x.

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