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Latest annual figures from each company's filings

MetricPAYDPAID INCAPHDVERDE BIO HOLDINGS, INC.DRKDarkHorse Technologies Inc.NTRPNextTrip, Inc.Median of the restexcluding PAYD
TypeCompanyCompanyCompanyCompany
Price
$2.20▼ 0.31 (12.18%)
$1.00▼ 0.27 (21.26%)
$2.03▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
$1.29▼ 0.06 (4.44%)
Health scoreComposite of profitability, growth, debt and accounting quality.3.3/102.0/103.3/104.7/103.3/10
Market value$18.4M$21.8M$6.9M$18.0M
Revenue$20.7M—$11.2M$3.7M
Profit-$368.2K-$1.9M-$21.5M-$15.9M
Revenue growthChange in sales versus the prior year.11.4%—-32.7%641.0%304.2%
Gross marginShare of sales left after the direct cost of producing them.22.4%—23.5%17.6%20.5%
Operating marginShare of sales left after running the business, before interest and tax.-3.2%—-196.8%-440.5%-318.6%
Profit marginProfit kept from each dollar of sales.-1.8%—-192.1%-428.3%-310.2%
Free cash flow marginCash left after capital spending, as a share of sales.-0.3%—-211.2%—-211.2%
Return on equityProfit against the owners' stake in the company.-6.6%-84.2%-92.2%-296.1%-92.2%
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.-11.7%-59.3%-88.7%-351.5%-88.7%
P/E ratioPrice paid per dollar of annual profit.—————
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.—————
Price to book3.33x9.84x0.30x3.36x3.36x
Debt to equityTotal liabilities compared with owners' stake.0.49x0.83x0.08x1.36x0.83x
Piotroski F-ScoreNine checks of financial strength. Higher is stronger.4/82/64/83/83.0
Bankruptcy riskAltman Z-Score zone.distressdistressn/a for banksdistress

How PAYD compares with the others

  • PAYD's operating margin of -3.2% is higher than the median of the other companies selected (-318.6%).
  • Its revenue grew more slowly than the median of the other companies selected: 11.4% against 304.2%.
  • Its liabilities are lower relative to equity than the median of the other companies selected: 0.5x against 0.8x.

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