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MetricPLPlanet Labs PBCCACICACI INTERNATIONAL INC /DE/BAHBooz Allen Hamilton Holding CorpANDGAndersen Group Inc.Median of the restexcluding PL
TypeCompanyCompanyCompanyCompany
Price
$13.08▼ 0.63 (4.60%)
$619.22▼ 4.16 (0.67%)
$78.57▲ 3.53 (4.70%)
$63.54▲ 2.62 (4.30%)
Health scoreComposite of profitability, growth, debt and accounting quality.4.7/106.0/106.0/103.3/106.0/10
Market value$4.03B$13.68B$9.46B$7.24B
Revenue$307.7M$9.57B$11.22B$838.7M
Profit-$246.9M$535.8M$851.0M-$2.3M
Revenue growthChange in sales versus the prior year.25.9%10.9%-6.4%14.6%10.9%
Gross marginShare of sales left after the direct cost of producing them.56.1%—52.7%29.0%40.9%
Operating marginShare of sales left after running the business, before interest and tax.-30.9%9.6%9.2%-16.1%9.2%
Profit marginProfit kept from each dollar of sales.-80.2%5.6%7.6%-0.3%5.6%
Free cash flow marginCash left after capital spending, as a share of sales.18.7%8.2%8.5%20.8%8.5%
Return on equityProfit against the owners' stake in the company.-131.0%12.0%77.0%1.7%12.0%
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.—7.6%23.6%—15.6%
P/E ratioPrice paid per dollar of annual profit.—25.54x11.11x—18.32x
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.—18.44x10.59x—14.52x
Price to book21.37x3.07x8.56x-53.74x3.07x
Debt to equityTotal liabilities compared with owners' stake.5.08x1.65x5.44x-4.41x1.65x
Piotroski F-ScoreNine checks of financial strength. Higher is stronger.2/86/84/92/74.0
Bankruptcy riskAltman Z-Score zone.distresssafesafedistress

How PL compares with the others

  • PL's operating margin of -30.9% is lower than the median of the other companies selected (9.2%).
  • Its revenue grew faster than the median of the other companies selected: 25.9% against 10.9%.
  • It has no P/E to set against theirs, because it did not make a profit.
  • Its liabilities are higher relative to equity than the median of the other companies selected: 5.1x against 1.6x.

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