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MetricRHRHWSMWILLIAMS SONOMA INCWWayfair Inc.BOBSBob's Discount Furniture, Inc.Median of the restexcluding RH
TypeCompanyCompanyCompanyCompany
Price
$140.15▲ 12.14 (9.48%)
$260.80▲ 7.48 (2.95%)
$113.49▲ 0.18 (0.16%)
$16.31▲ 1.23 (8.16%)
Health scoreComposite of profitability, growth, debt and accounting quality.4.7/107.3/103.3/106.0/106.0/10
Market value$2.64B$30.98B$14.53B$2.12B
Revenue$3.44B$7.81B$12.46B$2.37B
Profit$124.8M$1.09B-$313.0M$121.7M
Revenue growthChange in sales versus the prior year.8.1%1.2%5.1%16.8%5.1%
Gross marginShare of sales left after the direct cost of producing them.44.1%46.2%30.2%45.7%45.7%
Operating marginShare of sales left after running the business, before interest and tax.11.3%18.1%0.1%7.7%7.7%
Profit marginProfit kept from each dollar of sales.3.6%13.9%-2.5%5.1%5.1%
Free cash flow marginCash left after capital spending, as a share of sales.7.3%13.5%3.7%3.4%3.7%
Return on equityProfit against the owners' stake in the company.205.9%52.3%11.3%74.3%52.3%
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.1491.5%99.8%—30.5%65.1%
P/E ratioPrice paid per dollar of annual profit.21.14x28.46x—17.39x22.92x
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.——50.69x9.51x30.10x
Price to book43.52x14.87x-5.22x12.91x12.91x
Debt to equityTotal liabilities compared with owners' stake.78.80x1.60x-2.24x10.05x1.60x
Piotroski F-ScoreNine checks of financial strength. Higher is stronger.6/84/86/97/86.0
Bankruptcy riskAltman Z-Score zone.distresssafedistressdistress

How RH compares with the others

  • RH's operating margin of 11.3% is higher than the median of the other companies selected (7.7%).
  • Its revenue grew faster than the median of the other companies selected: 8.1% against 5.1%.
  • It trades at a P/E in line with the median of the other companies selected (21.1x against 22.9x).
  • Its liabilities are higher relative to equity than the median of the other companies selected: 78.8x 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.