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MetricSNDKSandisk CorpAAPLApple Inc.DELLDell Technologies Inc.WDCWESTERN DIGITAL CORPMedian of the restexcluding SNDK
TypeCompanyCompanyCompanyCompany
Price
$1260.93▼ 117.29 (8.51%)
$348.22▲ 4.23 (1.23%)
$452.95▼ 32.93 (6.78%)
$354.19▼ 24.32 (6.43%)
Health scoreComposite of profitability, growth, debt and accounting quality.8.0/109.0/108.0/108.0/108.0/10
Market value$184.10B$5.14T$295.32B$127.86B
Revenue$20.25B$416.16B$113.54B$12.92B
Profit$11.43B$112.01B$5.94B$9.42B
Revenue growthChange in sales versus the prior year.175.3%6.4%18.8%35.7%18.8%
Gross marginShare of sales left after the direct cost of producing them.71.5%46.9%20.0%48.9%46.9%
Operating marginShare of sales left after running the business, before interest and tax.61.2%32.0%7.2%34.5%32.0%
Profit marginProfit kept from each dollar of sales.56.5%26.9%5.2%72.9%26.9%
Free cash flow marginCash left after capital spending, as a share of sales.56.8%23.7%7.5%27.2%23.7%
Return on equityProfit against the owners' stake in the company.72.7%151.9%-240.3%106.3%106.3%
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.99.2%87.4%38.0%50.8%50.8%
P/E ratioPrice paid per dollar of annual profit.16.10x45.93x49.75x13.57x45.93x
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.14.30x35.92x28.21x26.37x28.21x
Price to book11.70x69.77x-119.56x14.42x14.42x
Debt to equityTotal liabilities compared with owners' stake.0.43x3.87x-42.01x0.56x0.56x
Piotroski F-ScoreNine checks of financial strength. Higher is stronger.8/98/97/97/97.0
Bankruptcy riskAltman Z-Score zone.safesafesafesafe

How SNDK compares with the others

  • SNDK's operating margin of 61.2% is higher than the median of the other companies selected (32.0%).
  • Its revenue grew faster than the median of the other companies selected: 175.3% against 18.8%.
  • It trades at a lower P/E than the median of the other companies selected: 16.1x against 45.9x.
  • Its liabilities are lower relative to equity than the median of the other companies selected: 0.4x against 0.6x.

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