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MetricSPDCSpeed Commerce IncSPRSSURGE COMPONENTS INCTAITTAITRON COMPONENTS INCPGNTParagon Technologies Inc
Type—CompanyCompany—
Price
$0.0001▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
$3.21▲ 0.01 (0.32%)
$1.95▲ 0.10 (5.41%)
$4.36▼ 0.04 (0.86%)
Health scoreComposite of profitability, growth, debt and accounting quality.not reported8.7/106.0/10not reported
Market value$604.00$18.4M$11.7M$7.7M
Revenue—$36.3M$4.1M—
Profit—$1.1M$902.0K—
Revenue growthChange in sales versus the prior year.—16.4%-32.2%—
Gross marginShare of sales left after the direct cost of producing them.—28.8%51.1%—
Operating marginShare of sales left after running the business, before interest and tax.—3.5%-2.5%—
Profit marginProfit kept from each dollar of sales.—3.1%21.8%—
Free cash flow marginCash left after capital spending, as a share of sales.—2.2%-11.8%—
Return on equityProfit against the owners' stake in the company.—5.3%5.4%—
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.—5.5%-0.5%—
P/E ratioPrice paid per dollar of annual profit.—16.14x13.02x—
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 book—0.86x0.71x—
Debt to equityTotal liabilities compared with owners' stake.—0.27x0.06x—
Piotroski F-ScoreNine checks of financial strength. Higher is stronger.not reported6/83/8not reported
Bankruptcy riskAltman Z-Score zone.not reportedsafesafenot reported