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Latest annual figures from each company's filings

MetricSTXSeagate Technology Holdings plcBGINBGIN BLOCKCHAIN LtdCANCanaan Inc.5AB.SI5AB.SIMedian of the restexcluding STX
TypeCompanyCompanyCompanyCompany
Price
$642.14▼ 54.75 (7.86%)
$1.94▲ 0.04 (2.11%)
$0.217▼ 0.01 (5.65%)
S$0.177▼ 0.01 (6.84%)
Health scoreComposite of profitability, growth, debt and accounting quality.10.0/103.3/104.7/104.7/104.7/10
Market value$145.63B$219.5M$166.7M$53.7M
Revenue$12.20B$67.4M$529.7M$25.1M
Profit$3.18B-$177.0M-$210.3M$5.9M
Revenue growthChange in sales versus the prior year.34.1%-77.7%96.7%-1.1%-1.1%
Gross marginShare of sales left after the direct cost of producing them.45.6%-112.2%7.8%12.1%7.8%
Operating marginShare of sales left after running the business, before interest and tax.33.6%-261.3%-21.2%-19.4%-21.2%
Profit marginProfit kept from each dollar of sales.26.1%-262.6%-39.7%23.5%-39.7%
Free cash flow marginCash left after capital spending, as a share of sales.25.5%-253.8%-55.8%36.5%-55.8%
Return on equityProfit against the owners' stake in the company.146.9%-324.7%-48.1%14.2%-48.1%
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.87.7%-493.2%-21.7%-57.8%-57.8%
P/E ratioPrice paid per dollar of annual profit.45.74x——9.13x9.13x
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.33.75x————
Price to book67.20x4.03x0.38x1.29x1.29x
Debt to equityTotal liabilities compared with owners' stake.3.60x0.70x0.38x0.26x0.38x
Piotroski F-ScoreNine checks of financial strength. Higher is stronger.8/91/84/96/84.0
Bankruptcy riskAltman Z-Score zone.safen/a for banksn/a for bankssafe

How STX compares with the others

  • STX's operating margin of 33.6% is higher than the median of the other companies selected (-21.2%).
  • Its revenue grew faster than the median of the other companies selected: 34.1% against -1.1%.
  • It trades at a higher P/E than the other company selected: 45.7x against 9.1x.
  • Its liabilities are higher relative to equity than the median of the other companies selected: 3.6x against 0.4x.

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