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MetricSURGSurgePays, Inc.GOGOGogo Inc.SPOKSpok Holdings, IncOMCCOLD MARKET CAPITAL CorpMedian of the restexcluding SURG
TypeCompanyCompanyCompanyCompany
Price
$0.1258▲ 0.01 (4.83%)
$2.11▲ 0.03 (1.44%)
$10.36▼ 0.19 (1.80%)
$3.90▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Health scoreComposite of profitability, growth, debt and accounting quality.4.0/106.0/108.7/104.0/106.0/10
Market value$2.7M$283.8M$213.5M$26.1M
Revenue$57.0M$910.5M$139.7M$9.4M
Profit-$36.1M$12.9M$15.9M-$5.1M
Revenue growthChange in sales versus the prior year.-6.4%104.7%1.5%—53.1%
Gross marginShare of sales left after the direct cost of producing them.-18.6%—78.7%—78.7%
Operating marginShare of sales left after running the business, before interest and tax.-59.9%12.5%14.1%-74.3%12.5%
Profit marginProfit kept from each dollar of sales.-63.3%1.4%11.4%-55.0%1.4%
Free cash flow marginCash left after capital spending, as a share of sales.-37.4%7.2%18.0%-110.1%7.2%
Return on equityProfit against the owners' stake in the company.235.0%12.8%10.8%-9.7%10.8%
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.-241.6%11.1%12.1%-18.7%11.1%
P/E ratioPrice paid per dollar of annual profit.—21.96x13.45x—17.70x
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.—5.70x——5.70x
Price to book-0.17x2.81x1.46x0.49x1.46x
Debt to equityTotal liabilities compared with owners' stake.-1.56x11.89x0.41x0.20x0.41x
Piotroski F-ScoreNine checks of financial strength. Higher is stronger.4/95/86/84/85.0
Bankruptcy riskAltman Z-Score zone.distressdistresssafen/a for banks

How SURG compares with the others

  • SURG's operating margin of -59.9% is lower than the median of the other companies selected (12.5%).
  • Its revenue grew more slowly than the median of the other companies selected: -6.4% against 53.1%.
  • It has no P/E to set against theirs, because it did not make a profit.
  • Its liabilities are lower relative to equity than the median of the other companies selected: -1.6x 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.