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MetricSWAGStran & Company, Inc.MCHXMARCHEX INCTHRYThryv Holdings, Inc.SCORCOMSCORE, INC.Median of the restexcluding SWAG
TypeCompanyCompanyCompanyCompany
Price
$1.32▲ 0.04 (3.13%)
$1.31▲ 0.03 (2.31%)
$1.16▼ 0.04 (2.94%)
$3.41▼ 0.03 (0.87%)
Health scoreComposite of profitability, growth, debt and accounting quality.7.3/102.0/105.0/105.0/105.0/10
Market value$24.4M$58.1M$50.6M$50.7M
Revenue$116.2M$45.4M$785.0M$357.5M
Profit-$747.0K-$5.2M$307.0K-$10.0M
Revenue growthChange in sales versus the prior year.40.6%-5.6%-4.7%0.4%-4.7%
Gross marginShare of sales left after the direct cost of producing them.29.5%63.4%67.9%40.5%63.4%
Operating marginShare of sales left after running the business, before interest and tax.-1.7%-12.6%7.2%1.3%1.3%
Profit marginProfit kept from each dollar of sales.-0.6%-11.5%0.0%-2.8%-2.8%
Free cash flow marginCash left after capital spending, as a share of sales.-4.7%-3.2%4.0%6.1%4.0%
Return on equityProfit against the owners' stake in the company.-2.4%-17.4%0.1%-9.0%-9.0%
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.-6.5%-22.4%9.7%2.7%2.7%
P/E ratioPrice paid per dollar of annual profit.——164.84x—164.84x
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.——3.34x2.51x2.93x
Price to book0.80x1.93x0.23x0.46x0.46x
Debt to equityTotal liabilities compared with owners' stake.0.62x0.32x2.16x1.85x1.85x
Piotroski F-ScoreNine checks of financial strength. Higher is stronger.4/82/77/94/94.0
Bankruptcy riskAltman Z-Score zone.safedistressdistressdistress

How SWAG compares with the others

  • SWAG's operating margin of -1.7% is lower than the median of the other companies selected (1.3%).
  • Its revenue grew faster than the median of the other companies selected: 40.6% against -4.7%.
  • 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: 0.6x against 1.9x.

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