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Latest annual figures from each company's filings

MetricVERXVertex, Inc.MARAMARA Holdings, Inc.ASANAsana, Inc.FIVNFive9, Inc.Median of the restexcluding VERX
TypeCompanyCompanyCompanyCompany
Price
$15.32▲ 0.65 (4.43%)
$7.79▲ 0.31 (4.14%)
$11.07▲ 0.33 (3.07%)
$35.29▲ 0.98 (2.86%)
Health scoreComposite of profitability, growth, debt and accounting quality.4.7/102.0/103.3/106.0/103.3/10
Market value$2.49B$2.96B$2.62B$2.72B
Revenue$748.4M$58.7M$790.8M$1.15B
Profit$7.2M-$1.31B-$189.0M$39.4M
Revenue growthChange in sales versus the prior year.12.2%-39.2%9.2%10.3%9.2%
Gross marginShare of sales left after the direct cost of producing them.64.3%—89.0%55.1%72.1%
Operating marginShare of sales left after running the business, before interest and tax.0.3%-2085.5%-25.0%2.5%-25.0%
Profit marginProfit kept from each dollar of sales.1.0%-2234.1%-23.9%3.4%-23.9%
Free cash flow marginCash left after capital spending, as a share of sales.—-2060.8%10.9%17.5%10.9%
Return on equityProfit against the owners' stake in the company.2.8%-37.8%-122.6%5.0%-37.8%
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.0.8%-14.8%—4.6%-5.1%
P/E ratioPrice paid per dollar of annual profit.344.64x——69.11x69.11x
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 book9.60x0.85x17.01x3.47x3.47x
Debt to equityTotal liabilities compared with owners' stake.3.91x1.10x4.48x1.28x1.28x
Piotroski F-ScoreNine checks of financial strength. Higher is stronger.7/81/84/88/84.0
Bankruptcy riskAltman Z-Score zone.distressn/a for banksdistresssafe

How VERX compares with the others

  • VERX's operating margin of 0.3% is higher than the median of the other companies selected (-25.0%).
  • Its revenue grew faster than the median of the other companies selected: 12.2% against 9.2%.
  • It trades at a higher P/E than the other company selected: 344.6x against 69.1x.
  • Its liabilities are higher relative to equity than the median of the other companies selected: 3.9x against 1.3x.

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