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MetricVHCVirnetX Holding CorpIDNIntellicheck, Inc.MAPSWM TECHNOLOGY, INC.SAIHSAIHEAT LtdMedian of the restexcluding VHC
TypeCompanyCompanyCompanyCompany
Price
$10.23▲ 0.01 (0.10%)
$2.44▲ 0.04 (1.67%)
$0.297▼ 0.00 (0.97%)
$24.07▼ 4.13 (14.65%)
Health scoreComposite of profitability, growth, debt and accounting quality.6.0/104.7/106.0/103.3/104.7/10
Market value$43.0M$49.3M$31.7M$44.2M
Revenue$162.0K$22.7M$174.7M$4.5M
Profit-$18.2M$1.3M$2.0M-$6.5M
Revenue growthChange in sales versus the prior year.3140.0%13.3%-5.3%-18.4%-5.3%
Gross marginShare of sales left after the direct cost of producing them.—90.4%94.9%-51.9%90.4%
Operating marginShare of sales left after running the business, before interest and tax.-12000.0%4.8%0.4%-150.9%0.4%
Profit marginProfit kept from each dollar of sales.-11250.0%5.6%1.1%-142.7%1.1%
Free cash flow marginCash left after capital spending, as a share of sales.-9667.3%19.8%7.7%—13.8%
Return on equityProfit against the owners' stake in the company.-81.1%6.2%3.4%-87.2%3.4%
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.-221.7%9.4%—-49.6%-20.1%
P/E ratioPrice paid per dollar of annual profit.—38.77x16.13x—27.45x
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 book1.91x2.38x0.55x5.97x2.38x
Debt to equityTotal liabilities compared with owners' stake.0.38x0.18x1.03x0.72x0.72x
Piotroski F-ScoreNine checks of financial strength. Higher is stronger.4/75/84/81/84.0
Bankruptcy riskAltman Z-Score zone.n/a for banksdistressgreyn/a for banks

How VHC compares with the others

  • VHC's operating margin of -12000.0% is lower than the median of the other companies selected (0.4%).
  • Its revenue grew faster than the median of the other companies selected: 3140.0% against -5.3%.
  • 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: 0.4x against 0.7x.

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