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Latest annual figures from each company's filings

MetricALPPAlpine 4 Holdings IncKTCCKEY TRONIC CORPHPNNHop On IncANDRAndrea Electronics CorpMedian of the restexcluding ALPP
TypeCompanyCompany—Company
Price
$0.0001▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
$2.16▲ 0.02 (0.93%)
$0.0014▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
$0.0003▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Health scoreComposite of profitability, growth, debt and accounting quality.4.0/104.0/10not reported6.0/105.0/10
Market value$2.5K$23.5M$10.4M$68.00
Revenue$104.6M$386.7M—$2.0M
Profit-$12.9M-$47.8M—-$288.2K
Revenue growthChange in sales versus the prior year.102.5%-17.4%—17.9%0.3%
Gross marginShare of sales left after the direct cost of producing them.20.8%6.2%—70.5%38.4%
Operating marginShare of sales left after running the business, before interest and tax.-16.0%-3.8%—-16.5%-10.1%
Profit marginProfit kept from each dollar of sales.-12.3%-12.4%—-14.7%-13.5%
Free cash flow marginCash left after capital spending, as a share of sales.-19.7%-0.5%—-12.1%-6.3%
Return on equityProfit against the owners' stake in the company.-18.4%-69.1%—11.8%-28.7%
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.-14.7%-6.7%—-129.4%-68.0%
P/E ratioPrice paid per dollar of annual profit.—————
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 book0.00x0.34x—-0.00x0.17x
Debt to equityTotal liabilities compared with owners' stake.1.08x3.33x—-1.36x0.99x
Piotroski F-ScoreNine checks of financial strength. Higher is stronger.5/93/9not reported4/93.5
Bankruptcy riskAltman Z-Score zone.distressdistressnot reporteddistress

How ALPP compares with the others

  • ALPP's operating margin of -16.0% is lower than the median of the other companies selected (-10.1%).
  • Its revenue grew faster than the median of the other companies selected: 102.5% against 0.3%.

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