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MetricANDGAndersen Group Inc.TRUTransUnionJJACOBS SOLUTIONS INC.ULSUL Solutions Inc.Median of the restexcluding ANDG
TypeCompanyCompanyCompanyCompany
Price
$63.54▲ 2.62 (4.30%)
$83.46▲ 4.53 (5.74%)
$139.67▲ 1.33 (0.96%)
$74.28▲ 0.92 (1.25%)
Health scoreComposite of profitability, growth, debt and accounting quality.3.3/106.0/107.3/109.0/107.3/10
Market value$7.24B$16.06B$16.63B$14.93B
Revenue$838.7M$4.58B$12.03B$3.05B
Profit-$2.3M$455.4M$289.3M$325.0M
Revenue growthChange in sales versus the prior year.14.6%9.4%4.6%6.4%6.4%
Gross marginShare of sales left after the direct cost of producing them.29.0%—24.8%49.5%37.1%
Operating marginShare of sales left after running the business, before interest and tax.-16.1%18.7%7.2%17.1%17.1%
Profit marginProfit kept from each dollar of sales.-0.3%10.0%2.4%10.6%10.0%
Free cash flow marginCash left after capital spending, as a share of sales.20.8%14.5%5.0%13.2%13.2%
Return on equityProfit against the owners' stake in the company.1.7%10.3%7.9%25.8%10.3%
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.—6.8%9.9%24.8%9.9%
P/E ratioPrice paid per dollar of annual profit.—35.26x57.48x45.95x45.95x
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.—21.33x—21.31x21.32x
Price to book-53.74x3.62x4.57x11.83x4.57x
Debt to equityTotal liabilities compared with owners' stake.-4.41x1.48x2.09x1.29x1.48x
Piotroski F-ScoreNine checks of financial strength. Higher is stronger.2/78/87/98/98.0
Bankruptcy riskAltman Z-Score zone.distressgreygreysafe

How ANDG compares with the others

  • ANDG's operating margin of -16.1% is lower than the median of the other companies selected (17.1%).
  • Its revenue grew faster than the median of the other companies selected: 14.6% against 6.4%.
  • 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: -4.4x against 1.5x.

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