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Latest annual figures from each company's filings

MetricANDRAndrea Electronics CorpHPNNHop On IncSOLSSolstice Advanced Materials Inc.ALPPAlpine 4 Holdings IncMedian of the restexcluding ANDR
TypeCompany—CompanyCompany
Price
$0.0003▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
$0.0014▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
$64.99▲ 1.93 (3.06%)
$0.0001▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Health scoreComposite of profitability, growth, debt and accounting quality.6.0/10not reported7.0/104.0/105.5/10
Market value$68.00$10.4M$10.32B$2.5K
Revenue$2.0M—$3.89B$104.6M
Profit-$288.2K—$237.0M-$12.9M
Revenue growthChange in sales versus the prior year.17.9%—3.1%102.5%52.8%
Gross marginShare of sales left after the direct cost of producing them.70.5%—32.2%20.8%26.5%
Operating marginShare of sales left after running the business, before interest and tax.-16.5%——-16.0%-16.0%
Profit marginProfit kept from each dollar of sales.-14.7%—6.1%-12.3%-3.1%
Free cash flow marginCash left after capital spending, as a share of sales.-12.1%—3.1%-19.7%-8.3%
Return on equityProfit against the owners' stake in the company.11.8%—16.8%-18.4%-0.8%
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.-129.4%——-14.7%-14.7%
P/E ratioPrice paid per dollar of annual profit.——43.53x—43.53x
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 book-0.00x—7.31x0.00x3.66x
Debt to equityTotal liabilities compared with owners' stake.-1.36x—3.04x1.08x2.06x
Piotroski F-ScoreNine checks of financial strength. Higher is stronger.4/9not reported4/95/94.5
Bankruptcy riskAltman Z-Score zone.distressnot reportedgreydistress

How ANDR compares with the others

  • ANDR's operating margin of -16.5% is in line with the other company selected (-16.0%).
  • Its revenue grew more slowly than the median of the other companies selected: 17.9% against 52.8%.
  • 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: -1.4x against 2.1x.

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