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Latest annual figures from each company's filings

MetricARATArax Holdings Corp.FADL.LFADL.LCXAICXApp Inc.DFTCDefentect Group IncMedian of the restexcluding ARAT
TypeCompanyCompanyCompany—
Price
$0.021▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
£24.00▲ 23.76 (9900.00%)
$1.86▼ 0.06 (3.13%)
$0.0559▲ 0.00 (3.48%)
Health scoreComposite of profitability, growth, debt and accounting quality.6.0/102.0/102.0/10not reported2.0/10
Market value$2.6M$485.6M$4.7M$4.6M
Revenue$909.2K$9.7M$4.6M—
Profit-$18.5M-$4.4M-$13.5M—
Revenue growthChange in sales versus the prior year.—-10.1%-35.8%—-23.0%
Gross marginShare of sales left after the direct cost of producing them.—61.8%87.4%—74.6%
Operating marginShare of sales left after running the business, before interest and tax.0.8%-35.8%-383.5%—-209.7%
Profit marginProfit kept from each dollar of sales.-2039.6%-44.7%-294.0%—-169.4%
Free cash flow marginCash left after capital spending, as a share of sales.-2627.6%-5.5%-227.0%—-116.3%
Return on equityProfit against the owners' stake in the company.-269.1%-163.1%-96.4%—-129.7%
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.0.1%-326.3%-482.0%—-404.2%
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 book0.38x181.76x0.34x—91.05x
Debt to equityTotal liabilities compared with owners' stake.0.04x2.09x1.32x—1.70x
Piotroski F-ScoreNine checks of financial strength. Higher is stronger.0/33/84/8not reported3.5
Bankruptcy riskAltman Z-Score zone.safedistressdistressnot reported

How ARAT compares with the others

  • ARAT's operating margin of 0.8% is higher than the median of the other companies selected (-209.7%).
  • Its liabilities are lower relative to equity than the median of the other companies selected: 0.0x against 1.7x.

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