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MetricASANAsana, Inc.AGYSAGILYSYS INCSPSCSPS COMMERCE INCALRMAlarm.com Holdings, Inc.Median of the restexcluding ASAN
TypeCompanyCompanyCompanyCompany
Price
$11.07▲ 0.33 (3.07%)
$120.07▲ 4.05 (3.49%)
$89.38▲ 1.39 (1.58%)
$59.54▲ 0.86 (1.47%)
Health scoreComposite of profitability, growth, debt and accounting quality.3.3/1010.0/1010.0/107.3/1010.0/10
Market value$2.62B$3.38B$3.35B$2.96B
Revenue$790.8M$319.3M$751.5M$1.01B
Profit-$189.0M$38.8M$93.3M$131.6M
Revenue growthChange in sales versus the prior year.9.2%15.9%17.8%7.6%15.9%
Gross marginShare of sales left after the direct cost of producing them.89.0%62.6%69.2%66.1%66.1%
Operating marginShare of sales left after running the business, before interest and tax.-25.0%13.5%15.7%13.2%13.5%
Profit marginProfit kept from each dollar of sales.-23.9%12.1%12.4%13.0%12.4%
Free cash flow marginCash left after capital spending, as a share of sales.10.9%21.3%20.3%13.6%20.3%
Return on equityProfit against the owners' stake in the company.-122.6%11.9%9.6%15.5%11.9%
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.—16.4%10.8%—13.6%
P/E ratioPrice paid per dollar of annual profit.—87.18x35.93x22.45x35.93x
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.—69.68x——69.68x
Price to book17.01x10.35x3.44x3.48x3.48x
Debt to equityTotal liabilities compared with owners' stake.4.48x0.47x0.20x1.47x0.47x
Piotroski F-ScoreNine checks of financial strength. Higher is stronger.4/89/97/87/87.0
Bankruptcy riskAltman Z-Score zone.distresssafesafesafe

How ASAN compares with the others

  • ASAN's operating margin of -25.0% is lower than the median of the other companies selected (13.5%).
  • Its revenue grew more slowly than the median of the other companies selected: 9.2% against 15.9%.
  • It has no P/E to set against theirs, because it did not make a profit.
  • Its liabilities are higher relative to equity than the median of the other companies selected: 4.5x against 0.5x.

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