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MetricASURASURE SOFTWARE INCKELYAKELLY SERVICES INCTBITrueBlue, Inc.ALITAlight, Inc. / DelawareMedian of the restexcluding ASUR
TypeCompanyCompanyCompanyCompany
Price
$7.35▲ 0.29 (4.11%)
$16.39▲ 0.57 (3.60%)
$8.82▲ 0.25 (2.92%)
$9.61▲ 0.51 (5.60%)
Health scoreComposite of profitability, growth, debt and accounting quality.2.0/104.0/105.0/104.0/104.0/10
Market value$206.4M$575.3M$264.5M$258.9M
Revenue—$4.25B$1.62B$2.26B
Profit-$13.1M-$254.1M-$48.0M-$3.10B
Revenue growthChange in sales versus the prior year.—-1.9%3.1%-3.0%-1.9%
Gross marginShare of sales left after the direct cost of producing them.—20.1%22.8%33.8%22.8%
Operating marginShare of sales left after running the business, before interest and tax.—-1.6%-2.9%-136.6%-2.9%
Profit marginProfit kept from each dollar of sales.—-6.0%-3.0%-136.9%-6.0%
Free cash flow marginCash left after capital spending, as a share of sales.—2.7%-4.6%11.1%2.7%
Return on equityProfit against the owners' stake in the company.-6.6%-26.0%-17.5%-296.6%-26.0%
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.-2.8%-5.3%-11.7%-87.9%-11.7%
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.13.80x————
Price to book1.04x0.59x0.96x0.25x0.59x
Debt to equityTotal liabilities compared with owners' stake.1.69x1.30x1.33x3.37x1.33x
Piotroski F-ScoreNine checks of financial strength. Higher is stronger.3/75/94/94/94.0
Bankruptcy riskAltman Z-Score zone.distresssafesafedistress

How ASUR compares with the others

  • Its liabilities are higher relative to equity than the median of the other companies selected: 1.7x against 1.3x.

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