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MetricCMTCORE MOLDING TECHNOLOGIES INCWLKPWestlake Chemical Partners LPMATVMativ Holdings, Inc.PCTPureCycle Technologies, Inc.Median of the restexcluding CMT
TypeCompanyCompanyCompanyCompany
Price
$23.54▲ 0.98 (4.34%)
$20.96▲ 0.09 (0.43%)
$12.25▲ 0.51 (4.34%)
$2.78▲ 0.01 (0.36%)
Health scoreComposite of profitability, growth, debt and accounting quality.7.0/107.3/105.0/102.0/105.0/10
Market value$200.3M$738.6M$669.8M$501.2M
Revenue$273.8M$1.17B$1.99B$8.4M
Profit$11.2M$48.7M-$337.4M-$182.6M
Revenue growthChange in sales versus the prior year.-9.5%2.7%0.3%—1.5%
Gross marginShare of sales left after the direct cost of producing them.17.4%29.8%18.3%—24.0%
Operating marginShare of sales left after running the business, before interest and tax.5.2%27.4%-19.3%-2171.6%-19.3%
Profit marginProfit kept from each dollar of sales.4.1%4.2%-17.0%-2185.1%-17.0%
Free cash flow marginCash left after capital spending, as a share of sales.0.7%17.3%4.7%-2197.3%4.7%
Return on equityProfit against the owners' stake in the company.7.1%—-67.7%-397.9%-232.8%
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.7.8%—-21.2%—-21.2%
P/E ratioPrice paid per dollar of annual profit.17.90x15.17x——15.17x
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.6.85x————
Price to book1.27x—1.34x10.92x6.13x
Debt to equityTotal liabilities compared with owners' stake.0.44x—3.11x12.47x7.79x
Piotroski F-ScoreNine checks of financial strength. Higher is stronger.6/95/84/94/74.0
Bankruptcy riskAltman Z-Score zone.safenot reporteddistressdistress

How CMT compares with the others

  • CMT's operating margin of 5.2% is higher than the median of the other companies selected (-19.3%).
  • Its revenue grew more slowly than the median of the other companies selected: -9.5% against 1.5%.
  • It trades at a higher P/E than the other company selected: 17.9x against 15.2x.
  • Its liabilities are lower relative to equity than the median of the other companies selected: 0.4x against 7.8x.

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