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Latest annual figures from each company's filings

MetricCOFCAPITAL ONE FINANCIAL CORPAXPAMERICAN EXPRESS COSYFSynchrony FinancialSOFISoFi Technologies, Inc.Median of the restexcluding COF
TypeCompanyCompanyCompanyCompany
Price
$206.66▲ 5.10 (2.53%)
$323.61▲ 5.27 (1.66%)
$74.11▲ 0.75 (1.02%)
$14.90▲ 0.22 (1.50%)
Health scoreComposite of profitability, growth, debt and accounting quality.8.7/107.3/108.0/107.3/107.3/10
Market value$129.18B$222.00B$25.72B$18.93B
Revenue$8.06B$41.30B—$619.4M
Profit$2.45B$10.83B$3.55B$481.3M
Revenue growthChange in sales versus the prior year.36.3%6.4%—23.1%14.7%
Gross marginShare of sales left after the direct cost of producing them.———1.7%1.7%
Operating marginShare of sales left after running the business, before interest and tax.—————
Profit marginProfit kept from each dollar of sales.30.4%26.2%—77.7%52.0%
Free cash flow marginCash left after capital spending, as a share of sales.324.2%38.7%—-643.4%-302.3%
Return on equityProfit against the owners' stake in the company.2.2%32.4%21.2%4.6%21.2%
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.—————
P/E ratioPrice paid per dollar of annual profit.52.66x20.49x7.24x39.33x20.49x
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 book1.14x6.63x1.53x1.80x1.80x
Debt to equityTotal liabilities compared with owners' stake.4.89x7.96x6.10x3.83x6.10x
Piotroski F-ScoreNine checks of financial strength. Higher is stronger.4/75/76/61/75.0
Bankruptcy riskAltman Z-Score zone.n/a for banksn/a for banksn/a for banksn/a for banks

How COF compares with the others

  • COF's profit margin of 30.4% is lower than the median of the other companies selected (52.0%).
  • Its revenue grew faster than the median of the other companies selected: 36.3% against 14.7%.
  • It trades at a higher P/E than the median of the other companies selected: 52.7x against 20.5x.
  • Its liabilities are lower relative to equity than the median of the other companies selected: 4.9x against 6.1x.

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