How comparing works here

How do I compare two companies?

Type the tickers into the box above — up to five at once. Every row is read from the companies' own annual filings, so a comparison shows the same measure computed the same way for each of them rather than whatever each company chose to highlight.

Can I compare an ETF with a stock?

Yes, and the table changes to suit. Two funds are compared on cost, income, spread and record, because revenue growth and debt mean nothing for a fund. A fund against a company shows only what both of them have.

Side by side

Compare

Put up to 4 companies, funds, commodities or coins next to each other — health, valuation, growth and performance.

Every row is computed the same way for every column, from each company's own annual filing, so a comparison is not a collection of whichever figures each of them chose to put in a press release. Funds are compared on what a fund is actually judged on: cost, income, spread and record.

Relative performance

Rebased so every symbol starts at 0%

Loading price history…

Side by side

Latest annual figures from each company's filings

MetricCOOCOOPER COMPANIES, INC.950130.KQ950130.KQMDLNMedline Inc.SOLVSolventum CorpMedian of the restexcluding COO
TypeCompanyCompanyCompanyCompany
Price
$61.65▲ 2.68 (4.54%)
₩1959.00▼ 46.00 (2.29%)
$35.31▼ 0.15 (0.42%)
$86.67▲ 0.28 (0.32%)
Health scoreComposite of profitability, growth, debt and accounting quality.7.0/102.0/106.0/104.7/104.7/10
Market value$12.08B$68.91B$28.60B$15.04B
Revenue$4.09B$31.26B$28.43B$8.32B
Profit$374.9M-$82.12B$1.16B$1.56B
Revenue growthChange in sales versus the prior year.5.1%-72.2%11.5%0.9%0.9%
Gross marginShare of sales left after the direct cost of producing them.65.5%-78.2%26.4%53.5%26.4%
Operating marginShare of sales left after running the business, before interest and tax.16.7%-202.5%7.8%26.2%7.8%
Profit marginProfit kept from each dollar of sales.9.2%-262.7%4.1%18.7%4.1%
Free cash flow marginCash left after capital spending, as a share of sales.10.6%-99.1%4.6%-0.1%-0.1%
Return on equityProfit against the owners' stake in the company.4.6%-14.7%10.8%30.8%10.8%
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.4.3%-20.1%9.6%21.5%9.6%
P/E ratioPrice paid per dollar of annual profit.32.21x—24.68x9.66x17.17x
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.13.65x—12.17x7.19x9.68x
Price to book1.47x0.12x2.66x2.98x2.66x
Debt to equityTotal liabilities compared with owners' stake.0.50x0.09x1.79x1.83x1.79x
Piotroski F-ScoreNine checks of financial strength. Higher is stronger.6/93/86/87/96.0
Bankruptcy riskAltman Z-Score zone.safesafegreygrey

How COO compares with the others

  • COO's operating margin of 16.7% is higher than the median of the other companies selected (7.8%).
  • Its revenue grew faster than the median of the other companies selected: 5.1% against 0.9%.
  • It trades at a higher P/E than the median of the other companies selected: 32.2x against 17.2x.
  • Its liabilities are lower relative to equity than the median of the other companies selected: 0.5x against 1.8x.

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