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Latest annual figures from each company's filings

MetricCRICARTERS INCFIGSFIGS, Inc.COLMCOLUMBIA SPORTSWEAR COUAAUnder Armour, Inc.Median of the restexcluding CRI
TypeCompanyCompanyCompanyCompany
Price
$33.93▲ 1.45 (4.46%)
$20.46▲ 0.48 (2.40%)
$59.51▼ 1.59 (2.60%)
$4.88▲ 0.21 (4.50%)
Health scoreComposite of profitability, growth, debt and accounting quality.7.3/107.3/107.3/104.0/107.3/10
Market value$1.24B$3.34B$3.29B$2.08B
Revenue$2.90B$631.1M$3.40B$4.97B
Profit$91.8M$34.3M$177.2M-$495.6M
Revenue growthChange in sales versus the prior year.1.9%13.6%0.9%-3.8%0.9%
Gross marginShare of sales left after the direct cost of producing them.45.4%66.5%50.5%45.5%50.5%
Operating marginShare of sales left after running the business, before interest and tax.5.0%6.0%6.1%-3.3%6.0%
Profit marginProfit kept from each dollar of sales.3.2%5.4%5.2%-10.0%5.2%
Free cash flow marginCash left after capital spending, as a share of sales.2.4%8.4%6.4%-3.3%6.4%
Return on equityProfit against the owners' stake in the company.9.9%7.8%10.4%-35.0%7.8%
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.11.5%7.8%12.6%-5.6%7.8%
P/E ratioPrice paid per dollar of annual profit.13.46x97.65x18.58x—58.12x
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.6.73x————
Price to book1.34x7.65x1.93x1.47x1.93x
Debt to equityTotal liabilities compared with owners' stake.1.77x0.33x0.71x2.12x0.71x
Piotroski F-ScoreNine checks of financial strength. Higher is stronger.5/96/86/83/96.0
Bankruptcy riskAltman Z-Score zone.greysafesafedistress

How CRI compares with the others

  • CRI's operating margin of 5.0% is lower than the median of the other companies selected (6.0%).
  • Its revenue growth of 1.9% is in line with the median of the other companies selected (0.9%).
  • It trades at a lower P/E than the median of the other companies selected: 13.5x against 58.1x.
  • Its liabilities are higher relative to equity than the median of the other companies selected: 1.8x against 0.7x.

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