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Latest annual figures from each company's filings

MetricFIPFTAI Infrastructure Inc.UNPUNION PACIFIC CORPCSXCSX CORPNSCNORFOLK SOUTHERN CORPMedian of the restexcluding FIP
TypeCompanyCompanyCompanyCompany
Price
$2.52▲ 0.11 (4.56%)
$298.09▲ 10.22 (3.55%)
$48.08▲ 0.20 (0.42%)
$338.23▲ 10.14 (3.09%)
Health scoreComposite of profitability, growth, debt and accounting quality.4.7/107.3/106.0/107.3/107.3/10
Market value$293.1M$176.84B$89.43B$75.91B
Revenue$502.5M$24.51B$14.09B$12.18B
Profit-$152.1M$7.14B$2.89B$2.87B
Revenue growthChange in sales versus the prior year.51.6%1.1%-3.1%0.5%0.5%
Gross marginShare of sales left after the direct cost of producing them.—————
Operating marginShare of sales left after running the business, before interest and tax.—40.2%32.1%35.8%35.8%
Profit marginProfit kept from each dollar of sales.-30.3%29.1%20.5%23.6%23.6%
Free cash flow marginCash left after capital spending, as a share of sales.-79.3%22.4%12.1%17.7%17.7%
Return on equityProfit against the owners' stake in the company.-713.1%38.7%22.0%18.5%22.0%
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.—15.6%11.0%11.0%11.0%
P/E ratioPrice paid per dollar of annual profit.—24.77x30.95x26.42x26.42x
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.—16.85x17.36x15.91x16.85x
Price to book13.74x9.58x6.80x4.88x6.80x
Debt to equityTotal liabilities compared with owners' stake.225.32x2.77x2.32x1.91x2.32x
Piotroski F-ScoreNine checks of financial strength. Higher is stronger.4/87/85/86/86.0
Bankruptcy riskAltman Z-Score zone.distresssafegreygrey

How FIP compares with the others

  • FIP's profit margin of -30.3% is lower than the median of the other companies selected (23.6%).
  • Its revenue grew faster than the median of the other companies selected: 51.6% against 0.5%.
  • It has no P/E to set against theirs, because it did not make a profit.
  • Its liabilities are higher relative to equity than the median of the other companies selected: 225.3x against 2.3x.

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