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MetricFIVEFIVE BELOW, INCULTAUlta Beauty, Inc.TSCOTRACTOR SUPPLY CO /DE/DKSDICK'S SPORTING GOODS, INC.Median of the restexcluding FIVE
TypeCompanyCompanyCompanyCompany
Price
$225.87▲ 1.77 (0.79%)
$635.01▲ 28.02 (4.62%)
$34.73▲ 2.04 (6.24%)
$148.78▲ 6.81 (4.80%)
Health scoreComposite of profitability, growth, debt and accounting quality.7.3/107.3/107.3/107.3/107.3/10
Market value$12.47B$28.05B$18.30B$12.37B
Revenue$4.76B$12.39B$15.52B$17.22B
Profit$358.6M$1.15B$1.10B$849.2M
Revenue growthChange in sales versus the prior year.22.9%9.7%4.3%28.1%9.7%
Gross marginShare of sales left after the direct cost of producing them.36.0%39.1%36.4%32.9%36.4%
Operating marginShare of sales left after running the business, before interest and tax.9.6%12.4%9.5%6.4%9.5%
Profit marginProfit kept from each dollar of sales.7.5%9.3%7.1%4.9%7.1%
Free cash flow marginCash left after capital spending, as a share of sales.8.6%8.6%4.8%2.3%4.8%
Return on equityProfit against the owners' stake in the company.16.4%41.1%42.5%15.3%41.1%
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.23.2%47.3%27.7%19.5%27.7%
P/E ratioPrice paid per dollar of annual profit.34.78x24.31x16.70x14.56x16.70x
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.—15.10x10.13x—12.61x
Price to book5.69x10.00x7.09x2.23x7.09x
Debt to equityTotal liabilities compared with owners' stake.1.25x1.50x3.24x2.14x2.14x
Piotroski F-ScoreNine checks of financial strength. Higher is stronger.8/85/86/93/85.0
Bankruptcy riskAltman Z-Score zone.safesafesafesafe

How FIVE compares with the others

  • FIVE's operating margin of 9.6% is in line with the median of the other companies selected (9.5%).
  • Its revenue grew faster than the median of the other companies selected: 22.9% against 9.7%.
  • It trades at a higher P/E than the median of the other companies selected: 34.8x against 16.7x.
  • Its liabilities are lower relative to equity than the median of the other companies selected: 1.3x against 2.1x.

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