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MetricFIXCOMFORT SYSTEMS USA INCPWRQUANTA SERVICES, INC.EMEEMCOR Group, Inc.APGAPi Group CorpMedian of the restexcluding FIX
TypeCompanyCompanyCompanyCompany
Price
$1279.37▼ 121.90 (8.70%)
$552.44▼ 48.70 (8.10%)
$660.41▼ 38.76 (5.54%)
$38.80▼ 1.41 (3.51%)
Health scoreComposite of profitability, growth, debt and accounting quality.10.0/109.0/107.3/108.0/108.0/10
Market value$45.00B$82.63B$29.40B$10.77B
Revenue$9.10B$28.48B$16.99B$7.91B
Profit$1.02B$1.03B$1.27B$302.0M
Revenue growthChange in sales versus the prior year.29.5%20.3%16.6%12.7%16.6%
Gross marginShare of sales left after the direct cost of producing them.24.1%15.0%19.3%31.4%19.3%
Operating marginShare of sales left after running the business, before interest and tax.14.4%5.7%10.1%7.0%7.0%
Profit marginProfit kept from each dollar of sales.11.2%3.6%7.5%3.8%3.8%
Free cash flow marginCash left after capital spending, as a share of sales.11.3%5.7%7.0%8.4%7.0%
Return on equityProfit against the owners' stake in the company.41.8%11.5%34.6%8.9%11.5%
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.64.5%8.2%49.4%7.7%8.2%
P/E ratioPrice paid per dollar of annual profit.44.01x80.35x23.10x35.66x35.66x
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.32.08x43.59x—19.74x31.67x
Price to book18.38x9.24x8.00x3.16x8.00x
Debt to equityTotal liabilities compared with owners' stake.1.63x1.78x1.53x1.62x1.62x
Piotroski F-ScoreNine checks of financial strength. Higher is stronger.7/97/96/88/97.0
Bankruptcy riskAltman Z-Score zone.safegreysafegrey

How FIX compares with the others

  • FIX's operating margin of 14.4% is higher than the median of the other companies selected (7.0%).
  • Its revenue grew faster than the median of the other companies selected: 29.5% against 16.6%.
  • It trades at a higher P/E than the median of the other companies selected: 44.0x against 35.7x.

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