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MetricFLEXFLEX LTD.JBLJABIL INCTTMITTM TECHNOLOGIES INCSANMSANMINA CORPMedian of the restexcluding FLEX
TypeCompanyCompanyCompanyCompany
Price
$86.25▼ 1.24 (1.42%)
$267.41▼ 13.58 (4.83%)
$73.89▼ 28.26 (27.67%)
$154.47▼ 17.60 (10.23%)
Health scoreComposite of profitability, growth, debt and accounting quality.8.0/107.3/109.0/107.3/107.3/10
Market value$31.54B$28.74B$7.64B$8.25B
Revenue$27.91B$29.80B$2.91B$8.13B
Profit$880.0M$657.0M$177.4M$245.9M
Revenue growthChange in sales versus the prior year.8.1%3.2%19.0%7.4%7.4%
Gross marginShare of sales left after the direct cost of producing them.9.2%8.9%20.7%8.8%8.9%
Operating marginShare of sales left after running the business, before interest and tax.4.9%4.0%9.1%4.4%4.4%
Profit marginProfit kept from each dollar of sales.3.2%2.2%6.1%3.0%3.0%
Free cash flow marginCash left after capital spending, as a share of sales.3.8%3.9%-0.0%5.8%3.9%
Return on equityProfit against the owners' stake in the company.17.1%43.4%10.1%9.7%10.1%
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.16.2%35.3%10.3%13.4%13.4%
P/E ratioPrice paid per dollar of annual profit.35.84x43.75x43.05x33.55x43.05x
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.18.03x16.00x21.48x16.08x16.08x
Price to book6.13x19.00x4.33x3.25x4.33x
Debt to equityTotal liabilities compared with owners' stake.3.29x11.25x1.18x1.31x1.31x
Piotroski F-ScoreNine checks of financial strength. Higher is stronger.7/95/98/97/97.0
Bankruptcy riskAltman Z-Score zone.greysafesafegrey

How FLEX compares with the others

  • FLEX's operating margin of 4.9% is in line with the median of the other companies selected (4.4%).
  • Its revenue growth of 8.1% is in line with the median of the other companies selected (7.4%).
  • It trades at a lower P/E than the median of the other companies selected: 35.8x against 43.0x.
  • Its liabilities are higher relative to equity than the median of the other companies selected: 3.3x against 1.3x.

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