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MetricGLPIGaming & Leisure Properties, Inc.IRMIRON MOUNTAIN INCVICIVICI PROPERTIES INC.LAMRLAMAR ADVERTISING CO/NEWMedian of the restexcluding GLPI
TypeCompanyCompanyCompanyCompany
Price
$40.02▲ 1.67 (4.35%)
$110.66▼ 4.06 (3.54%)
$24.02▲ 0.87 (3.76%)
$157.51▲ 2.43 (1.57%)
Health scoreComposite of profitability, growth, debt and accounting quality.7.3/104.7/107.3/107.3/107.3/10
Market value$11.33B$32.73B$25.67B$16.00B
Revenue$1.59B$6.90B$4.01B$2.27B
Profit$825.1M$152.3M$2.78B$587.2M
Revenue growthChange in sales versus the prior year.4.1%12.2%4.1%2.7%4.1%
Gross marginShare of sales left after the direct cost of producing them.—55.4%99.3%67.0%67.0%
Operating marginShare of sales left after running the business, before interest and tax.75.3%16.9%—34.2%25.5%
Profit marginProfit kept from each dollar of sales.51.7%2.2%69.3%25.9%25.9%
Free cash flow marginCash left after capital spending, as a share of sales.—-13.5%—30.1%8.3%
Return on equityProfit against the owners' stake in the company.17.8%-15.5%10.0%57.3%10.0%
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.10.0%5.5%—16.9%11.2%
P/E ratioPrice paid per dollar of annual profit.13.73x214.98x9.25x27.24x27.24x
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.12.33x22.39x—17.58x19.99x
Price to book2.45x-33.37x0.92x15.61x0.92x
Debt to equityTotal liabilities compared with owners' stake.1.71x-22.53x0.67x5.76x0.67x
Piotroski F-ScoreNine checks of financial strength. Higher is stronger.6/75/97/87/97.0
Bankruptcy riskAltman Z-Score zone.n/a for banksn/a for banksn/a for banksn/a for banks

How GLPI compares with the others

  • GLPI's operating margin of 75.3% is higher than the median of the other companies selected (25.5%).
  • Its revenue growth of 4.1% is in line with the median of the other companies selected (4.1%).
  • It trades at a lower P/E than the median of the other companies selected: 13.7x against 27.2x.
  • Its liabilities are higher relative to equity than the median of the other companies selected: 1.7x 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.