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MetricHYFMHYDROFARM HOLDINGS GROUP, INC.LNNLINDSAY CORPTWITITAN INTERNATIONAL INCUAVSAgEagle Aerial Systems Inc.Median of the restexcluding HYFM
TypeCompanyCompanyCompanyCompany
Price
$0.7426▼ 0.01 (1.03%)
$111.99▲ 5.40 (5.07%)
$6.86▲ 0.02 (0.29%)
$0.6142▼ 0.03 (4.97%)
Health scoreComposite of profitability, growth, debt and accounting quality.4.0/107.0/104.0/102.0/104.0/10
Market value$3.5M$1.14B$438.7M$26.8M
Revenue$134.3M$619.8M$1.83B$12.8M
Profit-$289.8M$55.7M-$63.5M-$5.3M
Revenue growthChange in sales versus the prior year.-29.4%-6.0%-0.9%-4.3%-4.3%
Gross marginShare of sales left after the direct cost of producing them.11.3%29.7%13.9%51.8%29.7%
Operating marginShare of sales left after running the business, before interest and tax.-206.3%10.8%1.1%-115.0%1.1%
Profit marginProfit kept from each dollar of sales.-215.9%9.0%-3.5%-41.2%-3.5%
Free cash flow marginCash left after capital spending, as a share of sales.-11.2%5.6%-1.3%-78.3%-1.3%
Return on equityProfit against the owners' stake in the company.457.8%11.0%-12.3%-14.8%-12.3%
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.-517.2%11.5%1.8%-32.4%1.8%
P/E ratioPrice paid per dollar of annual profit.—20.46x——20.46x
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.—12.72x9.61x—11.17x
Price to book-0.05x2.25x0.85x0.75x0.85x
Debt to equityTotal liabilities compared with owners' stake.-2.96x0.61x2.24x0.18x0.61x
Piotroski F-ScoreNine checks of financial strength. Higher is stronger.4/94/94/94/94.0
Bankruptcy riskAltman Z-Score zone.distresssafegreydistress

How HYFM compares with the others

  • HYFM's operating margin of -206.3% is lower than the median of the other companies selected (1.1%).
  • Its revenue grew more slowly than the median of the other companies selected: -29.4% against -4.3%.
  • It has no P/E to set against theirs, because it did not make a profit.
  • Its liabilities are lower relative to equity than the median of the other companies selected: -3.0x against 0.6x.

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