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MetricINVUInvestview, Inc.MAPSWM TECHNOLOGY, INC.VHCVirnetX Holding CorpREKRRekor Systems, Inc.Median of the restexcluding INVU
TypeCompanyCompanyCompanyCompany
Price
$0.0166▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
$0.297▼ 0.00 (0.97%)
$10.23▲ 0.01 (0.10%)
$0.3274▲ 0.00 (1.36%)
Health scoreComposite of profitability, growth, debt and accounting quality.2.0/106.0/106.0/105.0/106.0/10
Market value$30.7M$31.7M$43.0M$44.7M
Revenue$36.3M$174.7M$162.0K$48.5M
Profit-$8.9M$2.0M-$18.2M-$31.5M
Revenue growthChange in sales versus the prior year.-30.8%-5.3%3140.0%5.3%5.3%
Gross marginShare of sales left after the direct cost of producing them.—94.9%—55.9%75.4%
Operating marginShare of sales left after running the business, before interest and tax.-22.8%0.4%-12000.0%-59.6%-59.6%
Profit marginProfit kept from each dollar of sales.-24.6%1.1%-11250.0%-64.9%-64.9%
Free cash flow marginCash left after capital spending, as a share of sales.-11.7%7.7%-9667.3%-47.3%-47.3%
Return on equityProfit against the owners' stake in the company.-99.9%3.4%-81.1%-73.4%-73.4%
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.——-221.7%-55.3%-138.5%
P/E ratioPrice paid per dollar of annual profit.—16.13x——16.13x
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.—————
Price to book3.44x0.55x1.91x1.04x1.04x
Debt to equityTotal liabilities compared with owners' stake.1.41x1.03x0.38x0.99x0.99x
Piotroski F-ScoreNine checks of financial strength. Higher is stronger.3/74/84/75/94.0
Bankruptcy riskAltman Z-Score zone.distressgreyn/a for banksdistress

How INVU compares with the others

  • INVU's operating margin of -22.8% is higher than the median of the other companies selected (-59.6%).
  • Its revenue grew more slowly than the median of the other companies selected: -30.8% against 5.3%.
  • It has no P/E to set against theirs, because it did not make a profit.
  • Its liabilities are higher relative to equity than the median of the other companies selected: 1.4x against 1.0x.

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