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MetricITGARTNER INCIBMINTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPCTSHCOGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS CORPQNTQuantinuum Inc.Median of the restexcluding IT
TypeCompanyCompanyCompanyCompany
Price
$234.44▲ 14.87 (6.77%)
$252.11▲ 0.65 (0.26%)
$73.72▲ 4.17 (6.00%)
$35.90▼ 2.75 (7.12%)
Health scoreComposite of profitability, growth, debt and accounting quality.9.0/108.0/109.0/107.3/108.0/10
Market value$18.01B$236.22B$35.31B$9.69B
Revenue$6.50B$67.53B$21.11B$30.9M
Profit$729.2M$10.59B$2.23B-$71.5M
Revenue growthChange in sales versus the prior year.3.7%7.6%7.0%34.6%7.6%
Gross marginShare of sales left after the direct cost of producing them.68.8%58.2%33.7%62.2%58.2%
Operating marginShare of sales left after running the business, before interest and tax.15.8%—16.1%-1713.7%-848.8%
Profit marginProfit kept from each dollar of sales.11.2%15.7%10.6%-231.3%10.6%
Free cash flow marginCash left after capital spending, as a share of sales.18.1%17.9%12.3%-760.9%12.3%
Return on equityProfit against the owners' stake in the company.228.0%32.4%14.9%-4.2%14.9%
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.48.9%—15.9%-45.3%-14.7%
P/E ratioPrice paid per dollar of annual profit.24.70x22.30x15.83x—19.07x
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.15.72x—8.63x—8.63x
Price to book56.30x7.24x2.35x5.74x5.74x
Debt to equityTotal liabilities compared with owners' stake.24.27x3.65x0.38x0.09x0.38x
Piotroski F-ScoreNine checks of financial strength. Higher is stronger.6/97/97/94/87.0
Bankruptcy riskAltman Z-Score zone.safesafesafesafe

How IT compares with the others

  • IT's operating margin of 15.8% is higher than the median of the other companies selected (-848.8%).
  • Its revenue grew more slowly than the median of the other companies selected: 3.7% against 7.6%.
  • It trades at a higher P/E than the median of the other companies selected: 24.7x against 19.1x.
  • Its liabilities are higher relative to equity than the median of the other companies selected: 24.3x against 0.4x.

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