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Latest annual figures from each company's filings

MetricKTCCKEY TRONIC CORPMEIMETHODE ELECTRONICS INCOPTXSYNTEC OPTICS HOLDINGS, INC.RFILR F INDUSTRIES LTDMedian of the restexcluding KTCC
TypeCompanyCompanyCompanyCompany
Price
$2.16▲ 0.02 (0.93%)
$12.66▼ 1.90 (13.05%)
$6.66▼ 0.44 (6.20%)
$6.73▼ 0.59 (8.06%)
Health scoreComposite of profitability, growth, debt and accounting quality.4.0/105.0/105.0/107.3/105.0/10
Market value$23.5M$449.1M$245.9M$72.1M
Revenue$386.7M$1.02B$28.1M$80.6M
Profit-$47.8M-$35.7M-$1.8M$75.0K
Revenue growthChange in sales versus the prior year.-17.4%-2.8%-1.3%24.3%-1.3%
Gross marginShare of sales left after the direct cost of producing them.6.2%19.8%23.3%33.2%23.3%
Operating marginShare of sales left after running the business, before interest and tax.-3.8%0.9%-1.8%2.2%0.9%
Profit marginProfit kept from each dollar of sales.-12.4%-3.5%-6.4%0.1%-3.5%
Free cash flow marginCash left after capital spending, as a share of sales.-0.5%1.5%0.1%5.4%1.5%
Return on equityProfit against the owners' stake in the company.-69.1%-5.3%-18.8%0.2%-5.3%
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.-6.7%0.8%-3.4%4.7%0.8%
P/E ratioPrice paid per dollar of annual profit.———961.39x961.39x
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.—9.39x118.59x—63.99x
Price to book0.34x0.66x25.77x2.05x2.05x
Debt to equityTotal liabilities compared with owners' stake.3.33x0.93x1.55x1.07x1.07x
Piotroski F-ScoreNine checks of financial strength. Higher is stronger.3/95/98/98/88.0
Bankruptcy riskAltman Z-Score zone.distressgreysafegrey

How KTCC compares with the others

  • KTCC's operating margin of -3.8% is lower than the median of the other companies selected (0.9%).
  • Its revenue grew more slowly than the median of the other companies selected: -17.4% against -1.3%.
  • 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: 3.3x against 1.1x.

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