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MetricLOVELovesac CoLZBLA-Z-BOY INCXMAXXMax Inc.ETDETHAN ALLEN INTERIORS INCMedian of the restexcluding LOVE
TypeCompanyCompanyCompanyCompany
Price
$14.69▲ 0.29 (2.01%)
$30.40▲ 1.72 (6.00%)
$8.75▲ 0.25 (2.94%)
$20.79▲ 1.01 (5.11%)
Health scoreComposite of profitability, growth, debt and accounting quality.6.0/107.3/107.3/106.0/107.3/10
Market value$214.7M$1.23B$366.5M$523.8M
Revenue$697.1M$2.13B$16.7M$579.5M
Profit$4.1M$102.0M-$3.4M$39.9M
Revenue growthChange in sales versus the prior year.2.4%0.8%72.6%-5.7%0.8%
Gross marginShare of sales left after the direct cost of producing them.56.4%44.0%25.0%61.2%44.0%
Operating marginShare of sales left after running the business, before interest and tax.0.8%6.1%-11.5%7.8%6.1%
Profit marginProfit kept from each dollar of sales.0.6%4.8%-20.4%6.9%4.8%
Free cash flow marginCash left after capital spending, as a share of sales.3.8%6.0%—7.2%6.6%
Return on equityProfit against the owners' stake in the company.1.9%9.7%-12.2%8.5%8.5%
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.2.8%12.7%-7.2%8.5%8.5%
P/E ratioPrice paid per dollar of annual profit.52.82x12.03x—13.13x12.58x
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 book0.98x1.17x13.11x1.11x1.17x
Debt to equityTotal liabilities compared with owners' stake.1.44x0.95x0.27x0.53x0.53x
Piotroski F-ScoreNine checks of financial strength. Higher is stronger.6/86/83/86/86.0
Bankruptcy riskAltman Z-Score zone.greygreysafesafe

How LOVE compares with the others

  • LOVE's operating margin of 0.8% is lower than the median of the other companies selected (6.1%).
  • Its revenue growth of 2.4% is in line with the median of the other companies selected (0.8%).
  • It trades at a higher P/E than the median of the other companies selected: 52.8x against 12.6x.
  • Its liabilities are higher relative to equity than the median of the other companies selected: 1.4x against 0.5x.

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