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MetricMSTRStrategy IncDDOGDatadog, Inc.CDNSCADENCE DESIGN SYSTEMS INCINTUINTUIT INC.Median of the restexcluding MSTR
TypeCompanyCompanyCompanyCompany
Price
$145.80▼ 7.68 (5.00%)
$257.75▼ 15.34 (5.62%)
$309.65▼ 16.42 (5.04%)
$354.90▲ 19.29 (5.75%)
Health scoreComposite of profitability, growth, debt and accounting quality.4.7/106.0/108.7/108.7/108.7/10
Market value$40.48B$89.52B$84.16B$95.25B
Revenue$477.2M$3.43B$5.30B$21.45B
Profit-$3.85B$107.7M$1.11B$4.57B
Revenue growthChange in sales versus the prior year.3.0%27.7%14.1%13.9%14.1%
Gross marginShare of sales left after the direct cost of producing them.68.7%80.0%——80.0%
Operating marginShare of sales left after running the business, before interest and tax.-1140.8%-1.3%28.2%27.4%27.4%
Profit marginProfit kept from each dollar of sales.-806.3%3.1%20.9%21.3%20.9%
Free cash flow marginCash left after capital spending, as a share of sales.-15.8%29.2%30.0%40.4%30.0%
Return on equityProfit against the owners' stake in the company.-8.7%2.9%20.3%24.0%20.3%
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.-8.6%-1.1%44.0%20.3%20.3%
P/E ratioPrice paid per dollar of annual profit.—830.87x75.90x20.86x75.90x
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.———16.18x16.18x
Price to book0.92x23.99x15.37x5.02x15.37x
Debt to equityTotal liabilities compared with owners' stake.0.24x0.78x0.85x0.94x0.85x
Piotroski F-ScoreNine checks of financial strength. Higher is stronger.3/95/86/77/86.0
Bankruptcy riskAltman Z-Score zone.n/a for bankssafesafesafe

How MSTR compares with the others

  • MSTR's operating margin of -1140.8% is lower than the median of the other companies selected (27.4%).
  • Its revenue grew more slowly than the median of the other companies selected: 3.0% against 14.1%.
  • 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: 0.2x against 0.9x.

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