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Latest annual figures from each company's filings

MetricPAYDPAID INCAPHDVERDE BIO HOLDINGS, INC.NTRPNextTrip, Inc.DRKDarkHorse Technologies Inc.Median of the restexcluding PAYD
TypeCompanyCompanyCompanyCompany
Price
$2.20▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
$1.00▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
$1.39▲ 0.10 (7.75%)
$1.96▲ 0.03 (1.55%)
Health scoreComposite of profitability, growth, debt and accounting quality.3.3/102.0/104.7/103.3/103.3/10
Market value$18.4M$21.8M$19.4M$20.7M
Revenue$20.7M—$3.7M$11.2M
Profit-$368.2K-$1.9M-$15.9M-$21.5M
Revenue growthChange in sales versus the prior year.11.4%—641.0%-32.7%304.2%
Gross marginShare of sales left after the direct cost of producing them.22.4%—17.6%23.5%20.5%
Operating marginShare of sales left after running the business, before interest and tax.-3.2%—-440.5%-196.8%-318.6%
Profit marginProfit kept from each dollar of sales.-1.8%—-428.3%-192.1%-310.2%
Free cash flow marginCash left after capital spending, as a share of sales.-0.3%——-211.2%-211.2%
Return on equityProfit against the owners' stake in the company.-6.6%-84.2%-296.1%-92.2%-92.2%
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.-11.7%-59.3%-351.5%-88.7%-88.7%
P/E ratioPrice paid per dollar of annual profit.—————
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 book3.33x9.84x3.62x0.89x3.62x
Debt to equityTotal liabilities compared with owners' stake.0.49x0.83x1.36x0.08x0.83x
Piotroski F-ScoreNine checks of financial strength. Higher is stronger.4/82/63/84/83.0
Bankruptcy riskAltman Z-Score zone.distressdistressdistressn/a for banks

How PAYD compares with the others

  • PAYD's operating margin of -3.2% is higher than the median of the other companies selected (-318.6%).
  • Its revenue grew more slowly than the median of the other companies selected: 11.4% against 304.2%.
  • Its liabilities are lower relative to equity than the median of the other companies selected: 0.5x against 0.8x.

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