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MetricRELLRICHARDSON ELECTRONICS, LTD.CNXNPC CONNECTION INCSCSCSCANSOURCE, INC.ADIGADI GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION INC.Median of the restexcluding RELL
TypeCompanyCompanyCompanyCompany
Price
$17.50▼ 2.21 (11.21%)
$88.51▲ 0.78 (0.89%)
$59.96▼ 1.09 (1.79%)
$16.48▼ 0.07 (0.42%)
Health scoreComposite of profitability, growth, debt and accounting quality.7.3/107.3/108.0/105.0/107.3/10
Market value$222.1M$2.23B$1.21B$1.25B
Revenue$228.6M$2.87B$3.23B$4.78B
Profit$6.4M$83.7M$78.9M-$261.0M
Revenue growthChange in sales versus the prior year.9.4%2.5%6.1%14.0%6.1%
Gross marginShare of sales left after the direct cost of producing them.31.2%18.8%13.6%22.3%18.8%
Operating marginShare of sales left after running the business, before interest and tax.2.8%3.5%3.1%3.7%3.5%
Profit marginProfit kept from each dollar of sales.2.8%2.9%2.4%-5.5%2.4%
Free cash flow marginCash left after capital spending, as a share of sales.-1.6%2.0%3.5%-12.0%2.0%
Return on equityProfit against the owners' stake in the company.3.9%9.2%8.7%-15.5%8.7%
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.4.2%10.2%8.1%5.2%8.1%
P/E ratioPrice paid per dollar of annual profit.34.79x26.66x15.33x—21.00x
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.——9.99x6.96x8.48x
Price to book1.36x2.45x1.33x0.74x1.33x
Debt to equityTotal liabilities compared with owners' stake.0.23x0.48x1.12x1.47x1.12x
Piotroski F-ScoreNine checks of financial strength. Higher is stronger.6/84/87/93/84.0
Bankruptcy riskAltman Z-Score zone.safesafesafenot reported

How RELL compares with the others

  • RELL's operating margin of 2.8% is in line with the median of the other companies selected (3.5%).
  • Its revenue grew faster than the median of the other companies selected: 9.4% against 6.1%.
  • It trades at a higher P/E than the median of the other companies selected: 34.8x against 21.0x.
  • Its liabilities are lower relative to equity than the median of the other companies selected: 0.2x 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.