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MetricRVTYREVVITY, INC.WATWATERS CORP /DE/ILMNILLUMINA, INC.MTDMETTLER TOLEDO INTERNATIONAL INC/Median of the restexcluding RVTY
TypeCompanyCompanyCompanyCompany
Price
$156.61▲ 0.60 (0.38%)
$457.47▲ 14.64 (3.31%)
$282.86▲ 14.93 (5.57%)
$1677.94▲ 43.93 (2.69%)
Health scoreComposite of profitability, growth, debt and accounting quality.6.0/109.0/106.0/108.7/108.7/10
Market value$17.58B$27.24B$43.28B$34.16B
Revenue$2.86B$3.17B$4.34B$4.03B
Profit$241.2M$642.6M$850.0M$869.2M
Revenue growthChange in sales versus the prior year.3.7%7.0%-0.7%4.0%4.0%
Gross marginShare of sales left after the direct cost of producing them.—59.3%66.1%59.4%59.4%
Operating marginShare of sales left after running the business, before interest and tax.12.5%25.4%18.6%—22.0%
Profit marginProfit kept from each dollar of sales.8.4%20.3%19.6%21.6%20.3%
Free cash flow marginCash left after capital spending, as a share of sales.17.8%17.1%21.4%21.1%21.1%
Return on equityProfit against the owners' stake in the company.3.3%25.1%31.2%-3677.4%25.1%
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.3.4%23.4%48.4%—35.9%
P/E ratioPrice paid per dollar of annual profit.72.90x42.39x50.91x39.30x42.39x
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.26.10x30.99x——30.99x
Price to book2.43x10.64x15.89x-1445.33x10.64x
Debt to equityTotal liabilities compared with owners' stake.0.68x0.98x1.44x-158.08x0.98x
Piotroski F-ScoreNine checks of financial strength. Higher is stronger.6/86/97/87/97.0
Bankruptcy riskAltman Z-Score zone.safesafesafesafe

How RVTY compares with the others

  • RVTY's operating margin of 12.5% is lower than the median of the other companies selected (22.0%).
  • Its revenue growth of 3.7% is in line with the median of the other companies selected (4.0%).
  • It trades at a higher P/E than the median of the other companies selected: 72.9x against 42.4x.
  • Its liabilities are lower relative to equity than the median of the other companies selected: 0.7x against 1.0x.

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