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Latest annual figures from each company's filings

MetricSCDAB-Scada, Inc.QGSIQuantgate Systems IncMWAIMedWellAI, Inc.EPAZEpazz IncMedian of the restexcluding SCDA
TypeCompanyCompanyCompany—
Price
$0.54▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
$0.0067▼ 0.00 (6.94%)
$0.298▲ 0.02 (6.50%)
$0.11▼ 0.01 (8.33%)
Health scoreComposite of profitability, growth, debt and accounting quality.2.0/102.0/102.0/10not reported2.0/10
Market value$1.7M$2.0M$1.9M$1.8M
Revenue$1.9M$21.0K$527.9K—
Profit-$398.2K-$344.5K-$1.6M—
Revenue growthChange in sales versus the prior year.-5.0%-93.6%-11.2%—-52.4%
Gross marginShare of sales left after the direct cost of producing them.76.7%————
Operating marginShare of sales left after running the business, before interest and tax.-28.9%-1492.1%-234.2%—-863.2%
Profit marginProfit kept from each dollar of sales.-20.6%-1637.2%-301.1%—-969.1%
Free cash flow marginCash left after capital spending, as a share of sales.-3.4%—-58.2%—-58.2%
Return on equityProfit against the owners' stake in the company.-17.5%23.1%19.9%—21.5%
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.-28.7%————
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 book0.73x-1.37x-0.24x—-0.81x
Debt to equityTotal liabilities compared with owners' stake.0.22x-1.00x-1.00x—-1.00x
Piotroski F-ScoreNine checks of financial strength. Higher is stronger.4/93/83/7not reported3.0
Bankruptcy riskAltman Z-Score zone.distressdistressn/a for banksnot reported

How SCDA compares with the others

  • SCDA's operating margin of -28.9% is higher than the median of the other companies selected (-863.2%).
  • Its revenue grew faster than the median of the other companies selected: -5.0% against -52.4%.
  • Its liabilities are higher relative to equity than the median of the other companies selected: 0.2x 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.