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MetricSCSCSCANSOURCE, INC.INGMIngram Micro Holding CorpNSITINSIGHT ENTERPRISES INCPLUSEPLUS INCMedian of the restexcluding SCSC
TypeCompanyCompanyCompanyCompany
Price
$59.96▼ 1.09 (1.79%)
$27.50▼ 0.13 (0.47%)
$171.27▲ 0.08 (0.05%)
$94.14▲ 0.06 (0.06%)
Health scoreComposite of profitability, growth, debt and accounting quality.8.0/108.0/106.0/108.7/108.0/10
Market value$1.21B$6.46B$5.31B$2.48B
Revenue$3.23B$52.56B$8.25B$2.44B
Profit$78.9M$327.9M$157.3M$132.6M
Revenue growthChange in sales versus the prior year.6.1%9.5%-5.2%22.1%9.5%
Gross marginShare of sales left after the direct cost of producing them.13.6%6.7%21.4%25.2%21.4%
Operating marginShare of sales left after running the business, before interest and tax.3.1%1.7%4.1%6.8%4.1%
Profit marginProfit kept from each dollar of sales.2.4%0.6%1.9%5.4%1.9%
Free cash flow marginCash left after capital spending, as a share of sales.3.5%1.5%3.4%-4.9%1.5%
Return on equityProfit against the owners' stake in the company.8.7%7.7%9.5%12.4%9.5%
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.8.1%9.7%8.8%19.3%9.7%
P/E ratioPrice paid per dollar of annual profit.15.33x19.72x33.74x18.67x19.72x
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.9.99x7.26x14.31x—10.78x
Price to book1.33x1.52x3.22x2.32x2.32x
Debt to equityTotal liabilities compared with owners' stake.1.12x4.00x4.51x0.68x4.00x
Piotroski F-ScoreNine checks of financial strength. Higher is stronger.7/96/96/95/86.0
Bankruptcy riskAltman Z-Score zone.safegreygreysafe

How SCSC compares with the others

  • SCSC's operating margin of 3.1% is lower than the median of the other companies selected (4.1%).
  • Its revenue grew more slowly than the median of the other companies selected: 6.1% against 9.5%.
  • It trades at a lower P/E than the median of the other companies selected: 15.3x against 19.7x.
  • Its liabilities are lower relative to equity than the median of the other companies selected: 1.1x against 4.0x.

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