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MetricSGCSUPERIOR GROUP OF COMPANIES, INC.GIIIG III APPAREL GROUP LTD /DE/CRICARTERS INCMOVMOVADO GROUP INCMedian of the restexcluding SGC
TypeCompanyCompanyCompanyCompany
Price
$12.97▲ 0.34 (2.69%)
$29.78▲ 1.34 (4.71%)
$33.93▲ 1.45 (4.46%)
$32.28▼ 0.14 (0.43%)
Health scoreComposite of profitability, growth, debt and accounting quality.6.0/107.0/107.3/107.3/107.3/10
Market value$204.0M$1.26B$1.24B$718.0M
Revenue$566.2M$2.96B$2.90B$671.3M
Profit$7.0M$67.4M$91.8M$26.6M
Revenue growthChange in sales versus the prior year.0.1%-7.0%1.9%2.7%1.9%
Gross marginShare of sales left after the direct cost of producing them.37.6%39.4%45.4%54.2%45.4%
Operating marginShare of sales left after running the business, before interest and tax.—3.7%5.0%4.4%4.4%
Profit marginProfit kept from each dollar of sales.1.2%2.3%3.2%4.0%3.2%
Free cash flow marginCash left after capital spending, as a share of sales.2.8%8.9%2.4%8.0%8.0%
Return on equityProfit against the owners' stake in the company.3.6%3.8%9.9%5.2%5.2%
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.—4.8%11.5%8.3%8.3%
P/E ratioPrice paid per dollar of annual profit.29.15x18.65x13.46x27.04x18.65x
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.—6.44x6.73x—6.59x
Price to book1.06x0.71x1.34x1.41x1.34x
Debt to equityTotal liabilities compared with owners' stake.1.19x0.48x1.77x0.46x0.48x
Piotroski F-ScoreNine checks of financial strength. Higher is stronger.4/95/95/98/85.0
Bankruptcy riskAltman Z-Score zone.greysafegreysafe

How SGC compares with the others

  • SGC's profit margin of 1.2% is lower than the median of the other companies selected (3.2%).
  • Its revenue growth of 0.1% is in line with the median of the other companies selected (1.9%).
  • It trades at a higher P/E than the median of the other companies selected: 29.1x against 18.7x.
  • Its liabilities are higher relative to equity than the median of the other companies selected: 1.2x against 0.5x.

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