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Latest annual figures from each company's filings

MetricSNASnap-on IncOTISOtis Worldwide CorpIRIngersoll Rand Inc.DOVDOVER CorpMedian of the restexcluding SNA
TypeCompanyCompanyCompanyCompany
Price
$356.46▼ 12.45 (3.37%)
$72.35▲ 0.28 (0.39%)
$79.06▲ 0.47 (0.60%)
$199.84▲ 2.70 (1.37%)
Health scoreComposite of profitability, growth, debt and accounting quality.8.7/106.0/108.0/109.0/108.0/10
Market value$18.50B$28.69B$30.92B$27.42B
Revenue$4.71B$14.43B$7.65B$8.09B
Profit$1.02B$1.38B$581.4M$1.09B
Revenue growthChange in sales versus the prior year.0.7%1.2%5.7%4.5%4.5%
Gross marginShare of sales left after the direct cost of producing them.——43.6%39.8%41.7%
Operating marginShare of sales left after running the business, before interest and tax.28.2%14.8%15.0%17.0%15.0%
Profit marginProfit kept from each dollar of sales.21.6%9.6%7.6%13.5%9.6%
Free cash flow marginCash left after capital spending, as a share of sales.21.4%10.0%15.9%13.8%13.8%
Return on equityProfit against the owners' stake in the company.17.1%-25.7%5.8%14.8%5.8%
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.18.4%121.8%5.2%12.1%12.1%
P/E ratioPrice paid per dollar of annual profit.18.20x20.73x53.19x25.07x25.07x
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.12.67x15.31x20.88x16.59x16.59x
Price to book3.12x-5.32x3.06x3.70x3.06x
Debt to equityTotal liabilities compared with owners' stake.0.41x-2.95x0.81x0.81x0.81x
Piotroski F-ScoreNine checks of financial strength. Higher is stronger.6/85/86/96/96.0
Bankruptcy riskAltman Z-Score zone.safegreysafesafe

How SNA compares with the others

  • SNA's operating margin of 28.2% is higher than the median of the other companies selected (15.0%).
  • Its revenue grew more slowly than the median of the other companies selected: 0.7% against 4.5%.
  • It trades at a lower P/E than the median of the other companies selected: 18.2x against 25.1x.
  • Its liabilities are lower relative to equity than the median of the other companies selected: 0.4x against 0.8x.

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