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MetricSNXTD SYNNEX CORPCDWCDW CorpARWARROW ELECTRONICS, INC.AVTAVNET INCMedian of the restexcluding SNX
TypeCompanyCompanyCompanyCompany
Price
$247.08▼ 4.06 (1.62%)
$164.62▲ 6.34 (4.01%)
$209.40▼ 9.72 (4.44%)
$88.64▼ 4.49 (4.82%)
Health scoreComposite of profitability, growth, debt and accounting quality.8.0/107.0/105.0/106.0/106.0/10
Market value$20.92B$21.30B$10.92B$7.27B
Revenue$62.51B$22.42B$30.85B$27.63B
Profit$827.7M$1.07B$571.3M$334.4M
Revenue growthChange in sales versus the prior year.6.9%6.8%10.5%24.5%10.5%
Gross marginShare of sales left after the direct cost of producing them.7.0%21.7%11.2%10.4%11.2%
Operating marginShare of sales left after running the business, before interest and tax.2.3%7.4%2.7%2.6%2.7%
Profit marginProfit kept from each dollar of sales.1.3%4.8%1.9%1.2%1.9%
Free cash flow marginCash left after capital spending, as a share of sales.2.2%4.9%-0.1%-1.3%-0.1%
Return on equityProfit against the owners' stake in the company.9.8%40.9%8.7%6.7%8.7%
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.10.4%16.2%7.0%6.4%7.0%
P/E ratioPrice paid per dollar of annual profit.25.27x19.97x19.12x21.76x19.97x
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.12.62x13.49x14.27x—13.88x
Price to book2.48x8.17x1.66x1.45x1.66x
Debt to equityTotal liabilities compared with owners' stake.3.05x5.15x3.42x2.07x3.42x
Piotroski F-ScoreNine checks of financial strength. Higher is stronger.7/95/95/94/95.0
Bankruptcy riskAltman Z-Score zone.greygreysafesafe

How SNX compares with the others

  • SNX's operating margin of 2.3% is in line with the median of the other companies selected (2.7%).
  • Its revenue grew more slowly than the median of the other companies selected: 6.9% against 10.5%.
  • It trades at a higher P/E than the median of the other companies selected: 25.3x against 20.0x.
  • Its liabilities are lower relative to equity than the median of the other companies selected: 3.1x against 3.4x.

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