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MetricSTZCONSTELLATION BRANDS, INC.BF.BBROWN FORMAN CORPMGPIMGP INGREDIENTS INCCWGLCrimson Wine Group, LtdMedian of the restexcluding STZ
TypeCompanyCompanyCompanyCompany
Price
$138.98▲ 6.96 (5.27%)
$28.18▲ 0.08 (0.28%)
$15.13▲ 0.11 (0.73%)
$4.13▲ 0.08 (2.06%)
Health scoreComposite of profitability, growth, debt and accounting quality.7.0/107.3/104.0/105.0/105.0/10
Market value$23.52B$13.14B$322.2M$85.0M
Revenue$9.14B$3.93B$536.4M$65.1M
Profit$1.69B$715.0M-$107.8M$613.0K
Revenue growthChange in sales versus the prior year.-10.5%-1.2%-23.8%-10.8%-10.8%
Gross marginShare of sales left after the direct cost of producing them.51.6%60.5%37.2%47.2%47.2%
Operating marginShare of sales left after running the business, before interest and tax.29.8%25.5%-17.6%-5.7%-5.7%
Profit marginProfit kept from each dollar of sales.18.5%18.2%-20.1%0.9%0.9%
Free cash flow marginCash left after capital spending, as a share of sales.19.6%22.7%14.2%-3.8%14.2%
Return on equityProfit against the owners' stake in the company.20.9%17.8%-15.0%0.3%0.3%
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.10.6%13.2%-7.7%-1.4%-1.4%
P/E ratioPrice paid per dollar of annual profit.13.94x18.38x—138.66x78.52x
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.10.73x——25.37x25.37x
Price to book2.91x3.27x0.45x0.46x0.46x
Debt to equityTotal liabilities compared with owners' stake.1.67x0.96x0.72x0.15x0.72x
Piotroski F-ScoreNine checks of financial strength. Higher is stronger.5/87/94/96/96.0
Bankruptcy riskAltman Z-Score zone.greysafesafegrey

How STZ compares with the others

  • STZ's operating margin of 29.8% is higher than the median of the other companies selected (-5.7%).
  • Its revenue growth of -10.5% is in line with the median of the other companies selected (-10.8%).
  • It trades at a lower P/E than the median of the other companies selected: 13.9x against 78.5x.
  • Its liabilities are higher relative to equity than the median of the other companies selected: 1.7x against 0.7x.

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