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MetricTTGTTechTarget, Inc.MNTNMNTN, Inc.ADVAdvantage Solutions Inc.BOCBOSTON OMAHA CorpMedian of the restexcluding TTGT
TypeCompanyCompanyCompanyCompany
Price
$3.78▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
$9.62▼ 0.24 (2.43%)
$28.30▲ 0.60 (2.17%)
$12.45▼ 0.19 (1.50%)
Health scoreComposite of profitability, growth, debt and accounting quality.4.7/107.3/104.0/105.0/105.0/10
Market value$273.3M$737.6M$389.0M$391.1M
Revenue$486.8M$290.1M$3.54B$114.4M
Profit-$1.01B-$6.4M-$227.7M-$12.4M
Revenue growthChange in sales versus the prior year.70.9%28.6%-0.7%5.6%5.6%
Gross marginShare of sales left after the direct cost of producing them.60.2%77.2%14.0%65.8%65.8%
Operating marginShare of sales left after running the business, before interest and tax.-210.7%8.3%-3.6%-3.4%-3.4%
Profit marginProfit kept from each dollar of sales.-207.1%-2.2%-6.4%-10.9%-6.4%
Free cash flow marginCash left after capital spending, as a share of sales.3.3%—1.6%-8.8%-3.6%
Return on equityProfit against the owners' stake in the company.-169.6%-2.1%-41.1%-2.4%-2.4%
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.-146.3%19.9%-5.0%-0.6%-0.6%
P/E ratioPrice paid per dollar of annual profit.—————
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.———31.41x31.41x
Price to book0.46x2.41x0.70x0.76x0.76x
Debt to equityTotal liabilities compared with owners' stake.0.58x0.24x4.04x0.34x0.34x
Piotroski F-ScoreNine checks of financial strength. Higher is stronger.5/85/86/94/95.0
Bankruptcy riskAltman Z-Score zone.distresssafedistresssafe

How TTGT compares with the others

  • TTGT's operating margin of -210.7% is lower than the median of the other companies selected (-3.4%).
  • Its revenue grew faster than the median of the other companies selected: 70.9% against 5.6%.
  • Its liabilities are higher relative to equity than the median of the other companies selected: 0.6x against 0.3x.

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