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Latest annual figures from each company's filings

MetricTWAVTaoWeave, Inc.SDCHSideChannel, Inc.BCDSBlaqclouds IncEVOLSymbolic Logic IncMedian of the restexcluding TWAV
TypeCompanyCompany—Company
Price
$1.45▼ 0.04 (2.68%)
$1.50▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
$0.02▼ 0.00 (14.89%)
$0.60▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Health scoreComposite of profitability, growth, debt and accounting quality.3.3/102.0/10not reported6.0/104.0/10
Market value$4.8M$6.9M$18.3M$7.4M
Revenue$2.4M$7.4M—$0.00
Profit-$6.4M-$892.0K—$17.4M
Revenue growthChange in sales versus the prior year.2.5%-0.7%——-0.7%
Gross marginShare of sales left after the direct cost of producing them.41.6%47.7%——47.7%
Operating marginShare of sales left after running the business, before interest and tax.-121.5%-12.5%——-12.5%
Profit marginProfit kept from each dollar of sales.-260.8%-12.1%——-12.1%
Free cash flow marginCash left after capital spending, as a share of sales.—————
Return on equityProfit against the owners' stake in the company.-90.4%-41.6%—46.2%2.3%
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.-49.0%-67.3%——-67.3%
P/E ratioPrice paid per dollar of annual profit.———0.42x0.42x
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.—————
Price to book0.69x3.20x—0.19x1.70x
Debt to equityTotal liabilities compared with owners' stake.0.17x0.62x—0.05x0.33x
Piotroski F-ScoreNine checks of financial strength. Higher is stronger.3/83/8not reported2/32.5
Bankruptcy riskAltman Z-Score zone.distressdistressnot reportedsafe

How TWAV compares with the others

  • TWAV's operating margin of -121.5% is lower than the other company selected (-12.5%).
  • Its revenue grew faster than the other company selected: 2.5% against -0.7%.
  • It has no P/E to set against theirs, because it did not make a profit.
  • Its liabilities are lower relative to equity than the median of the other companies selected: 0.2x 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.