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Latest annual figures from each company's filings

MetricWWayfair Inc.WSMWILLIAMS SONOMA INCRHRHBOBSBob's Discount Furniture, Inc.Median of the restexcluding W
TypeCompanyCompanyCompanyCompany
Price
$113.49▲ 0.18 (0.16%)
$260.80▲ 7.48 (2.95%)
$140.15▲ 12.14 (9.48%)
$16.31▲ 1.23 (8.16%)
Health scoreComposite of profitability, growth, debt and accounting quality.3.3/107.3/104.7/106.0/106.0/10
Market value$14.53B$30.98B$2.64B$2.12B
Revenue$12.46B$7.81B$3.44B$2.37B
Profit-$313.0M$1.09B$124.8M$121.7M
Revenue growthChange in sales versus the prior year.5.1%1.2%8.1%16.8%8.1%
Gross marginShare of sales left after the direct cost of producing them.30.2%46.2%44.1%45.7%45.7%
Operating marginShare of sales left after running the business, before interest and tax.0.1%18.1%11.3%7.7%11.3%
Profit marginProfit kept from each dollar of sales.-2.5%13.9%3.6%5.1%5.1%
Free cash flow marginCash left after capital spending, as a share of sales.3.7%13.5%7.3%3.4%7.3%
Return on equityProfit against the owners' stake in the company.11.3%52.3%205.9%74.3%74.3%
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.—99.8%1491.5%30.5%99.8%
P/E ratioPrice paid per dollar of annual profit.—28.46x21.14x17.39x21.14x
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.50.69x——9.51x9.51x
Price to book-5.22x14.87x43.52x12.91x14.87x
Debt to equityTotal liabilities compared with owners' stake.-2.24x1.60x78.80x10.05x10.05x
Piotroski F-ScoreNine checks of financial strength. Higher is stronger.6/94/86/87/86.0
Bankruptcy riskAltman Z-Score zone.distresssafedistressdistress

How W compares with the others

  • W's operating margin of 0.1% is lower than the median of the other companies selected (11.3%).
  • Its revenue grew more slowly than the median of the other companies selected: 5.1% against 8.1%.
  • 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: -2.2x against 10.1x.

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