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MetricZBRAZEBRA TECHNOLOGIES CORPKEYSKeysight Technologies, Inc.TDYTELEDYNE TECHNOLOGIES INCAEISADVANCED ENERGY INDUSTRIES INCMedian of the restexcluding ZBRA
TypeCompanyCompanyCompanyCompany
Price
$384.08▲ 8.31 (2.21%)
$311.52▼ 29.83 (8.74%)
$620.47▼ 9.63 (1.53%)
$216.64▼ 30.91 (12.49%)
Health scoreComposite of profitability, growth, debt and accounting quality.8.0/109.0/109.0/109.0/109.0/10
Market value$19.73B$53.52B$28.66B$8.19B
Revenue$5.40B$5.38B$6.12B$1.80B
Profit$419.0M$850.0M$894.8M$148.4M
Revenue growthChange in sales versus the prior year.8.3%8.0%7.9%21.4%8.0%
Gross marginShare of sales left after the direct cost of producing them.48.1%62.1%42.8%37.7%42.8%
Operating marginShare of sales left after running the business, before interest and tax.13.0%16.3%18.8%9.3%16.3%
Profit marginProfit kept from each dollar of sales.7.8%15.8%14.6%8.2%14.6%
Free cash flow marginCash left after capital spending, as a share of sales.15.4%23.8%17.6%7.0%17.6%
Return on equityProfit against the owners' stake in the company.11.7%14.5%8.5%10.9%10.9%
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.8.8%10.5%7.4%8.7%8.7%
P/E ratioPrice paid per dollar of annual profit.47.10x62.97x32.03x55.18x55.18x
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.28.68x53.81x24.26x37.10x37.10x
Price to book5.50x9.10x2.73x6.01x6.01x
Debt to equityTotal liabilities compared with owners' stake.1.37x0.92x0.45x0.86x0.86x
Piotroski F-ScoreNine checks of financial strength. Higher is stronger.5/95/97/98/97.0
Bankruptcy riskAltman Z-Score zone.safesafesafesafe

How ZBRA compares with the others

  • ZBRA's operating margin of 13.0% is lower than the median of the other companies selected (16.3%).
  • Its revenue growth of 8.3% is in line with the median of the other companies selected (8.0%).
  • It trades at a lower P/E than the median of the other companies selected: 47.1x against 55.2x.
  • Its liabilities are higher relative to equity than the median of the other companies selected: 1.4x against 0.9x.

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