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Financials

Profitability

Gross Profit Margin32.54%

EBITDA Margin12.71%

EBIT Margin8.65%

Pre-tax Margin7.11%

Net Profit Margin5.39%

Earnings Yield6.73%

Valuation Multiples

Price / Book1.41

Price / Sales0.82

Price / Earnings14.89

PEG0.04

Forward PEG2.99

EV / Sales0.95

EV / EBITDA7.47

EV / Operating Cash Flow7.50

EV / Free Cash Flow8.47

Price / Free Cash Flow7.28

Price / Operating Cash Flow6.33

Cash Flow & Capital

Free Cash Flow / Share$5.62

Operating Cash Flow / Share$6.35

Free Cash Flow Yield13.74%

Capex / Revenue1.45%

Capex / Operating Cash Flow11.45%

Capex / Depreciation0.55

Stock Compensation / Revenue0.69%

Dividend Payout Ratio0.00%

Dividend Yield0.00%

Liquidity & Leverage

Current Ratio3.79

Quick Ratio2.67

Cash Ratio1.77

Debt / Assets0.37

Debt / Capital0.45

Debt / Equity0.81

Long-Term Debt / Capital0.41

Debt / Market Cap47.44%

Net Debt / EBITDA1.05

Solvency Ratio0.14

Financial Leverage2.17

Efficiency & Working Capital

Asset Turnover0.81

Fixed Asset Turnover5.72

Inventory Turnover3.29

Receivables Turnover6.70

Payables Turnover9.58

Days Sales Outstanding54.47

Days Inventory Outstanding110.82

Days Payables Outstanding38.12

Operating Cycle165.29

Cash Conversion Cycle127.17

Working Capital Turnover2.02

Returns & Quality

Return on Equity10.15%

Return on Assets4.39%

Return on Invested Capital5.79%

ROCE7.75%

Return on Tangible Assets5.90%

Operating Return on Assets6.64%

Income Quality2.35

Tax Burden0.76

Interest Burden0.82

Balance Sheet & Intrinsic Metrics

Enterprise Value$2.93B

Invested Capital$3.08B

Working Capital$1.57B

Tangible Asset Value$774.16M

Net Current Asset Value$91.65M

Graham Number$41.59

Graham Net-Net-$6.27

Book Value / Share$28.43

Tangible Book Value / Share$12.6

Cash / Share$16.22

Financial Health Scores

Piotroski Score7

Altman Z-Score2.72

Revenue$3.08B

EBIT$266.86M

Market Cap$2.51B

Working Capital$1.57B

Retained Earnings$1.18B

Total Assets$3.79B

Total Liabilities$2.04B