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Financials

Profitability

Gross Profit Margin28.32%

EBITDA Margin13.10%

EBIT Margin10.60%

Pre-tax Margin9.81%

Net Profit Margin6.96%

Earnings Yield7.73%

Valuation Multiples

Price / Book1.42

Price / Sales0.92

Price / Earnings12.86

PEG0.32

Forward PEG1.65

EV / Sales1.33

EV / EBITDA10.19

EV / Operating Cash Flow9.04

EV / Free Cash Flow16.30

Price / Free Cash Flow11.27

Price / Operating Cash Flow6.10

Cash Flow & Capital

Free Cash Flow / Share$1.38

Operating Cash Flow / Share$2.49

Free Cash Flow Yield8.87%

Capex / Revenue6.58%

Capex / Operating Cash Flow44.54%

Capex / Depreciation1.98

Stock Compensation / Revenue1.10%

Dividend Payout Ratio0.00%

Dividend Yield0.00%

Liquidity & Leverage

Current Ratio0.41

Quick Ratio0.38

Cash Ratio0.16

Debt / Assets0.35

Debt / Capital0.41

Debt / Equity0.69

Long-Term Debt / Capital0.09

Debt / Market Cap6.49%

Net Debt / EBITDA3.14

Solvency Ratio0.16

Financial Leverage1.95

Efficiency & Working Capital

Asset Turnover0.81

Fixed Asset Turnover5.03

Inventory Turnover207.13

Receivables Turnover37.49

Payables Turnover19.07

Days Sales Outstanding9.74

Days Inventory Outstanding1.76

Days Payables Outstanding19.14

Operating Cycle11.5

Cash Conversion Cycle-7.64

Working Capital Turnover-10.02

Returns & Quality

Return on Equity11.68%

Return on Assets5.63%

Return on Invested Capital6.80%

ROCE9.92%

Return on Tangible Assets11.31%

Operating Return on Assets8.63%

Income Quality2.12

Tax Burden0.71

Interest Burden0.93

Balance Sheet & Intrinsic Metrics

Enterprise Value$668.43M

Invested Capital$359.95M

Working Capital$-50.27M

Tangible Asset Value$6.48M

Net Current Asset Value$-267.47M

Graham Number$16.78

Graham Net-Net-$9.34

Book Value / Share$10.66

Tangible Book Value / Share$0.22

Cash / Share$0.45

Financial Health Scores

Piotroski Score8

Altman Z-Score2.05

Revenue$500.79M

EBIT$53.07M

Market Cap$458.66M

Working Capital$-50.27M

Retained Earnings$64.52M

Total Assets$618.79M

Total Liabilities$301.74M