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Profitability
Operating margin9.9%+15.0pp8.4%+15.7pp0.5%-5.8pp-2.1%-10.3pp-5.2%-14.3pp
Net margin0.3%+14.5pp-2.4%+10.4pp-9.5%-10.1pp-12%-15.2pp-14.2%-18.5pp
EBITDA margin25.4%+13.6pp24.2%+14.5pp17%-5.6pp14.7%-10.1pp11.8%-14.2pp
Free cash flow margin13.5%12%
Returns
Return on equity0.4%+14.0pp-2.9%+7.0pp-12.5%-13.0pp-13.6%-16.0pp-13.6%-16.8pp
Return on assets0.1%+5.5pp-1%+3.0pp-5%-5.3pp-5.5%-6.9pp-5.4%-7.3pp
Return on invested capital5%+7.4pp4.1%+6.8pp0.3%-2.5pp-1.2%-5.2pp-2.4%-6.7pp
Efficiency
Asset turnover0.4×0.0×0.4×+0.1×0.5×+0.1×0.5×0.0×0.4×-0.1×
Liquidity
Current ratio2.7×+0.7×2.4×+0.5×2.3×-1.6×-2.3×-2.3×
Quick ratio2.7×+0.7×2.4×+0.5×2.3×-1.6×-2.3×-2.3×
Cash ratio1.1×+0.4×+0.4×0.9×-1.6×0.7×-2.0×0.7×-1.9×
Leverage
Debt-to-equity1.6×-0.1×1.6×-0.1×1.6×+1.0×1.6×+1.0×1.7×+1.1×
Debt-to-assets0.6×0.0×0.5×0.0×0.5×+0.2×0.6×+0.2×0.6×+0.2×
Net debt / EBITDA4.5×-11.5×4.9×-18.9×7.6×+6.1×10.6×+9.1×16×+14.4×
Per Share
Book value per share$7.40-0.1%$7.58-13.8%$7.41+16.0%$7.42+18.5%$7.40+17.1%
Valuation
Market capitalization$2.05B-16.1%$2.53B-21.8%$2.68B-6.2%$2.92B+26.4%$2.44B+5.3%
Enterprise value$3.89B-12.1%$4.38B-16.1%$4.57B+46.8%$4.87B+87.0%$4.42B+67.3%
Price / earnings404.4×
Price / sales1.3×-1.1×1.6×-2.2×1.8×-1.9×2.3×-0.7×2.3×-0.7×
Price / book1.6×-0.3×1.9×-0.5×2.1×-1.0×2.2×-0.3×1.9×-0.6×
EV / EBITDA9.5×-26.2×11.5×-51.0×18.4×+0.1×26.5×+12.6×35.8×+22.3×
EV / sales2.4×-1.8×2.8×-3.3×3.1×-1.0×3.9×+0.5×4.2×+0.7×
Free cash flow yield10.5%7.5%
Earnings yield0.2%+6.3pp-1.5%+1.9pp-5.2%-5.4pp-5.1%-6.2pp-6.1%-7.5pp

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