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14.90 USD -0.02 (-0.14%)

Nov 4, 2026, 10:31 AM EST

14.89 Day range 14.92
13.44 52-week range 17.28
YTD
+3.90%
1 year
+10.85%

Financial health

Altman Z-Score

0.51 Distress zone

Bankruptcy-risk model: below 1.81 distress, above 2.99 safe.

Piotroski F-Score

7 / 9 Strong

Nine pass/fail tests of profitability, leverage and efficiency.

FMP rating

B+3 / 5 overall

  • DCF 1
  • Return on Equity 5
  • Return on Assets 4
  • Debt / Equity 1
  • P/E 5
  • P/B 2

Valuation

P/E 11.4×
FY 2016: -6.8×FY 2017: -6.2×FY 2018: 7.9×FY 2019: 43.3×FY 2020: 336×FY 2021: -39.8×FY 2022: -35.1×FY 2023: 52.0×FY 2024: 5.4×FY 2025: 11.4×
FY 2016 5y median 5.4× FY 2025
P/S 0.8×
FY 2016: 0.8×FY 2017: 0.7×FY 2018: 0.9×FY 2019: 1.3×FY 2020: 1.6×FY 2021: 1.5×FY 2022: 1.5×FY 2023: 1.0×FY 2024: 0.7×FY 2025: 0.8×
FY 2016 5y median 1.0× FY 2025
P/B 1.5×
FY 2016: 2.7×FY 2017: 2.9×FY 2018: 3.0×FY 2019: 4.4×FY 2020: 5.9×FY 2021: 5.8×FY 2022: 7.9×FY 2023: 5.2×FY 2024: 2.5×FY 2025: 1.5×
FY 2016 5y median 5.2× FY 2025
P/FCF -6.3×
FY 2016: 14.2×FY 2017: 22.9×FY 2018: 43.1×FY 2019: 218×FY 2020: 18.1×FY 2021: -75.6×FY 2022: -10.4×FY 2023: -2.7×FY 2024: -2.0×FY 2025: -6.3×
FY 2016 5y median -6.3× FY 2025
EV/EBITDA 13.1×
FY 2016: 10.8×FY 2017: 8.6×FY 2018: 6.9×FY 2019: 10.6×FY 2020: 13.5×FY 2021: 41.5×FY 2022: 21.2×FY 2023: 15.1×FY 2024: 10.0×FY 2025: 13.1×
FY 2016 5y median 15.1× FY 2025
EV/Sales 3.1×
FY 2016: 2.5×FY 2017: 2.5×FY 2018: 2.6×FY 2019: 3.2×FY 2020: 3.5×FY 2021: 3.0×FY 2022: 3.3×FY 2023: 3.0×FY 2024: 3.0×FY 2025: 3.1×
FY 2016 5y median 3.0× FY 2025
FCF Yield -15.9%
FY 2016: 7.1%FY 2017: 4.4%FY 2018: 2.3%FY 2019: 0.5%FY 2020: 5.5%FY 2021: -1.3%FY 2022: -9.6%FY 2023: -36.4%FY 2024: -51.1%FY 2025: -15.9%
FY 2016 5y median -15.9% FY 2025

Profitability

Gross Margin 18.1%
FY 2016: 22.9%FY 2017: 23.3%FY 2018: 24.0%FY 2019: 23.2%FY 2020: 27.9%FY 2021: 24.3%FY 2022: 20.2%FY 2023: 19.8%FY 2024: 18.9%FY 2025: 18.1%
FY 2016 5y median 19.8% FY 2025
Operating Margin 16.1%
FY 2016: 21.0%FY 2017: 21.3%FY 2018: 22.2%FY 2019: 21.3%FY 2020: 26.2%FY 2021: 22.9%FY 2022: 18.6%FY 2023: 17.8%FY 2024: 16.5%FY 2025: 16.1%
FY 2016 5y median 17.8% FY 2025
Net Margin 7.8%
FY 2016: -0.1%FY 2017: -5.2%FY 2018: 9.3%FY 2019: 3.0%FY 2020: 0.4%FY 2021: -3.7%FY 2022: -4.3%FY 2023: 1.9%FY 2024: 13.7%FY 2025: 7.8%
FY 2016 5y median 1.9% FY 2025
ROE 13.8%
FY 2016: -0.4%FY 2017: -22.3%FY 2018: 31.3%FY 2019: 10.1%FY 2020: 1.6%FY 2021: -14.8%FY 2022: -22.4%FY 2023: 9.7%FY 2024: 46.3%FY 2025: 13.8%
FY 2016 5y median 9.7% FY 2025
ROIC 4.2%
FY 2016: 5.7%FY 2017: -1.3%FY 2018: 5.3%FY 2019: 4.1%FY 2020: 3.4%FY 2021: 7.6%FY 2022: 7.0%FY 2023: -15.1%FY 2024: 4.5%FY 2025: 4.2%
FY 2016 5y median 4.5% FY 2025
ROA 1.8%
FY 2016: -0.0%FY 2017: -1.7%FY 2018: 3.1%FY 2019: 0.9%FY 2020: 0.1%FY 2021: -1.3%FY 2022: -1.4%FY 2023: 0.5%FY 2024: 3.6%FY 2025: 1.8%
FY 2016 5y median 0.5% FY 2025

Growth (YoY)

Revenue -0.4%
FY 2016: -27.9%FY 2017: 3.3%FY 2018: 2.3%FY 2019: -5.1%FY 2020: -5.2%FY 2021: 15.3%FY 2022: 13.2%FY 2023: 0.5%FY 2024: -3.1%FY 2025: -0.4%
FY 2016 FY 2025
Operating Income -2.9%
FY 2016: -18.2%FY 2017: 4.9%FY 2018: 6.9%FY 2019: -9.4%FY 2020: 16.8%FY 2021: 0.7%FY 2022: -8.1%FY 2023: -3.5%FY 2024: -10.3%FY 2025: -2.9%
FY 2016 FY 2025
EPS (diluted) -46.6%
FY 2016: -490.9%FY 2017: -2.3%FY 2018: 202.8%FY 2019: -75.1%FY 2020: -84.4%FY 2021: -971.4%FY 2022: -34.4%FY 2023: 142.7%FY 2024: 574.3%FY 2025: -46.6%
FY 2016 FY 2025
Free Cash Flow 65.0%
FY 2016: 409.8%FY 2017: -42.1%FY 2018: -28.8%FY 2019: -72.5%FY 2020: 1301.6%FY 2021: -125.0%FY 2022: -757.9%FY 2023: -155.4%FY 2024: 1.1%FY 2025: 65.0%
FY 2016 FY 2025

Financial Health

Current Ratio 0.8×
FY 2016: 1.2×FY 2017: 1.1×FY 2018: 1.1×FY 2019: 1.0×FY 2020: 1.0×FY 2021: 1.1×FY 2022: 1.2×FY 2023: 0.7×FY 2024: 0.8×FY 2025: 0.8×
FY 2016 5y median 0.8× FY 2025
Quick Ratio 0.7×
FY 2016: 1.1×FY 2017: 1.0×FY 2018: 1.0×FY 2019: 0.9×FY 2020: 0.9×FY 2021: 1.0×FY 2022: 1.0×FY 2023: 0.6×FY 2024: 0.7×FY 2025: 0.7×
FY 2016 5y median 0.7× FY 2025
Debt / Equity 4.4×
FY 2016: 7.0×FY 2017: 8.1×FY 2018: 6.0×FY 2019: 6.7×FY 2020: 7.5×FY 2021: 6.7×FY 2022: 9.6×FY 2023: 10.8×FY 2024: 8.0×FY 2025: 4.4×
FY 2016 5y median 8.0× FY 2025
Net Debt / EBITDA 9.6×
FY 2016: 7.6×FY 2017: 6.3×FY 2018: 4.5×FY 2019: 6.2×FY 2020: 7.4×FY 2021: 21.7×FY 2022: 11.4×FY 2023: 10.0×FY 2024: 7.5×FY 2025: 9.6×
FY 2016 5y median 10.0× FY 2025
Interest Coverage 1.4×
FY 2016: 2.1×FY 2017: 2.0×FY 2018: 2.4×FY 2019: 2.1×FY 2020: 2.6×FY 2021: 3.1×FY 2022: 2.2×FY 2023: 1.7×FY 2024: 1.3×FY 2025: 1.4×
FY 2016 5y median 1.7× FY 2025

Dividends

Dividend Yield 4.9%
FY 2016: 3.8%FY 2017: 4.4%FY 2018: 3.6%FY 2019: 2.7%FY 2020: 2.5%FY 2021: 2.5%FY 2022: 2.2%FY 2023: 3.4%FY 2024: 5.3%FY 2025: 4.9%
FY 2016 5y median 3.4% FY 2025
Payout Ratio 52.8%
FY 2016: -2636.4%FY 2017: -57.6%FY 2018: 34.3%FY 2019: 119.9%FY 2020: 886.0%FY 2021: -97.1%FY 2022: -77.3%FY 2023: 183.5%FY 2024: 28.6%FY 2025: 52.8%
FY 2016 5y median 28.6% FY 2025

Annual · latest fiscal year ends 2025-12-31