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Profitability
Gross Margin 91.11%91.30%90.74%90.99%89.62%90.08%88.63%89.83%88.07%86.47%85.80%83.91%62.91%68.59%68.30%66.86%65.29%67.01%66.82%67.24%63.91%66.44%67.43%66.40%65.11%65.42%65.48%67.24%67.16%66.34%67.55%70.16%67.69%67.32%
EBT Margin 22.10%26.82%32.22%30.27%17.83%17.34%21.27%21.52%0.75%10.23%12.63%10.41%-622.64%-24.11%7.09%-1.18%4.29%3.71%1.64%-3.44%1.15%3.86%-1.21%9.79%7.50%0.62%1.51%2.62%0.46%9.17%13.66%16.57%5.58%5.89%
EBIT Margin 22.15%26.73%32.14%30.20%17.75%18.43%24.62%24.80%4.48%14.57%16.73%14.52%-611.14%-16.88%13.20%10.39%10.79%10.07%7.71%2.57%6.92%9.45%12.09%11.78%7.50%7.33%8.21%8.32%7.07%5.32%6.38%10.96%8.53%9.26%
EBITDA Margin 22.15%26.73%32.14%30.20%17.75%18.43%24.62%24.80%4.48%14.57%16.73%14.52%-611.14%-16.88%13.20%10.39%10.79%10.07%7.71%2.57%6.92%9.45%12.09%11.78%7.50%7.33%8.21%8.32%7.07%5.32%6.38%10.96%8.53%9.26%
Operating Margin 22.15%26.73%32.14%30.20%17.75%18.43%24.62%24.80%4.48%14.57%16.73%14.52%-611.14%-16.88%13.20%10.39%10.79%10.07%7.71%2.57%6.92%9.45%12.09%11.78%7.50%7.33%8.21%8.32%7.07%5.32%6.38%10.96%8.53%9.26%
Net Margin 22.10%26.82%31.94%29.93%17.55%15.84%13.13%96.93%0.58%7.55%9.33%5.69%-531.71%-24.16%-8.49%21.83%3.44%3.84%1.55%-3.67%2.74%3.40%-1.79%6.10%6.87%55.97%2.58%6.21%0.44%6.36%10.42%15.02%3.92%4.22%
FCF Margin 15.56%27.95%40.38%34.89%24.88%25.36%26.11%21.45%15.10%23.77%27.71%23.24%15.62%25.26%24.49%24.60%28.80%14.39%20.33%13.84%16.97%4.80%26.42%19.31%13.75%13.77%17.56%22.48%15.63%16.42%26.83%14.08%11.59%29.30%
Efficiency
Assets Average 2,531.38M2,537.69M2,543.90M2,519.48M2,587.56M2,652.24M2,628.10M2,608.17M2,590.41M2,553.83M2,293.64M2,043.93M1,641.96M1,166.78M1,073.05M1,072.08M1,055.76M1,028.35M1,009.51M1,002.67M1,038.21M1,060.34M1,050.81M1,037.52M1,013.55M1,043.88M1,094.37M1,137.82M1,157.79M1,131.84M1,119.53M1,115.19M1,097.77M1,074.17M1,068.02M
Equity Average 2,314.77M2,367.90M2,419.04M2,408.20M1,941.33M1,495.00M1,592.80M1,678.74M1,661.23M1,639.47M1,630.88M1,609.80M1,580.91M1,355.32M1,141.28M744.48M338.34M325.58M345.28M357.10M351.72M362.00M382.29M397.05M393.74M383.96M380.48M384.71M431.22M480.23M487.56M486.78M489.17M499.66M506.95M500.70M486.57M480.39M
Invested Capital 2,314.53M2,315.01M2,420.80M2,417.28M2,399.12M1,504.69M1,527.63M1,700.29M1,843.36M1,809.10M1,799.84M1,653.78M1,622.34M1,601.64M1,174.00M1,172.46M379.31M358.56M355.03M375.95M353.74M365.17M374.25M406.96M406.31M402.91M389.36M398.56M400.43M494.21M501.07M515.24M481.45M496.89M502.43M511.49M489.92M483.22M477.57M
Asset Utilization Ratio 0.250.250.250.250.240.240.250.250.190.130.070.090.210.370.510.520.590.610.620.610.600.610.630.650.640.620.610.610.630.640.640.490.500.51
Leverage & Solvency
Debt to Equity 0.450.410.340.420.440.430.430.430.430.580.562.281.941.831.591.541.431.301.171.291.301.321.231.180.940.930.980.980.950.930.890.930.940.94
Debt Ratio 0.260.240.230.260.270.270.270.260.270.320.320.630.590.550.540.510.500.480.460.480.480.470.460.450.420.410.410.410.420.420.410.420.430.42
Equity Ratio 0.950.950.580.600.670.630.620.620.630.620.620.550.560.280.310.300.340.330.350.370.400.370.370.360.380.380.440.440.420.420.440.450.460.450.450.45
Valuation
Enterprise Value -0.14M-0.17M-4.72M-8.90M-1.95M-36.60M-27.43M-20.56M-11.50M-18.39M-17.81M-25.46M-28.34M-9.54M-19.77M-13.55M-187.34M-56.95M-43.77M-67.72M-53.72M-52.19M-51.51M-39.07M-30.45M-18.13M-31.92M-31.71M-18.84M-28.61M-49.09M-39.20M-31.36M-29.07M-49.57M-50.67M-31.43M-27.70M-55.07M
Return Ratios
Return on Sales 0.22%0.27%0.32%0.30%0.18%0.16%0.13%0.97%0.01%0.08%0.09%0.06%0.08%0.08%0.06%-5.32%-0.24%-0.08%0.22%0.03%0.04%0.02%-0.04%0.03%0.03%-0.02%0.06%0.07%0.56%0.03%0.06%0.00%0.06%0.10%0.15%0.11%0.04%0.04%
Return on Capital Employed 0.07%0.06%0.06%0.06%0.05%0.04%0.04%0.03%-0.54%-0.81%-0.92%-0.90%0.04%0.07%0.07%0.05%0.05%0.04%0.05%0.07%0.07%0.07%0.06%0.05%0.05%0.05%0.05%0.05%0.06%0.07%
Return on Invested Capital 0.07%0.08%0.08%0.15%0.13%0.13%0.14%0.03%-0.92%-2.04%-2.18%-2.05%-0.02%0.29%0.58%0.10%0.15%0.13%0.22%0.13%0.12%0.58%0.44%0.62%1.31%0.12%0.09%0.09%0.09%0.11%
Return on Assets 0.07%0.06%0.05%0.09%0.08%0.07%0.07%0.01%0.01%0.01%0.00%-0.48%-0.70%-0.77%-0.74%0.00%0.03%0.05%0.01%0.01%0.01%0.00%0.02%0.02%0.11%0.11%0.11%0.10%0.02%0.04%0.05%0.05%0.05%0.04%
Return on Equity 0.07%0.07%0.08%0.08%0.14%0.12%0.11%0.11%0.02%0.02%0.02%0.01%-1.06%-2.40%-2.53%-2.29%0.00%0.09%0.13%0.02%0.02%0.02%0.00%0.05%0.06%0.26%0.25%0.25%0.23%0.06%0.08%0.11%0.11%0.11%0.09%