
ARC Document Solutions Financial Ratios 2023-2008 | ARC
Brief overview of ARC Document Solutions's valuation and returns
The review covers five available annual periods spanning 2019 to 2023.
The valuation comparison uses P/E 13.74x (median 13.74x), EV/EBITDA 6.69x (median 6.22x), P/S 0.4x (median 0.4x). On average, multiples differ from their five-year medians by only 0%. Valuation is near its familiar historical range.
At the current P/E, inverse earnings yield is 7.3%, a useful bridge between price and business earnings.
Returns on assets and capital are represented by ROE 5.3%, ROA 2.7%, ROCE 9.1%. Low capital returns limit the ability to compound value internally.
On PEG (1.32x), the market prices growth without an obvious discount or excessive premium.
A shorter cycle, from 40.4 days to 19.3 days, indicates faster release of cash from operations.
Overall picture
ARC Document Solutions's multiples form a balanced picture without a clear discount or premium. Future appeal depends on earnings and return trends.
Annual Financial Ratios ARC Document Solutions
| 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
P/E |
13.7 | 13.4 | 14.9 | 13.0 | 17.8 | 11.5 | -4.8 | -4.2 | 1.7 | 54.5 | -21.2 | -3.2 | -1.9 | - | - | - |
P/S |
0.4 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.6 | - | - | - |
EPS |
0.2 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | -0.5 | -1.0 | 2.1 | 0.2 | -0.3 | -0.7 | -2.9 | -0.6 | -0.3 | - |
EV (Enterprise Value) |
211 M | 247 M | 246 M | 216 M | 238 M | 265 M | 277 M | 389 M | 402 M | 678 M | 608 M | 379 M | 534 M | 280 M | -29.4 M | -46.5 M |
EBITDA per Share |
0.74 | 0.92 | 0.94 | 0.96 | 0.95 | 1.04 | 0.64 | -0.41 | 1.35 | 1.25 | 1.23 | 0.61 | -0.48 | 0.41 | 1.15 | - |
EV/EBITDA |
6.7 | 6.4 | 6.2 | 5.2 | 5.5 | 5.7 | 9.5 | -20.7 | 6.4 | 11.7 | 10.8 | 13.6 | -24.2 | 15.0 | -0.6 | - |
PEG |
-2.19 | 1.32 | -0.37 | -0.2 | -0.27 | -0.18 | 0.09 | 0.09 | -0.02 | -0.67 | -0.43 | -0.05 | 0.01 | - | - | - |
P/B |
0.7 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 1.3 | 0.8 | 3.6 | 3.3 | 0.9 | 1.9 | - | - | - |
P/CF |
3.1 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 1.9 | 2.0 | 3.8 | 2.7 | 7.9 | 6.9 | 2.7 | 5.2 | - | - | - |
ROE % |
5.35 | 7.19 | 6.00 | 4.19 | 2.10 | 6.33 | -16.52 | -31.93 | 48.01 | 7.08 | -16.71 | -30.77 | -101.84 | -10.72 | -5.28 | - |
ROA % |
2.66 | 3.61 | 2.82 | 1.79 | 0.83 | 2.61 | -6.34 | -12.96 | 20.45 | 1.76 | -3.74 | -7.69 | -30.15 | -4.83 | - | - |
ROCE % |
9.10 | 11.89 | 9.93 | 4.72 | 5.22 | 7.09 | 0.08 | -14.04 | 8.79 | 9.46 | 8.74 | -0.18 | -13.77 | -5.98 | 4.84 | - |
Current Ratio |
2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1.8 | 1.7 | 1.8 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 1.8 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 1.9 | - | - |
DSO |
48.4 | 49.9 | 50.8 | 55.3 | 52.2 | 52.4 | 54.0 | 53.8 | 52.0 | 51.0 | 48.5 | 47.9 | 46.3 | - | - | - |
DIO |
17.0 | 16.8 | 18.1 | 21.7 | 21.8 | 24.8 | 25.7 | 23.5 | 21.6 | 19.8 | 18.9 | 17.0 | 14.4 | 6.5 | - | - |
DPO |
46.1 | 43.9 | 41.0 | 38.9 | 33.7 | 32.8 | 33.1 | 32.6 | 33.1 | 32.8 | 29.8 | 27.8 | 28.7 | 14.4 | - | - |
Operating Cycle |
65.4 | 66.7 | 68.9 | 77.0 | 74.0 | 77.2 | 79.7 | 77.3 | 73.6 | 70.8 | 67.4 | 64.9 | 60.8 | 6.5 | - | - |
Cash Conversion Cycle |
19.3 | 22.7 | 27.9 | 38.1 | 40.4 | 44.4 | 46.6 | 44.7 | 40.5 | 38.0 | 37.6 | 37.1 | 32.0 | -7.9 | - | - |
All numbers in USD currency
Quarterly Financial Ratios ARC Document Solutions
| 2024-Q3 | 2024-Q2 | 2024-Q1 | 2023-Q4 | 2023-Q3 | 2023-Q2 | 2023-Q1 | 2022-Q4 | 2022-Q3 | 2022-Q2 | 2022-Q1 | 2021-Q4 | 2021-Q3 | 2021-Q2 | 2021-Q1 | 2020-Q4 | 2020-Q3 | 2020-Q2 | 2020-Q1 | 2019-Q4 | 2019-Q3 | 2019-Q2 | 2019-Q1 | 2018-Q4 | 2018-Q3 | 2018-Q2 | 2018-Q1 | 2017-Q4 | 2017-Q3 | 2017-Q2 | 2017-Q1 | 2016-Q4 | 2016-Q3 | 2016-Q2 | 2016-Q1 | 2015-Q4 | 2015-Q3 | 2015-Q2 | 2015-Q1 | 2014-Q4 | 2014-Q3 | 2014-Q2 | 2014-Q1 | 2013-Q4 | 2013-Q3 | 2013-Q2 | 2013-Q1 | 2012-Q4 | 2012-Q3 | 2012-Q2 | 2012-Q1 | 2011-Q4 | 2011-Q3 | 2011-Q2 | 2011-Q1 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
EPS |
0.13 | 0.07 | 0.06 | - | 0.07 | 0.09 | 0.05 | - | 0.09 | 0.08 | 0.05 | - | 0.08 | 0.06 | 0.02 | - | 0.07 | 0.03 | 0.02 | - | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.01 | - | 0.06 | 0.09 | 0.01 | - | -0.32 | 0.08 | 0.04 | - | 0.06 | -1.22 | 0.06 | - | 1.72 | 0.2 | 0.1 | - | 0.08 | 0.1 | 0.03 | - | -0.01 | 0.02 | 0.01 | - | -0.44 | -0.02 | -0.11 | - | -0.92 | -1.87 | -0.08 |
EBITDA per Share |
0.32 | 0.31 | 0.18 | - | 0.43 | 0.35 | 0.19 | - | 0.5 | 0.38 | 0.2 | - | 0.56 | 0.4 | 0.19 | - | 0.61 | 0.4 | 0.23 | - | 0.55 | 0.45 | 0.21 | - | 0.59 | 0.48 | 0.2 | - | -0.17 | 0.33 | 0.26 | - | 0.29 | -1.25 | 0.27 | - | 0.34 | 0.42 | 0.3 | - | 0.33 | 0.35 | 0.28 | - | 0.3 | 0.34 | 0.29 | - | -0.13 | 0.31 | 0.24 | - | -0.65 | -0.09 | 0.19 |
ROE % |
5.58 | 8.20 | 7.42 | 5.84 | 8.27 | 8.39 | 7.11 | 5.87 | 7.96 | 7.25 | 5.65 | 4.35 | 6.26 | 5.18 | 3.94 | 3.41 | 4.16 | 2.63 | 2.03 | 1.54 | 3.40 | 5.67 | 5.78 | 5.36 | -4.87 | -4.42 | -6.28 | -6.76 | -4.84 | -33.29 | -34.32 | -35.49 | 4.92 | 10.79 | 53.55 | 52.28 | 55.78 | 19.91 | 13.59 | 9.51 | 9.09 | 6.27 | 2.13 | 0.66 | -17.79 | -18.19 | -22.71 | -23.10 | -54.56 | -84.84 | -86.80 | -82.97 | -31.46 | -48.72 | -2.79 |
ROA % |
2.83 | 4.19 | 3.81 | 3.02 | 4.23 | 4.23 | 3.52 | 2.88 | 3.84 | 3.41 | 2.60 | 1.98 | 2.77 | 2.20 | 1.61 | 1.37 | 1.67 | 1.02 | 0.78 | 0.59 | 1.36 | 2.26 | 2.32 | 2.16 | -2.00 | -1.79 | -2.50 | -2.69 | -1.97 | -11.77 | -12.20 | -12.69 | 3.98 | 5.51 | 20.55 | 20.00 | 20.88 | 5.31 | 3.40 | 2.31 | 2.21 | 1.50 | 0.50 | 0.16 | -4.53 | -4.66 | -5.92 | -6.02 | -15.01 | -26.95 | -27.54 | -26.44 | -8.99 | -16.63 | -0.83 |
ROCE % |
9.69 | 12.67 | 11.65 | 9.25 | 12.98 | 13.52 | 11.59 | 9.38 | 12.63 | 11.71 | 9.22 | 7.21 | 10.44 | 9.06 | 8.15 | 6.98 | 9.33 | 10.18 | 9.83 | 7.94 | 11.39 | 14.49 | 11.84 | 10.32 | -0.28 | 1.25 | -1.21 | -2.63 | 1.88 | -31.99 | -33.97 | -36.96 | -32.55 | -26.74 | 24.17 | 21.18 | 29.19 | 33.92 | 29.77 | 23.32 | 29.51 | 29.40 | 26.37 | 20.20 | 8.07 | 7.34 | 2.42 | -3.68 | -31.08 | -29.99 | -34.82 | -37.81 | -27.40 | -11.03 | 0.62 |
Current Ratio |
2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 1.6 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.7 | 1.8 | 1.7 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.7 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.6 | 1.4 |
DSO |
51.1 | 48.2 | 47.5 | - | 50.6 | 49.1 | 51.8 | - | 53.3 | 52.0 | 52.6 | - | 49.3 | 49.8 | 54.0 | - | 52.8 | 67.5 | 53.8 | - | 56.9 | 55.3 | 55.5 | - | 55.9 | 52.8 | 54.6 | - | 56.1 | 53.2 | 55.2 | - | 55.6 | 53.8 | 53.5 | - | 57.0 | 54.1 | 56.0 | - | 54.5 | 51.5 | 52.6 | - | 54.9 | 54.0 | 51.4 | - | 54.2 | 51.8 | 50.6 | - | 53.1 | 48.2 | - |
DIO |
16.9 | 17.3 | 17.2 | - | 17.1 | 17.5 | 17.7 | - | 18.3 | 18.2 | 18.0 | - | 17.3 | 18.9 | 20.4 | - | 21.2 | 25.7 | 20.1 | - | 22.8 | 23.0 | 22.7 | - | 24.8 | 25.4 | 26.7 | - | 25.7 | 25.9 | 25.5 | - | 26.6 | 25.8 | 23.2 | - | 23.9 | 22.9 | 22.4 | - | 20.8 | 21.0 | 20.7 | - | 18.3 | 18.3 | 19.0 | - | 18.2 | 16.4 | 15.7 | - | 14.3 | 14.5 | - |
DPO |
48.0 | 47.5 | 45.8 | - | 44.6 | 45.2 | 45.8 | - | 44.1 | 42.5 | 43.4 | - | 40.6 | 39.2 | 40.5 | - | 40.0 | 47.7 | 34.6 | - | 33.6 | 34.0 | 33.6 | - | 32.8 | 31.2 | 30.5 | - | 32.1 | 30.8 | 32.5 | - | 30.1 | 29.5 | 29.6 | - | 32.5 | 30.9 | 33.8 | - | 33.1 | 31.7 | 31.6 | - | 31.2 | 30.0 | 28.2 | - | 28.9 | 28.0 | 27.4 | - | 29.7 | 27.8 | - |
Operating Cycle |
68.0 | 65.5 | 64.7 | - | 67.7 | 66.6 | 69.4 | - | 34.6 | 33.9 | 70.6 | - | 66.6 | 68.7 | 74.5 | - | 63.7 | 71.2 | 62.8 | - | 69.8 | 67.0 | 72.5 | - | 75.3 | 73.2 | 78.5 | - | 81.0 | 77.7 | 79.6 | - | 78.8 | 77.2 | 75.8 | - | 73.5 | 69.7 | 75.6 | - | 74.0 | 73.2 | 74.6 | - | 69.5 | 67.7 | 68.4 | - | 66.1 | 62.5 | 63.7 | - | 63.2 | 60.5 | - |
Cash Conversion Cycle |
20.0 | 18.1 | 18.9 | - | 23.1 | 21.4 | 23.6 | - | 12.9 | 13.5 | 27.2 | - | 26.1 | 29.5 | 34.0 | - | 28.3 | 32.4 | 31.4 | - | 36.5 | 34.4 | 39.9 | - | 42.7 | 40.9 | 45.7 | - | 48.0 | 45.0 | 46.6 | - | 45.4 | 43.6 | 43.9 | - | 42.4 | 39.5 | 41.6 | - | 39.3 | 38.1 | 40.1 | - | 38.3 | 36.8 | 38.4 | - | 38.5 | 35.8 | 36.3 | - | 35.2 | 33.6 | - |
All numbers in USD currency
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