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Knoll, Inc. Financial Ratios 2020-2011 | KNL

Brief overview of Knoll, Inc.'s multiples and efficiency

Current figures are compared with the company's own five-year history for 2016–2020.

Market valuation is represented by P/E 95.46x (median 15.42x), EV/EBITDA 9.11x (median 9.6x), P/S 0.59x (median 0.87x). Ratios sit near their own comparison base, with an average deviation of -5.1% from five-year medians.

Earnings yield calculated as 1/P/E is about 1%, showing current profit per unit of share price.

Current measures of operating quality are ROE 1.3%, ROA 0.5%, ROCE 5.6%. Efficiency ratios are restrained, with capital and assets producing modest returns.

PEG is 0.64x. Price is low relative to embedded growth, though the ratio depends heavily on forecast quality.

The time from paying for inputs to receiving cash fell from 261.5 days to 138.6 days. Cash turnover improved.

Overall picture

Knoll, Inc.'s valuation and business quality look relatively balanced, with no pronounced distortion in either direction.

Annual Financial Ratios Knoll, Inc.

2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011

P/E

95.5 18.4 13.1 13.9 15.4 13.3 20.8 33.9 15.3 12.7

P/S

0.6 0.9 0.7 1.0 1.1 0.8 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.8

EV/EBITDA

9.1 10.8 9.6 9.8 9.3 8.2 12.3 13.1 8.9 7.9

PEG

-1.08 -2.13 -1.44 -4.77 0.64 0.33 0.21 -0.63 -1.06 0.12

P/B

1.2 2.9 2.5 3.1 4.1 3.4 4.5 3.4 4.1 4.4

P/CF

42.2 14.0 14.1 17.7 19.7 14.8 20.9 31.1 14.3 14.3

ROE %

1.26 15.79 18.95 22.35 26.52 25.82 21.85 10.13 26.58 35.07

ROA %

0.53 4.97 5.97 9.31 9.56 7.71 5.36 3.42 7.19 8.43

ROCE %

5.62 10.87 11.75 16.68 21.42 17.60 12.30 10.93 16.93 19.36

DSO

24.6 27.4 33.7 27.9 26.5 38.5 39.8 44.1 43.5 49.9

DIO

88.8 81.3 75.8 73.7 72.2 74.2 75.8 60.4 60.4 51.9

DPO

46.5 54.8 56.4 55.3 49.6 47.2 61.8 57.3 51.4 48.7

All numbers in USD currency

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