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Rank #79

Rank #79 by gross profitability (GP/assets 0.49) · ROE 5.7% · Piotroski F-Score 8 / 9.

As-of 2026-07-22 · CIK 0001634117 · all metrics point-in-time as of the filing date.

Financials

Stable

Direction over 5 fiscal years

  • Free cash flowdeteriorating
  • Gross marginstable
  • Gross profitabilityimproving
  • Net cashstable
  • Operating marginimproving
  • Return on equityimproving
  • Share count (dilution)deteriorating

Monitoring diagnostic of business direction — not a prediction of returns.

Each fiscal year is read as-of that year’s own 10-K filing, so nothing restated after the fact leaks backwards. Line items this filer never tagged are omitted. Hover or tap a badge for the diagnostic behind it.

USD in millions, except per-share (EPS) and percentage rows. Values are as originally filed; em-dash = not tagged in that year's filing.
Fiscal year end2026-05-02filed 2026-07-092025-05-03filed 2025-12-232024-04-27filed 2024-07-012023-04-29filed 2023-07-31
Income statement
Revenue1,714.81,610.21,567.11,543.2
Revenue growth (YoY)6.5%2.7%1.6%3.2%
Gross profit366.2337.8356.8349.4
Gross margin21.4%21.0%22.8%22.6%
Net income16.9(65.8)(63.2)(101.9)
Net margin1.0%-4.1%-4.0%-6.6%
EPS (diluted)$0.49-$2.50-$23.75-$1.94
EPS growth (YoY)119.6%89.5%-1124.2%
Cash flow
Operating cash flow50.1(85.4)(5.1)91.7
Capital expenditures16.212.914.125.1
Free cash flow33.9(98.3)(19.2)66.6

Figures are as originally filed with the SEC (point-in-time), not restated, so they can differ slightly from sites that show later-restated numbers. Why point-in-time?