Alliance Data Systems Corporation (ADS): Price and Financial Metrics

ADS POWR Grades

• Momentum is the dimension where ADS ranks best; there it ranks ahead of 89.93% of US stocks.
• The strongest trend for ADS is in Stability, which has been heading up over the past 52 weeks.
• ADS's current lowest rank is in the Stability metric (where it is better than 24.97% of US stocks).

ADS Stock Summary

• Of note is the ratio of Alliance Data Systems Corp's sales and general administrative expense to its total operating expenses; merely 6.97% of US stocks have a lower such ratio.
• For ADS, its debt to operating expenses ratio is greater than that reported by 92.6% of US equities we're observing.
• Equity multiplier, or assets relative to shareholders' equity, comes in at 13.02 for Alliance Data Systems Corp; that's greater than it is for 95.51% of US stocks.
• Stocks with similar financial metrics, market capitalization, and price volatility to Alliance Data Systems Corp are SOHO, EPR, MDRR, GEL, and ETRN.
• Visit ADS's SEC page to see the company's official filings. To visit the company's web site, go to www.alliancedata.com.

ADS Valuation Summary

• In comparison to the median Financial Services stock, ADS's price/sales ratio is 65.62% lower, now standing at 1.1.
• ADS's price/earnings ratio has moved up 74.6 over the prior 243 months.
• ADS's price/sales ratio has moved down 0.5 over the prior 243 months.

Below are key valuation metrics over time for ADS.

ADS Growth Metrics

• Its year over year revenue growth rate is now at -24.95%.
• Its year over year net income to common stockholders growth rate is now at 195.72%.
• The 4 year net income to common stockholders growth rate now stands at -73.12%.

ADS's revenue has moved down $3,156,300,000 over the prior 49 months.

The table below shows ADS's growth in key financial areas (numbers in millions of US dollars).

Date	Revenue	Operating Cash Flow	Net Income to Common Stock
2021-06-30	4,257.7	1,548.4	705
2021-03-31	4,224.6	1,827.4	469.9
2020-12-31	4,521.4	1,882.7	213.7
2020-09-30	4,872.6	1,176.1	299.2
2020-06-30	5,259.7	1,195.5	58.3
2020-03-31	5,628.9	1,179.4	158.9

ADS's Quality Factors

The “Quality” component of the POWR Ratings focuses on 31 different factors of a companies fundamentals and operational strength. Here are some key insights as we drill into the specifics of these quality attributes.

• ADS has a Quality Grade of C, ranking ahead of 50.73% of graded US stocks.
• ADS's asset turnover comes in at 0.197 -- ranking 488th of 561 Business Services stocks.
• ACIW, FORR, and EGAN are the stocks whose asset turnover ratios are most correlated with ADS.

The table below shows ADS's key quality metrics over time.