Colfax Corporation (CFX): Price and Financial Metrics

CFX POWR Grades

• Growth is the dimension where CFX ranks best; there it ranks ahead of 86.39% of US stocks.
• CFX's strongest trending metric is Stability; it's been moving up over the last 179 days.
• CFX ranks lowest in Sentiment; there it ranks in the 3rd percentile.

CFX Stock Summary

• CFX's one year PEG ratio, measuring expected growth in earnings next year relative to current common stock price is 184.52 -- higher than 86.71% of US-listed equities with positive expected earnings growth.
• CFX's current price/earnings ratio is 91.86, which is higher than 92.52% of US stocks with positive earnings.
• Of note is the ratio of Colfax CORP's sales and general administrative expense to its total operating expenses; 82.71% of US stocks have a lower such ratio.
• If you're looking for stocks that are quantitatively similar to Colfax CORP, a group of peers worth examining would be WOOF, KWR, DCI, PSN, and BLD.
• Visit CFX's SEC page to see the company's official filings. To visit the company's web site, go to www.colfaxcorp.com.

CFX Valuation Summary

• In comparison to the median Industrials stock, CFX's price/sales ratio is 39.39% lower, now standing at 2.
• Over the past 162 months, CFX's EV/EBIT ratio has gone up 31.5.
• Over the past 162 months, CFX's EV/EBIT ratio has gone up 31.5.

Below are key valuation metrics over time for CFX.

CFX Growth Metrics

Its 5 year net cashflow from operations growth rate is now at -19.27%.
• The 5 year cash and equivalents growth rate now stands at 86.49%.
• Its 4 year net income to common stockholders growth rate is now at -440.67%.

CFX's revenue has moved down $78,523,000 over the prior 70 months.

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

Date	Revenue	Operating Cash Flow	Net Income to Common Stock
2021-12-31	3,854.303	356.099	71.657
2021-09-30	3,659.152	388.685	106.776
2021-06-30	3,499.192	371.473	94.334
2021-03-31	3,133.624	330.088	57.218
2020-12-31	3,070.769	301.935	42.625
2020-09-30	3,131.02	238.332	-7.45

CFX'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.

• CFX has a Quality Grade of C, ranking ahead of 27.15% of graded US stocks.
• CFX's asset turnover comes in at 0.473 -- ranking 87th of 104 Machinery stocks.
• LNN, ACLS, and DRQ are the stocks whose asset turnover ratios are most correlated with CFX.

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