PERIPerion Network Ltd.

$8.74-9.2% 1Y

Is the business good?

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Margins compressing. That is the only one of 4 checks this filer's data supports, so take it as a single data point rather than a settled answer.

1 to watch, 3 without data
Margin direction, 3 years−28.7 ptsderived

Operating margin has narrowed over the past few years, profitability per dollar of sales is eroding.

Where this answer is blind. The F-score rewards improvement, so an already-elite company can score mid-pack.

How good a business is PERI?

Perion Network Ltd. earns −2.7% on the capital it employs against a 9.0% cost of capital, so growth costs more than it returns.

−2.7%

Return on invested capital · cost of capital 9.0% · 12 points below what the capital costs: growth destroys value

Operating margin
−3.4%

Operating margin · Internet Content & Information median 4.9% · fiscal year to FY2025

Share count, year on year
−15%

Share count, year on year · bought back, each share owns more of the company

R&D as % of revenue
7.9%

R&D as % of revenue

Operating margin by fiscal year
YearOperating margin
FY20203.7%
FY20219.6%
FY202217%
FY202315%
FY2024−0.61%
FY2025−3.4%
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Operating marginfiscal year to FY2025
−3.4%
Net marginfiscal year to FY2025
−1.8%
Free cash flow margin
8.7%
R&D as % of revenue
7.9%
Revenue, trailing twelve months
$440M
Free cash flow, trailing twelve months
$38M
Net income, trailing twelve months
−$7.9M
Return on invested capitaloperating profit after tax ÷ debt + equity − cash
−2.7%

Margins, capital and share counts from the statements as filed with the SEC; cash conversion is operating cash flow over operating profit after tax.