EURN.BR Financial Ratios


* All Per Share Items In EUR
Period Ending: LTM
(Last Twelve Months)
2022
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2019
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Price Ratios
Price to Earnings Ratio 16.611255703309368 -5.261185490850371 3.6058847893267267 23.676253170792513 -12.411780929725287 1071.3823609282776 6.166135732015844 6.046010564617745 -31.802773539889046 -6.658987662316036 -2.6645874498658886 -2.519685995874398 42.411188135162604 -62.22437209038265 1.7441052813206581 18.283440960679492 7.321212268810312 7.278312158052622 4.603011222425509 17.79988061469024 42.88061279123907
Price to Sales Ratio 3.9503647996514815 4.246060073454073 1.386505550218486 2.849905020563617 2.2768501375526013 2.8862761316712535 1.8387522816191109 2.5005635803792057 3.0728221775083573 1.4896395631826538 0.771612559988897 0.6131329397120598 1.5895865971527876 2.376015023250268 0.8197371608471287 3.47994795292373 2.3556946460639416 2.6631026386686796 2.5280618652998093 2.386357620870564 1.3300438210682055
Price to Book Ratio 1.5533971483107996 0.9091018060115905 0.7382974689490861 1.1493739414271413 0.6043578087614513 0.8025092629035211 0.6664317547559906 1.1108289635119553 0.9889751531235647 0.7455748392857452 0.3655071970658117 0.2465418333353721 0.7738952168180486 1.0227607595539128 0.5957165576146533 1.876737572556675 1.5612306175417467 1.681774443809939 2.53765582669423 3.3931022421753285 2.0303320450397226
Price to Free Cash Flows Ratio -11.859531109440656 -4.063545626855384 2.3377162696793414 10.067462409194748 -5.7589650580669 44.37089911851854 13.174252701270113 23.41816564776754 -1.2530254032353882 37.554898158690044 -4.463849252743228 6.070189995733253 -43.48279148215681 -4.143790250929122 6.670863745346624 38.82479409698599 16.400556491215173 -1.4259077900176622 -6.541881160317277 -7.238618116640698 -2.4090231905190422
Price to Operating Cash Flow Ratio 13.211562114134182 -70.4354331963571 1.7861560649542447 9.769389036247683 1624.4527074136292 7.0125739140245065 2.8712644624673116 4.698322371631894 98.53007846071566 22.74433448297555 4.070570441350255 4.28440354295837 6.555598005796464 9.099226994985555 1.2415974778288557 9.313887537083822 3.86623983510363 4.851621209478305 5.515525652447017 12.774031970542477 82.46271690622923
Price Earnings to Growth Ratio -0.10374315829576111 0.030121290978150982 0.01083849763265837 -0.1238115991500159 0.002139962229262981 -10.797525356230297 -0.14451880621912136 -0.008931606515912578 0.4066211759742956 0.268616790445969 -0.11121756312483713 0.004254015317710023 -0.20059345739603932 0.5957168874913613 0.005676430342240927 -0.34178504498567513 1.8257273095345716 -0.2498591307916846 0.014518843809052424 0.15117706823435542 0
EV to EBITDA
Liquidity Ratios
Current Ratio 2.38681990107652 1.431027339868487 2.2194918292868615 2.538361018826135 1.8150507449794862 1.767897190374197 1.9746053570956397 2.0618128243469083 1.820799268775707 0.9331079336009955 0.9601672208412694 1.1722836062479165 1.2216617269707397 1.1372718925515042 1.3079686279315574 0.5577233135797786 0.8322008412798112 1.2021906834417673 2.001017753070062 0.3389830508474576 0.1689860834990058
Quick Ratio 2.150512310390111 1.2159871415088168 1.8472786392459466 1.9179307071665876 1.6687749458418373 1.767897190374197 1.9746053570956397 1.928803104934471 1.412897984055248 0.6869191009502343 0.707657294121445 1.1722836062479165 1.1028385017802798 1.1372718925515042 1.2511373906649714 0.5555603146291543 0.8288985325187004 1.1968426411273405 2.001017753070062 0.11016949152542327 0.06494367130550022
Cash Ratio 0.7074404925728754 0.4751162653060589 0.7931412180183012 0.939579180509413 0.6029945458724862 0.9049262945697367 1.0930431793542927 0.7238048641041428 0.8601567392813013 0.40501514404451644 0.4708009168092456 0.7446973439527028 0.6639468501979193 0.7372536081818579 0.789904413228964 0.18591083059771585 0.3009145587087687 0.28747405696000716 0.592994786415877 0.015254237288134994 0.024519549370443948
Debt Ratio 0.4273746035913172 0.45433715012486325 0.34540052924346826 0.4189495258284646 0.42848548621137383 0.31971847470608933 0.3562828057662334 0.346136124221813 0.48083104031830926 0.5489035925532801 0.5451303261825934 0.5545339727721762 0.5432918818219705 0.555032070581835 0.47033220498824413 0.5265761137876628 0.5244287439417415 0.5585871723836338 0.5010191056992929 0 0
Debt to Equity Ratio 0.7804501107678292 0.8733019072907943 0.5509462125538653 0.7547441340395483 0.7823455014613875 0.48675204903049835 0.5749932731483149 0.5523055237479494 1.0109444642115069 1.4726513439618472 1.4856370095268852 1.3856825975445164 1.3320068094070698 1.443306405481748 1.0462766670683665 1.2166670729675813 1.2002791244451008 1.3670738448603637 1.1528927450015969 0 0
Long Term Debt to Capitalization 0.41449163936629924 0.42944455163434525 0.3333650597249322 0.3972494915277216 0.40980884841706106 0.30265739072632575 0.3385802055003523 0.33269178307897196 0.47254600199777447 0.5541606900632253 0.563601258530845 0.5479659601762816 0.5403797964645518 0.5683411189072027 0.4862883923705722 0.49402695118566714 0.5193790979782563 0.5549202551481678 0.5118968785485262 0 0
Total Debt to Capitalization 0.4383442737585361 0.46618321579236555 0.35523231437320435 0.4301163453967916 0.4389415524767357 0.32739288931729155 0.3650766533109939 0.35579691967753907 0.5027212248787284 0.5955758168485925 0.5976886423209721 0.5808327557784685 0.5711847855820552 0.5907185452645554 0.5113075293808304 0.5488722631399754 0.5455122084784607 0.577537472195342 0.5355086767226491 0 0
Interest Coverage Ratio 2.2104218511529297 -2.7080625071958635 5.83620416589298 1.6327053579626554 -0.834093857647743 0.26426698732480436 4.027855692039849 6.9092693651603785 0.12832587446841673 -0.4949762935830067 -0.9986892336932479 -0.7303348307658731 1.260016294792813 0.6392971441384512 5.689158520519435 2.3200667999414892 4.076454630231441 4.955106077648063 0 0.1428571428571307 0.62000000000001
Cash Flow to Debt Ratio 0.15065487380923326 -0.014779404034622528 0.7502444218804112 0.1558813634797998 0.0004755415575823716 0.2351065960477123 0.4036637244118714 0.42808005716196906 0.009928628328629403 0.02225963670089074 0.060440486088952756 0.041527567095159555 0.0886264600648763 0.07787732375416132 0.458577042717919 0.16561543297331188 0.33643100715819324 0.25356475559017116 0.39907718935006953 0 0
Margins
Gross Profit Margin 0.2749859887277999 -0.6539009457560092 0.4606792606134471 0.2548271782765984 -0.04831640067730624 0.07764605507160556 0.32009528472156257 0.4553972973643455 0.07378925493422787 -0.032045317921382085 -0.03404910141441097 0.41137817303280205 0.5438232633433319 0.5383287988987285 0.715858410924094 0.5577742745372803 0.6716097442920218 0.6674948326982313 0.7193084309650152 0.3318681318681314 0.1364764267990073
Operating Profit Margin 0.3439998408740694 -0.6163637229911618 0.43414340849075767 0.20978960227461638 -0.1242916949988667 0.026113820884823363 0.3042973117140289 0.41579337205717143 0.024319335000052743 -0.07213252149533177 -0.1484121051567929 -0.10180070324522064 0.167884587916012 0.06798833692836316 0.6001291589834978 0.3584775594844586 0.425747585767242 0.4464321593992477 0.5978077865378586 0.008791208791208061 0.038461538461538956
Pretax Profit Margin 0.2410933355486159 -0.808071086547395 0.37722120658135283 0.10336162303445924 -0.20983827313574124 -0.05854864346823331 0.23876714430812623 0.3595150424036659 -0.1726320453178898 -0.22428230410999225 -0.29135064195120053 -0.24303789766691933 0.03769747178974432 -0.03974115785252068 0.4729390909122758 0.19313967570540383 0.3236222935801478 0.36750304447111815 0.5710460620275652 0.13846153846153833 0.035980148883374204
Net Profit Margin 0.23781253327311508 -0.8070538628296448 0.38451188299817185 0.12036976459093264 -0.18344266229350825 0.0026939739134500006 0.2982017200938233 0.41358901934656184 -0.09662120109286158 -0.22370360762382732 -0.2895804977343615 -0.24333704307440354 0.037480359948578776 -0.03818463639615422 0.47000440261634524 0.19033331638216963 0.3217629211626095 0.3658956336081656 0.5492191400671134 0.1340659340659343 0.03101736972704705
Operating Cash Flow Margin 0.29900815403390085 -0.060283012125687874 0.7762510664229129 0.2917178351675342 0.001401610602242577 0.41158584095619516 0.6403980913827245 0.5322247778222744 0.03118664092745551 0.06549497257427644 0.1895588274681581 0.14310812078376098 0.24247774127505595 0.26112273323433455 0.6602277916032647 0.37363001636729026 0.6092986329185653 0.5489098434696313 0.4583537498693729 0.18681318681318615 0.016129032258064422
Free Cash Flow Margin -0.33309620449554156 -1.044915072539724 0.5931025797278082 0.28308077097568907 -0.39535751903257205 0.06504885384363653 0.1395716571796015 0.10677879804892342 -2.45232233087545 0.039665653116355414 -0.17285811332331794 0.10100720737621592 -0.03655668237870781 -0.5733917209534236 0.1228832115509705 0.08963210324388769 0.14363504356243947 -1.8676541760359504 -0.38644264598307076 -0.3296703296703302 -0.5521091811414393
Return
Return on Assets 0.0512086827327187 -0.08989649260466236 0.1283610703346993 0.026946994160404126 -0.026668436970831898 0.0004920004567813351 0.0669691369390179 0.11514519853408631 -0.014790592825123693 -0.0417329580222739 -0.05033308942184513 -0.039156926320392804 0.007442665381848822 -0.006320814909285864 0.1535412779356969 0.04442577525846345 0.09317261731292363 0.09441392540028538 0.23958303786696922 0.06673960612691474 0.011742602160638757
Return on Equity 0.09351473338655097 -0.172794098895124 0.20474793624422408 0.04854543213134042 -0.048692271655718614 0.0007490409513632491 0.10807931964516122 0.18372924619297065 -0.031097135345227976 -0.11196519307357146 -0.13717215289151347 -0.09784625296130024 0.018247430709832473 -0.016436658582401186 0.3415599757622254 0.10264684730805329 0.21324755521607694 0.23106654500236673 0.5513034194509391 0.19062500000000007 0.0473484848484847
Return on Capital Employed 0.07914588793009461 -0.0750490936884516 0.15340067220203155 0.05082190702383838 -0.01942019603518436 0.005054608701422537 0.07285983422305704 0.12312494993278313 0.004115367382312882 -0.015624290860994707 -0.0296881461237567 -0.018233358473294506 0.03683976715622256 0.012371182820299911 0.2177415630313556 0.09771325247762641 0.1354468793514482 0.1252924954446225 0.29153817318222536 0.012345679012344648 0.05000000000000061
Return on Invested Capital 0.08204273764174774 -0.0784243647683785 0.16018439132968465 0.054726900879106644 -0.02037551579992677 0.005102600025705426 0.07862382853870661 0.12668059138007376 0.004208272821090017 -0.016747865392130207 -0.03176436064552903 -0.019934041298520735 0.0393737811235473 0.012824984572986512 0.2371129570946197 0.09939428709369828 0.13878920134914458 0.1279690790474603 0.3014820751513054 -0.005240614764423894 -0.04767256166085147
Turnover Ratios
Receivables Turnover Ratio 2.328620704687381 1.7648963185953819 5.734687696572933 3.0153715298439887 1.9608114820527567 3.747539930504862 4.104793670028014 3.8619077164520927 2.9029502011918398 4.7700187992289935 5.597593054476564 3.705213225624648 4.759476804263882 4.583652135894353 7.109897956641952 4.394300801165332 6.107192746870465 3.5209343241713627 2.936405108866871 8.124999999999982 13.213114754098376
Payables Turnover Ratio 6.849274337065736 8.273643817332443 7.795382212357162 7.3593551393949665 7.21140728002293 7.7174965365495884 6.659628680628122 5.8298136017602875 8.4679037111334 12.902207808407136 28.7804960693955 2.945887308575561 2.89318758304143 1.9212940826213654 1.6964121371001477 2.601192058849597 13.785962086482469 15.458451791081147 2.0402410411356615 0 0
Inventory Turnover Ratio 14.879979828542613 10.056608966466285 8.759158089205595 3.788714268575978 -15.02161245641687 -19.09533411299754 -21.997966806941225 -22.59631408685423 0 0 0 0 0 0 350.0906474820144 0 0 0 0 5.960784313725477 11.599999999999998
Fixed Asset Turnover Ratio 0.2583160879606192 0.13203224987646647 0.3935766499919574 0.28790974652880175 0.1703640818737028 0.21968554850564717 0.27702184062352736 0.3552313201906525 0.20823878451480365 0.21488139744919427 0.19917015064054847 0.18271913863895764 0.22477169668117414 0.18455622646461511 0.37581296183407786 577.1054347826087 0.3143336376253349 0.28887898505811405 0.5543005063962454 0.6701030927835047 0.4749558043606362
Asset Turnover Ratio 0.21533214430674366 0.1113884670466387 0.33382861755486914 0.2238684627487759 0.1453775072679789 0.18263000035930618 0.2245766285920396 0.27840487331120806 0.15307813044994767 0.18655469380024783 0.1738138093402159 0.16091642203616344 0.1985750775088552 0.16553293433802257 0.3266805099717958 0.23341039867797544 0.28956915537771655 0.2580351245770601 0.43622485159146623 0.4978118161925599 0.3785814936589947
Per Share Items ()
Revenue Per Share 4.235789641877188 2.0804047157095757 5.854959613195037 4.315977308453403 3.125216184693056 3.2457435022253187 4.323614267931508 5.430776992257329 4.067178599359744 7.981236396943223 8.214019999999998 7.88914 10.5015 9.2257 16.73015645140133 10.12861567954965 12.9029452313723 10.897970333020544 10.248636932358997 13.638023662240208 20.129489777635726
Operating Cash Flow Per Share 1.266535641693616 -0.1254130627034586 4.544918643605732 1.2590475570542277 0.004380336138765882 1.335902068891514 2.768834325058453 2.890394078106476 0.12684163856606376 0.5227308589266134 1.55704 1.129 2.54638 2.40904 11.045714247085812 3.7843548421281294 7.861746890098266 5.982003189634993 4.697501168996492 2.547762662176733 0.32466918996186456
Free Cash Flow Per Share -1.4109254527508206 -2.1738462444276556 3.4725916507881065 1.2217701839905686 -1.2355777172206868 0.21113189469018775 0.60345400838057 0.5798918397049849 -9.974032902868634 0.3165809543607802 -1.41986 0.79686 -0.3839 -5.28994 2.0558553544983837 0.907849126307054 1.8533151003919315 -20.353639802781714 -3.9605103738606315 -4.496051756782494 -11.11367611792543
Cash & Short Term Investments 0.8917386666338906 0.755937705118875 0.7681878272756515 1.374601395845749 0.9017658942319765 0.9082072949768248 1.3059903830014619 0.8446857393164813 2.180265497002901 2.4039209054876247 2.9168 3.70828 3.33786 3.70958 4.029868026770001 1.1592441080564995 1.204119769388758 0.9784675075404338 1.469911790298582 0.2697631054069387 0.9240584637376182
Earnings Per Share 1.007323865146835 -1.678998662062422 2.2513015457478716 0.5195131725983432 -0.5732979771628545 0.008743948324744854 1.289309211719372 2.246109730517579 -0.39297568132932104 -1.7854313752947963 -2.3786199999999997 -1.9197200000000003 0.39359999999999995 -0.3522799999999999 7.863247188618877 1.9278130126491282 4.151689349247513 3.987519760043544 5.628747562850265 1.8283943810915475 0.6243638268497415
EBITDA Per Share
EBIT Per Share 1.457110962781784 -1.2822859959031236 2.5418921230482217 0.9054471629667088 -0.3884384168333912 0.08475876445519126 1.315664198619977 2.258081078501178 0.09891107886287492 -0.5757067059618313 -1.2190599999999998 -0.80312 1.76304 0.62724 10.040254720841821 3.6308814297609797 5.493397781543704 4.8652044288392995 6.126714959563681 0.11989471351418968 0.7742111452936917
Dividend Per Share 0.1200406951883213 0.1199960906609816 1.6747396605230906 0.12042355150268108 0.11793573268736728 0.27902868504408146 1.3701181130552231 0.8853600942018058 0.00001716163422622971 0.00007963299065797515 0.0009399999999999998 0.0012599999999999998 0.1314 2.2644399999999996 2.7240581653930223 2.2705480439217443 2.002690004973832 1.7674221501600702 1.94410298716892 1.049078743249243 0.3746182961098401
Enterprise Value Per Share 24.248043660067765 16.563250097157663 13.407663447489758 19.002484129136633 15.425141346753575 14.14201695261153 13.503324936440954 19.48731165575451 23.092794722247433 32.9685954663483 29.182781000000002 28.315571600000002 42.08678365 49.14460179999999 33.77139536454777 56.93806609119255 52.559359826112335 51.6355653734344 36.21018513201342 0 0
Price Per Share 16.7329143 8.8335234 8.117933999999998 12.3001254 7.1156489 9.368112 7.9500556000000016 13.580003159999999 12.4977166 11.8891655 6.338040999999999 4.8370916 16.69304365 21.920401799999997 13.71433095 35.2470554 30.395398999999994 29.02241355 25.9091882 32.5452017 26.7731035
Dividend Ratios
Dividend Payout Ratio 0.1191679253730609 -0.07146884233581383 0.7438984189773433 0.23180076628352492 -0.2057145452893613 31.911062906724514 1.0626761219118936 0.39417490702815716 -0.000043670982815468264 -0.000044601540983240974 -0.00039518712530795165 -0.0006563457170837414 0.33384146341463417 -6.4279550357670034 0.34642916597303147 1.1777843748453811 0.48237954155621393 0.4432384681501289 0.34538819967695833 0.5737704918032757 0.5999999999999924
Dividend Yield 0.007173926372665477 0.01358417080334916 0.20630121660549236 0.009790432827837762 0.016574136012720817 0.02978494333159995 0.17234069571226934 0.06519586805470272 0.0000013731815799239446 0.0000066979461811659655 0.000148310810864114 0.00026048710758340817 0.007871542347521507 0.10330285095412804 0.1986285860625977 0.06441809161515785 0.06588793274185452 0.06089852407054789 0.07503527212670137 0.03223451349048616 0.013992337351171861
Effective Tax Rate 0.013608017276940623 0.0012588294949352013 0.004187263739459145 0.006246627651184992 -0.0018902690853639164 0.045180823102771404 -0.0010650018362100624 0.01850939105976368 0.07018637335777574 -0.0019796474448089863 0.006067291781577496 -0.0012308590979263154 0.005759321006365566 0.039166484835260744 0.006205214058896445 0.014530206250914232 0.0057455016370119745 0.004373870875725017 0.038222699379018385 1.4126984126984166 1.8965517241379377
Short Term Coverage Ratio 1.62104575412155 -0.10700105288528625 8.124732115521992 1.2295879387898103 0.004228701874003791 2.169999281100122 3.6786910568423172 4.398910358429588 0.08724701493858712 0.1427165996303946 0.46247980230016156 0.33174269225796593 0.755297565374211 0.8874056065126902 4.814393132988734 0.8386098558027656 3.3752973587188437 2.8818257702927066 4.4177988674261925 0 0
Capital Expenditure Coverage Ratio -0.47303605804827487 0.061223897280308914 -4.238370081185396 -33.77511486402583 -0.00353264864637809 -1.1877111427142062 -1.2786826885479343 -1.25098086038046 -0.012557490744563546 -2.5356832448092708 -0.5230407470858948 -3.3991690251098934 -0.8689886290729896 -0.31290378725493506 -1.2286860538148752 -1.315608316477103 -1.3084523824614331 -0.22714475554508004 -0.5425612042377028 -0.36170212765957327 -0.02838427947598237
EBIT Per Revenue 0.3439998408740694 -0.6163637229911618 0.43414340849075767 0.20978960227461638 -0.1242916949988667 0.026113820884823363 0.3042973117140289 0.41579337205717143 0.024319335000052743 -0.07213252149533177 -0.1484121051567929 -0.10180070324522064 0.167884587916012 0.06798833692836316 0.6001291589834978 0.3584775594844586 0.425747585767242 0.4464321593992477 0.5978077865378586 0.008791208791208061 0.038461538461538956
Days of Sales Outstanding 156.7451492917141 206.8110155561379 63.647755433678654 121.04644365959263 186.14742076983586 97.39722771968647 88.9204255661184 94.51287467203461 125.7341582539532 76.51961456818516 65.20659798734359 98.5098502498371 76.68910155692043 79.63082476126472 51.33688306440782 83.06213354880147 59.765593641536604 103.66566552924877 124.30164996574666 44.92307692307702 27.624069478908154
Days of Inventory Outstanding 24.529603145016438 36.29454035819537 41.67067157399637 96.33875085998197 -24.298323569390234 -19.114617101753513 -16.59244252904446 -16.153076939762695 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.0425871202936137 0 0 0 0 61.233552631579094 31.465517241379317
Days of Payables Outstanding 53.29031690623856 44.11599146138755 46.82259189567455 49.59673681816742 50.6142540320978 47.29512974465003 54.80786054359625 62.60920587405913 43.10393840687 28.28973191411197 12.682199748048552 123.90154875832306 126.1584289036309 189.97612250072783 215.15997912154305 140.32028075674847 26.47620802307972 23.61167890115549 178.9004302142798 0 0
Cash Conversion Cycle 127.984435530492 198.98956445294573 58.49583511200048 167.7884577014072 111.23484316834782 30.987480873282927 17.520122493477686 15.750591858212786 82.6302198470832 48.229882654073194 52.52439823929503 -25.39169850848596 -49.46932734671047 -110.3452977394631 -162.7805089368416 -57.258147207947005 33.28938561845688 80.05398662809328 -54.59878024853313 106.15662955465612 59.08958672028747
Cash Conversion Ratio 1.257327147221908 0.07469515344902398 2.018796039202262 2.423514211886305 -0.007640592350322523 152.78018799710773 2.14753319055717 1.2868445556488606 -0.3227722339891259 -0.29277566539923955 -0.6545980442441416 -0.5881065988790033 6.469461382113821 -6.838423980924265 1.4047268236808301 1.9630300331502646 1.8936259986608082 1.5001814535383442 0.8345553103145005 1.3934426229508121 0.5199999999999986
Free Cash Flow to Earnings -1.4006671553891494 1.2947278002934084 1.5424817956292605 2.3517597790252163 2.155210320705006 24.146059291395517 0.468044440306005 0.2581760952397274 25.38078913465948 -0.1773134261788745 0.5969259486593066 -0.41509178421853193 -0.9753556910569107 15.016293857159079 0.26145119251420607 0.4709217752708921 0.44640023481714525 -5.1043357845478 -0.7036219566853558 -2.4590163934426226 -17.800000000000058

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