WTE.TO Financial Ratios


* All Per Share Items In CAD
Period Ending: LTM
(Last Twelve Months)
2022
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Price Ratios
Price to Earnings Ratio 21.22966511744816 15.737109206496434 7.9443226846890855 9.071460100082504 11.420709020519768 17.432250566586223 15.978990309741924 5.646941735488554 18.003557019502022 19.260062159998803 31.022428923702208 39.51434805852115 20.17577589783611 9.91109146644264 5.708566480599047 18.294029226400852 12.364842371811449 7.460283250423968 18.28083806310218 8.938547276536314 8.989460767404857 12.000279963484928 18.87330328742634 14.107493217711806 10.707940931631793
Price to Sales Ratio 4.860077946020002 4.983287724593285 2.7367923179338236 3.197660894057488 3.919611197542993 5.778089797564471 5.881234472867476 2.3607225649710104 7.525524332548265 8.689806589770901 8.498672347992272 7.9818845693183045 7.6330674597380295 5.110142694606744 2.6887871173628164 6.436086673688531 5.031796574808268 4.976159334488082 6.979066957352257 0 0 0 0 0 0
Price to Book Ratio 1.9909308426195373 2.151841925549576 1.361454187545657 1.7812923915524148 2.234123969600238 3.0310307593198353 3.0496609214780346 1.5876758188938016 4.718402063093435 5.407051307496628 4.713032202530712 23.366532323943662 3.520301237443083 1.9961295254710794 1.3791051559715741 2.028539933053295 1.5844279135651593 1.5872710416200766 1.765161207024941 1.0034355674800635 0.6755629036962691 0.7719129601302914 0.536343485079696 0.5004872280854479 0.4703344718073368
Price to Free Cash Flows Ratio 39.11750446931686 13.207935316445843 6.3211122888023725 8.874157561901686 12.581181220430011 22.821584197752486 41.855694781206815 7.160502852700967 19.213692045290923 18.082235438124922 53.54381585174327 17.294516604703247 15.961770374098432 9.815347620060088 5.780132449987431 16.65082899981261 9.082803517916402 10.05037456990207 19.761985958293288 13.466242024144552 8.0813449980068 8.036159431521938 6.248898378822756 5.731548936820513 4.60098158491001
Price to Operating Cash Flow Ratio 15.55830307580974 12.423317943633714 5.715963455956552 7.709159265254609 8.828819744854947 14.31621712872179 16.547946345433417 4.357110873952463 16.58459565479595 14.596784210119736 20.442183145292653 14.997884438166537 14.65624483701114 8.592291429357546 5.421729153957907 11.890955788763495 8.6957182808639 9.489084692506461 19.463985685730638 13.466242024144552 8.0813449980068 8.036159431521938 6.248898378822755 5.731548936820513 4.60098158491001
Price Earnings to Growth Ratio -0.5639129796822168 -1.1863359247974232 -1.2772026470000146 0.5630561441430524 0.5946645041718911 -2.567295083442695 -0.7481072735924628 0.33128724848199526 -8.101600658775899 0.18017477504515006 0.6204485784740441 -0.2025525404680496 -0.14172252337992194 -0.6937764026509846 0.05067154516486795 -1.2152462271823425 -0.2952798178343033 0.0551412240248728 -1.1390368331625202 0.17877094553072628 0.6035780800971828 0.09692533816660903 -0.7549321314970532 -0.5799747211725966 0
EV to EBITDA
Liquidity Ratios
Current Ratio 2.4822788666598963 3.6956060002654985 3.056012964269845 2.2833696744963374 0.9338062004030376 1.2281263337601365 1.5683183380111743 1.427121135040416 1.5154314034692498 1.1342389680247036 1.0067503754509282 1.414202311799566 1.503243923695168 2.399300729673384 1.6339908552670144 1.6697521812449594 1.5066064232507022 1.4344244849310404 1.449812763505905 0.9935450286309214 1 1 1 1.5203017528289329 1
Quick Ratio 2.2267695744896923 3.433452807646356 2.7846519773125276 2.0425909725939757 0.7454829050584633 1.0529556124626547 1.3239776512866248 1.2129783505737382 1.330564316287452 0.9914583125809343 0.853396089117342 1.2815672123452444 1.3807494916238985 2.1933200138985405 1.5292074564745881 1.5382909304201189 1.215435340090365 1.1139324025200068 1.1106397465105926 0.9908381051535659 0.9788154692148202 1 1 1.5203017528289329 1
Cash Ratio 1.9806413120747435 3.2323244391344748 2.6324786324786325 1.7216310436224522 0.5698086140744367 0.7310926163038839 1.1902919497416258 1.1073653270024306 1.205775512502816 0.7646179898396255 0.6792642710058988 0.9620812063603825 1.0151383105774507 1.769588255733148 1.0996248314672608 1.3333455531930494 0.843936988643302 0.8493104035416312 0.9427292010370021 0.903748047891723 0.9788154692148202 1 1 0.9954515198579986 1
Debt Ratio 0.22289102549334722 0.21846980225962562 0.22853364232060092 0.2390187417119258 0.004586970914380498 0 0.014286286500126841 0.030565568610158505 0 0 0.050985983953011314 0.6523561258217051 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.052563297311709625 0 0 0 0 0
Debt to Equity Ratio 0.3936756530743392 0.35933217581876825 0.3861678123949299 0.4065291137671237 0.0060642661626183324 0 0.01881024031400476 0.042308364050851664 0 0 0.06911996461057812 5.106321522887324 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0575681973632378 0 0 0 0 0
Long Term Debt to Capitalization 0.28041912431369304 0.26245362687854407 0.27670963961324346 0.28718657833771666 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.06465127104398873 0.8362352856377012 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.054434501251804504 0 0 0 0 0
Total Debt to Capitalization 0.2824729356546637 0.26434464085449255 0.27858662489625585 0.289030002854553 0.006027712509608324 0 0.018462947828446742 0.040591024220916205 0 0 0.06465127104398873 0.8362352856377012 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.054434501251804504 0 0 0 0 0
Interest Coverage Ratio 9.060798469165869 13.338156123822342 15.795734556886737 16.320692431561998 55.244153414405986 42.332394366197185 -43.01820072802912 -58.760614525139665 -61.87077877325982 51.09468114731273 5.490174952542199 2.508170647238398 191.9189814814815 269.96782841823057 74.04913748039728 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cash Flow to Debt Ratio 0.32505390715494964 0.4820328741401157 0.6167902736837688 0.5683770605990248 41.72788411795137 0 9.797451146983857 8.612653717464042 0 0 3.335566666666667 0.30510976430976433 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.2943759787567237 0 0 0 0 0
Margins
Gross Profit Margin 0.3906288532675709 0.5061135897036751 0.544423332699981 0.553112876875844 0.5333779161128219 0.500701449257797 0.5564856393487084 0.6075961478006763 0.5722278298485941 0.5531016992137966 0.4947963189929164 0.502755629895178 0.5790521437262902 0.6356110849079306 0.7095597526980283 0.5772696818431489 0.596033499842157 0.6065962034713139 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Operating Profit Margin 0.35680230168516236 0.46571954733295934 0.5046008523112836 0.5126244872566524 0.48757048619997856 0.4553511639815654 0.5099133029035668 0.5750498199919631 0.5753392613954978 0.6204446698791106 0.4445833939217682 0.4593703162514037 0.3708977524872951 0.4846422624146926 0.5343472865058978 0.5271106335975083 0.5411103476877557 0.552747239798744 0.44336919543133185 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pretax Profit Margin 0.3139368406631045 0.43370213615843933 0.47210173448060583 0.4830232005300666 0.47724214228511513 0.4512182188945887 0.4976006509216767 0.565014747811064 0.5658159096371065 0.608376025023248 0.3644197012817051 0.2768503596649079 0.37353267482642616 0.5155406250902406 0.4783799382122286 0.3924839895456713 0.4068881419719844 0.4148373337103939 0.34467080804174 0 0 0 0 0 0
Net Profit Margin 0.22892862035895328 0.3166583938132763 0.3444966206129041 0.3524968261755795 0.34320208933618446 0.3314597719608158 0.3680604568163396 0.41805328893955174 0.4180020828326524 0.4511826866176346 0.2739525125158396 0.20199965231609165 0.3783283229546919 0.5155983790391668 0.4710091625455958 0.3518135121594949 0.40694385124386423 0.6670201609577339 0.381769530109165 0 0 0 0 0 0
Operating Cash Flow Margin 0.31237840800109606 0.4011237374108221 0.47879807822806114 0.41478723996135775 0.44395641895703813 0.40360450987937496 0.3554057011122994 0.5418091559440923 0.4537659216534487 0.5953233578493533 0.4157419140405908 0.5322006981868754 0.5208064920191826 0.5947357275553716 0.49592796707669906 0.541258986074979 0.5786522070156543 0.5244087807981901 0.35856309545422255 0 0 0 0 0 0
Free Cash Flow Margin 0.12424304699273873 0.37729498253889465 0.4329605602453788 0.3603340228919989 0.3115455638758397 0.2531853068348125 0.14051216933826047 0.32968670127413435 0.3916750781062245 0.4805714768788571 0.1587236959637716 0.4615268961693691 0.4782093264619569 0.5206277854248285 0.4651774229444627 0.3865325068055748 0.5539915693301889 0.4951217787832726 0.3531561540465234 0 0 0 0 0 0
Return
Return on Assets 0.053096642116811345 0.08313439004604997 0.10141921048425763 0.1154511652794194 0.1479659999383025 0.12760819785149938 0.14495300819185622 0.20312097393300094 0.1965075501030381 0.2107855682676297 0.11206549319592043 0.07554679304364328 0.14601526970610476 0.17597981480477623 0.2030678508293313 0.09613392709879598 0.11498315732769929 0.19550100413222427 0.08189562481691758 0.10249968237266723 0.07355116465123775 0.06242358823075083 0.02769789977919439 0.03491299074909747 0.0429397273934529
Return on Equity 0.0937806051864303 0.13673679818281206 0.1713744823293189 0.19636225832445806 0.19562042650645878 0.17387489628732464 0.19085441960739816 0.28115675586237326 0.26208165741815975 0.2807390372148708 0.15192337821523036 0.5913429797535211 0.17448157906138526 0.20140360244173433 0.24158519667915884 0.11088535543202407 0.1281397583504367 0.2127628386669999 0.09655800247953189 0.11225935674291079 0.07515054808913701 0.06432457929974202 0.028418103440165432 0.03547669457371006 0.04392389487487228
Return on Capital Employed 0.08827963522744896 0.129808550316736 0.1582286561544053 0.1792692784584662 0.23466302158044686 0.1968229104591967 0.2212992946961094 0.3165967091629029 0.3028788410412815 0.331982948603356 0.20429050339055532 0.19518325318065397 0.16029611928294124 0.17895026789760357 0.2591314114700809 0.1582763020531261 0.16468575799192564 0.1763126194507661 0.1016846671035529 -0.015420081872277024 -0.012465303370081704 -0.03702783444918306 -0.04924575271376612 -0.04874239183781673 -0.04576373610650543
Return on Invested Capital 0.07418405174521374 0.11837266240518135 0.13935261098450585 0.14809581094680105 0.18073557655090447 0.15883774341330778 0.18630433470757066 0.27475276320680836 0.2615372672763899 0.27697951669748866 0.16761439853310997 0.16386831761933987 0.18483161366430187 0.20927517001914678 0.2957306888777855 0.16342058366629547 0.17617703727981388 0.30647720719457294 0.12048139778798195 0 0 0 0 0 0
Turnover Ratios
Receivables Turnover Ratio 15.058022590128424 22.47185004290146 31.63947097217451 16.085835163941095 23.54951393389501 10.940858610972981 31.831943490630824 39.15831727681439 35.21098950693896 16.232572181359096 21.40081799591002 9.772130394857667 9.86739648627174 10.648728987289873 9.043803090778836 14.817368750558984 10.62080073630925 13.651894152658247 19.758109794135994 0 0 0 0 0 0
Payables Turnover Ratio 3.949036668738347 3.773060784885678 3.7541155945244697 3.141828461702582 2.543174693644913 2.1467710626766894 2.324857022844034 2.576192099926419 3.149331194413645 3.485021887031275 3.276921418562035 3.405915103144209 0 0 0 2.516890677783368 3.757816548626706 3.3576708402473976 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Inventory Turnover Ratio 10.094297872340425 9.442079847268236 9.215846694487151 10.960736881280239 11.807520891364902 11.537072043688301 10.887796020276916 11.288770053475936 11.0868698613072 12.660120701216591 13.461751356138603 12.738565238324506 13.601763515466898 12.048376830044557 11.8857672121025 11.365628042843232 10.695181907571287 11.106786427145709 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Fixed Asset Turnover Ratio 0.4480387944263704 0.5380949972658337 0.5650321464503939 0.5937088976307018 0.9231255827187529 0.8828276721753505 0.9578300093284684 1.4010662622223755 1.636822809308766 1.6770350123059126 1.5897112437916094 2.103527342089918 2.3025720789855892 1.913752291127465 2.3142415671485437 1.2873905306591862 1.2963025371912762 1.1925803618478834 0.7880531468879461 0 0 0 0 0 0
Asset Turnover Ratio 0.23193536060959694 0.26253651149090257 0.29439827393319484 0.32752398520011894 0.43113373879656675 0.38498849225837534 0.3938293438139894 0.48587340252302413 0.470111413731185 0.46718452307604813 0.409069046919002 0.3739946686909475 0.3859485553863526 0.34131180771498926 0.4311335468122096 0.2732525152564737 0.28255288039428994 0.29309609450412444 0.2145158750450827 0 0 0 0 0 0
Per Share Items ()
Revenue Per Share 4.615152318363184 5.381989056670199 5.696449780950084 5.926206883042712 5.25052076922848 4.558599973836094 4.402137020627402 4.934929742641344 4.203029397326999 3.982827424575908 3.241682803139059 2.8664909647965597 3.0105852098402237 2.798356299344097 3.5703830690083627 2.2513680648889953 2.2954028105637603 2.4034600172685945 1.7939360772016266 0 0 0 0 0 0
Operating Cash Flow Per Share 1.4416739338928592 2.1588435651156956 2.7274492078415595 2.4581149964572875 2.331002398366229 1.8398715081762482 1.5645445942084906 2.673790118503903 1.9071915082146245 2.371070196133022 1.3477034132895003 1.5255484928110992 1.5679323220617218 1.6642824696495688 1.7706528170983828 1.2185731960834052 1.3282399023226559 1.2603955373530205 0.6432392728884204 0.5383833133996089 0.6038598774342159 0.7030721637798528 0.6481142362188628 0.6926574375900375 0.8628593544083156
Free Cash Flow Per Share 0.5734005863690442 2.0305974671609053 2.466338088569813 2.1354139666570346 1.6357764536910944 1.1541705331128596 0.6185538224926228 1.6269807078710374 1.6462218674808098 1.9140332575820589 0.5145318756564309 1.3229626778800962 1.4396899254540227 1.4569020429571355 1.6608615949658516 0.8702269418635595 1.2716338052691438 1.1900053989845016 0.6335395656298336 0.5383833133996089 0.6038598774342159 0.7030721637798528 0.6481142362188628 0.6926574375900375 0.8628593544083156
Cash & Short Term Investments 2.46639392648737 3.8489794942819913 3.114593176831077 1.9761616379064544 0.7231713862722108 0.9464145883486748 1.2313143418726937 1.3213881207029878 1.1533869568459083 0.8270435928256231 0.5908820275540412 0.8833264089801678 0.8471378645898204 1.0974543089660749 1.0105587047954305 0.9885075768299922 0.4909698001215127 0.5650468882432864 0.5097656369476321 0.24583447841799558 0.1537509801660386 0.2229007155058976 0.1963452949755226 0.12749159358964937 0.19346099836360925
Earnings Per Share 1.0565404529893083 1.7042520102058156 1.9624076990284214 2.08896911753243 1.8019896981022447 1.5109925077882922 1.6202525627802415 2.06306360959683 1.7568750422895536 1.7969827777545524 0.888067148699335 0.5790301782561232 1.138989653551051 1.4428279719158579 1.6816831393006033 0.7920617060723231 0.9341000598868067 1.6031562875739758 0.6848701332391437 0.8110937690100102 0.5428579228794825 0.47082234891120145 0.21458882625481715 0.2814107324904263 0.3707528856712705
EBITDA Per Share
EBIT Per Share 1.6466969698195972 2.506497507223386 2.874433414615837 3.037918764796615 2.5599989642558154 2.0757638042125985 2.2447082280221857 2.83783046017889 2.4181678290816797 2.4711240466264677 1.4411983426373942 1.3167808610303868 1.1166192880012307 1.35620172795653 1.9078245047112183 1.1867200471448345 1.2420662129076079 1.3285058905118572 0.7953759952041248 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dividend Per Share 2.649855557556431 1.3102663396246266 0.6446678448390429 0.6411457391257119 0.6447391954816586 0.6424674063437622 0.6403567220286198 1.3206731422400955 1.319999715555617 1.2649963604048244 0.8199998232997013 0.4369291987761995 1.6900063698302772 0.0 0.0 1.127620497343707 1.2550100267669828 1.0165293206999062 0.8443984572905888 0.698619645280148 0.6722534337246899 0.6765167432494779 0.5792605348329894 0.7586268423639974 0.8992327501053514
Enterprise Value Per Share 24.398790214233102 27.44964360578518 16.89741106709436 21.298634640582737 19.912690597809636 0 24.818374598723874 10.639060923948863 0 0 27.363158289420436 26.996672513578986 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7.420105961018109 0 0 0 0 0
Price Per Share 22.429999999999996 26.819999999999997 15.59 18.95 20.58 26.339999999999996 25.889999999999997 11.650000000000002 31.630000000000003 34.60999999999999 27.55 22.88 22.98 14.3 9.600000000000001 14.49 11.549999999999999 11.960000000000003 12.52 7.25 4.88 5.65 4.05 3.97 3.97
Dividend Ratios
Dividend Payout Ratio 2.5080493132649093 0.7688219416953429 0.3285086198745627 0.30691968289270727 0.3577929419689036 0.4251956267368729 0.3952203111654469 0.6401514408458717 0.7513338648350301 0.7039557507532265 0.9233534023870547 0.7545879561789128 1.4837767529856922 0 0 1.4236523350375734 1.3435498836378017 0.6340799886941775 1.2329322251168175 0.8613303072625699 1.2383598090617418 1.43688324229713 2.6993974707011854 2.695799252751691 2.425423468996704
Dividend Yield 0.11813890136230189 0.04885407679435596 0.041351369136564654 0.03383354823882385 0.03132843515459954 0.024391321425351643 0.024733747471171106 0.1133625014798365 0.041732523413076726 0.03655002486000649 0.02976405892194923 0.019096555890568162 0.07354248780810606 0 0 0.07782060023075962 0.10865887677636216 0.0849940903595239 0.06744396623726748 0.09636133038346868 0.1377568511730922 0.11973747668132351 0.14302729255135543 0.1910898847264477 0.22650698995097013
Effective Tax Rate 0.2707812823897793 0.2698712609116705 0.270291559102382 0.2702279605022042 0.28086382377533664 0.2654113728544952 0.2603296315336352 0.26010198749830665 0.2612401388629323 0.25838187558361864 0.2482499942996557 0.2703652162107121 -0.01283863086540995 -0.00011202599002968689 0.015407785899589178 0.10362327755905512 -0.00013691544710499892 -0.6079077429983526 -0.10763523107223011 -64.63282336578581 6.877170767004341 1.8683267751218653 0.605093352678401 0.8029254620303057 0.983477576711251
Short Term Coverage Ratio 32.17001763668431 49.698326055312954 66.21396396396396 63.52285050348567 41.72788411795137 0 9.797451146983857 8.612653717464042 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Capital Expenditure Coverage Ratio -1.6603917856102535 -16.833600394428693 -10.445549831231125 -7.617313765558239 -3.3528702664505134 -2.6831980339624923 -1.653868770168519 -2.5542282017577773 -7.308097228673169 -5.187918078679829 -1.6175581526922393 -7.53038159819173 -12.226318000420079 -8.02526302117158 -16.12745338567223 -3.498166497620348 -23.46460843373494 -17.905853952926975 -66.31532846715328 0 0 0 0 0 0
EBIT Per Revenue 0.35680230168516236 0.46571954733295934 0.5046008523112836 0.5126244872566524 0.48757048619997856 0.4553511639815654 0.5099133029035668 0.5750498199919631 0.5753392613954978 0.6204446698791106 0.4445833939217682 0.4593703162514037 0.3708977524872951 0.4846422624146926 0.5343472865058978 0.5271106335975083 0.5411103476877557 0.552747239798744 0.44336919543133185 0 0 0 0 0 0
Days of Sales Outstanding 24.239570489108097 16.24254341779476 11.536223229554029 22.690770872637337 15.499258329686903 33.36118425238841 11.466469212206015 9.321135977824978 10.36608187134503 22.48565390142869 17.055422838031532 37.351118461545695 36.990507121895355 34.27639114824476 40.35912727601933 24.633253457111298 34.366523679535504 26.73621666843414 18.47342705365107 0 0 0 0 0 0
Days of Inventory Outstanding 36.15902805881559 38.65673727654412 39.60569355155834 33.30068078026586 30.912500884663476 31.63714316923973 33.5237727929731 32.333017527238276 32.92182595863578 28.83068879153141 27.113856907894736 28.653148386121398 26.83475562451513 30.294537193575657 30.70899787001922 32.11437138573571 34.12751677852349 32.86279090664031 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Days of Payables Outstanding 92.42760465848284 96.73843619539232 97.22662789935593 116.17438840126988 143.52140295831467 170.02278740654432 156.99890204580834 141.6819809401733 115.89762316756182 104.7339189915178 111.38503289473684 107.16649973542972 0 0 0 145.0202041836225 97.13087248322148 108.70630784437057 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cash Conversion Cycle -32.029006110559145 -41.83915550105344 -46.08471111824356 -60.182936748366686 -97.10964374396428 -105.02445998491618 -112.00866004062922 -100.02782743511005 -72.60971533758101 -53.41757629855769 -67.21575314881056 -41.16223288776263 63.82526274641049 64.57092834182042 71.06812514603855 -88.2725793407755 -28.636832025162477 -49.10730026929612 18.47342705365107 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cash Conversion Ratio 1.3645231754391216 1.2667396325118492 1.3898484036685683 1.1767119847903291 1.293571434299048 1.2176575983618547 0.9656177253772338 1.296028928078676 1.0855589966883357 1.3194729662884297 1.5175692685664022 2.6346614565161772 1.3765992668795082 1.1534864183702045 1.0529051375485525 1.5384826544967916 1.4219460626986904 0.7861962973431317 0.9392134970847289 0 0 0 0 0 0
Free Cash Flow to Earnings 0.542715221879769 1.1914889670076891 1.2567918938510512 1.0222333823582164 0.9077612682324451 0.7638492759982449 0.3817638291102143 0.7886236276490706 0.9370170489390409 1.0651372296254105 0.5793839760991218 2.284790547298398 1.2640061487525127 1.0097545038737983 0.9876186281183679 1.0986857907559275 1.3613464551359082 0.7422890757490107 0.925050655419096 0 0 0 0 0 0

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