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Overall HALO gets a fundamental rating of 8 out of 10. We evaluated HALO against 563 industry peers in the Biotechnology industry. HALO has outstanding health and profitabily ratings, belonging to the best of the industry. This is a solid base for any company. HALO has both an excellent growth and valuation score. This means it is growing and it is still cheap. This is a rare combination! With these ratings, HALO could be worth investigating further for value and growth and quality investing!.
1. Profitability
1.1 Basic Checks
HALO had positive earnings in the past year.
HALO had a positive operating cash flow in the past year.
HALO had positive earnings in each of the past 5 years.
HALO had a positive operating cash flow in each of the past 5 years.
1.2 Ratios
HALO has a better Return On Assets (22.10%) than 98.94% of its industry peers.
HALO has a Return On Equity of 100.64%. This is amongst the best in the industry. HALO outperforms 99.47% of its industry peers.
HALO's Return On Invested Capital of 23.44% is amongst the best of the industry. HALO outperforms 98.94% of its industry peers.
The Average Return On Invested Capital over the past 3 years for HALO is above the industry average of 14.28%.
The 3 year average ROIC (17.81%) for HALO is below the current ROIC(23.44%), indicating increased profibility in the last year.
Industry Rank
Sector Rank
ROA
22.1%
ROE
100.64%
ROIC
23.44%
ROA(3y)16.25%
ROA(5y)21.49%
ROE(3y)192.36%
ROE(5y)173.4%
ROIC(3y)17.81%
ROIC(5y)29.79%
1.3 Margins
Looking at the Profit Margin, with a value of 44.76%, HALO belongs to the top of the industry, outperforming 98.94% of the companies in the same industry.
HALO's Profit Margin has declined in the last couple of years.
HALO has a Operating Margin of 55.10%. This is amongst the best in the industry. HALO outperforms 99.82% of its industry peers.
HALO's Operating Margin has declined in the last couple of years.
Looking at the Gross Margin, with a value of 83.45%, HALO belongs to the top of the industry, outperforming 86.17% of the companies in the same industry.
HALO's Gross Margin has improved in the last couple of years.
HALO has a Return on Invested Capital (ROIC), which is well above the Cost of Capital (WACC), which means it is creating value.
Compared to 1 year ago, HALO has less shares outstanding
The number of shares outstanding for HALO has been reduced compared to 5 years ago.
HALO has a better debt/assets ratio than last year.
2.2 Solvency
HALO has an Altman-Z score of 5.15. This indicates that HALO is financially healthy and has little risk of bankruptcy at the moment.
HALO has a better Altman-Z score (5.15) than 81.03% of its industry peers.
HALO has a debt to FCF ratio of 3.04. This is a good value and a sign of high solvency as HALO would need 3.04 years to pay back of all of its debts.
With an excellent Debt to FCF ratio value of 3.04, HALO belongs to the best of the industry, outperforming 93.97% of the companies in the same industry.
HALO has a Debt/Equity ratio of 3.13. This is a high value indicating a heavy dependency on external financing.
Looking at the Debt to Equity ratio, with a value of 3.13, HALO is doing worse than 82.98% of the companies in the same industry.
Industry Rank
Sector Rank
Debt/Equity
3.13
Debt/FCF
3.04
Altman-Z
5.15
ROIC/WACC2.51
WACC9.33%
2.3 Liquidity
HALO has a Current Ratio of 8.39. This indicates that HALO is financially healthy and has no problem in meeting its short term obligations.
With a decent Current ratio value of 8.39, HALO is doing good in the industry, outperforming 74.65% of the companies in the same industry.
HALO has a Quick Ratio of 7.30. This indicates that HALO is financially healthy and has no problem in meeting its short term obligations.
HALO's Quick ratio of 7.30 is fine compared to the rest of the industry. HALO outperforms 69.86% of its industry peers.