We assign a fundamental rating of 0 out of 10 to POLA. POLA was compared to 91 industry peers in the Electrical Equipment industry. Both the profitability and financial health of POLA have multiple concerns. POLA does not seem to be growing, but still is valued expensively.

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1. Profitability

2. Health

3. Growth

4. Valuation

5. Dividend

1. Profitability

1.1 Basic Checks

In the past year POLA has reported negative net income.
POLA had a negative operating cash flow in the past year.
POLA had negative earnings in each of the past 5 years.
POLA had a negative operating cash flow in each of the past 5 years.

1.2 Ratios

The Return On Assets of POLA (-70.23%) is worse than 79.12% of its industry peers.
Looking at the Return On Equity, with a value of -299.07%, POLA is doing worse than 67.03% of the companies in the same industry.

		Industry Rank	Sector Rank
ROA	-70.23%
ROE	-299.07%
ROIC	N/A

ROA(3y)-25.22%

ROA(5y)-28.38%

ROE(3y)-45.1%

ROE(5y)-47.19%

ROIC(3y)N/A

ROIC(5y)N/A

1.3 Margins

POLA does not have Profit Margin and Operating Margin and Gross Margin available, so we won't be analyzing them here.

		Industry Rank	Sector Rank
OM	N/A
PM (TTM)	N/A
GM	N/A

OM growth 3YN/A

OM growth 5YN/A

PM growth 3YN/A

PM growth 5YN/A

GM growth 3YN/A

GM growth 5YN/A

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2. Health

2.1 Basic Checks

POLA does not have a ROIC to compare to the WACC, probably because it is not profitable.
POLA has about the same amout of shares outstanding than it did 1 year ago.
The number of shares outstanding for POLA has been reduced compared to 5 years ago.
The debt/assets ratio for POLA is higher compared to a year ago.

2.2 Solvency

Based on the Altman-Z score of -4.92, we must say that POLA is in the distress zone and has some risk of bankruptcy.
POLA has a Altman-Z score of -4.92. This is in the lower half of the industry: POLA underperforms 76.92% of its industry peers.
A Debt/Equity ratio of 1.60 is on the high side and indicates that POLA has dependencies on debt financing.
Looking at the Debt to Equity ratio, with a value of 1.60, POLA is doing worse than 63.74% of the companies in the same industry.

		Industry Rank	Sector Rank
Debt/Equity	1.6
Debt/FCF	N/A
Altman-Z	-4.92

ROIC/WACCN/A

WACC6.24%

2.3 Liquidity

A Current Ratio of 1.25 indicates that POLA should not have too much problems paying its short term obligations.
With a Current ratio value of 1.25, POLA is not doing good in the industry: 63.74% of the companies in the same industry are doing better.
POLA has a Quick Ratio of 1.25. This is a bad value and indicates that POLA is not financially healthy enough and could expect problems in meeting its short term obligations.
POLA's Quick ratio of 0.10 is on the low side compared to the rest of the industry. POLA is outperformed by 91.21% of its industry peers.

		Industry Rank	Sector Rank
Current Ratio	1.25
Quick Ratio	0.1

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3. Growth

3.1 Past

The earnings per share for POLA have decreased strongly by -297.27% in the last year.
POLA shows a very negative growth in Revenue. In the last year, the Revenue has decreased by -44.32%.
Measured over the past years, POLA shows a very negative growth in Revenue. The Revenue has been decreasing by -10.84% on average per year.

EPS 1Y (TTM)-297.27%

EPS 3YN/A

EPS 5YN/A

EPS Q2Q%-31378.85%

Revenue 1Y (TTM)-44.32%

Revenue growth 3Y-6.15%

Revenue growth 5Y-10.84%

Sales Q2Q%-74.09%

3.2 Future

No EPS estimates are available, so we could not analyze the future EPS growth and evolution.
No Revenue estimates are available, so we could not analyze the future revenue growth and evolution.

EPS Next YN/A

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3.3 Evolution

No EPS estimates are available, so we could not analyze the future EPS growth and evolution.
No Revenue estimates are available, so we could not analyze the future revenue growth and evolution.