Overall VQS gets a fundamental rating of 2 out of 10. We evaluated VQS against 278 industry peers in the Software industry. VQS may be in some trouble as it scores bad on both profitability and health. While showing a medium growth rate, VQS is valued expensive at the moment.

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1. Profitability

2. Health

3. Growth

4. Valuation

5. Dividend

1. Profitability

1.1 Basic Checks

In the past year VQS has reported negative net income.
In the past year VQS has reported a negative cash flow from operations.

1.2 Ratios

The Return On Assets of VQS (-32.00%) is worse than 72.24% of its industry peers.
With a Return On Equity value of -89.42%, VQS is not doing good in the industry: 70.82% of the companies in the same industry are doing better.

		Industry Rank	Sector Rank
ROA	-32%
ROE	-89.42%
ROIC	N/A

ROA(3y)-30.53%

ROA(5y)-28.36%

ROE(3y)-67.03%

ROE(5y)-125.92%

ROIC(3y)N/A

ROIC(5y)N/A

1.3 Margins

Looking at the Gross Margin, with a value of 45.62%, VQS is doing worse than 70.82% of the companies in the same industry.
In the last couple of years the Gross Margin of VQS has grown nicely.
The Profit Margin and Operating Margin are not available for VQS so they could not be analyzed.

		Industry Rank	Sector Rank
OM	N/A
PM (TTM)	N/A
GM	45.62%

OM growth 3YN/A

OM growth 5YN/A

PM growth 3YN/A

PM growth 5YN/A

GM growth 3Y8.99%

GM growth 5Y3.96%

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2. Health

2.1 Basic Checks

VQS does not have a ROIC to compare to the WACC, probably because it is not profitable.
Compared to 1 year ago, VQS has more shares outstanding
VQS has a better debt/assets ratio than last year.

2.2 Solvency

VQS has an Altman-Z score of -2.85. This is a bad value and indicates that VQS is not financially healthy and even has some risk of bankruptcy.
With a Altman-Z score value of -2.85, VQS is not doing good in the industry: 81.14% of the companies in the same industry are doing better.
A Debt/Equity ratio of 0.84 indicates that VQS is somewhat dependend on debt financing.
VQS has a worse Debt to Equity ratio (0.84) than 71.53% of its industry peers.

		Industry Rank	Sector Rank
Debt/Equity	0.84
Debt/FCF	N/A
Altman-Z	-2.85

ROIC/WACCN/A

WACC10.05%

2.3 Liquidity

VQS has a Current Ratio of 0.90. This is a bad value and indicates that VQS is not financially healthy enough and could expect problems in meeting its short term obligations.
Looking at the Current ratio, with a value of 0.90, VQS is doing worse than 79.72% of the companies in the same industry.
VQS has a Quick Ratio of 0.90. This is a bad value and indicates that VQS is not financially healthy enough and could expect problems in meeting its short term obligations.
The Quick ratio of VQS (0.89) is worse than 79.00% of its industry peers.

		Industry Rank	Sector Rank
Current Ratio	0.9
Quick Ratio	0.89

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3. Growth

3.1 Past

The Earnings Per Share has grown by an impressive 31.82% over the past year.
The Revenue has grown by 10.56% in the past year. This is quite good.
The Revenue has been growing by 31.34% on average over the past years. This is a very strong growth!

EPS 1Y (TTM)31.82%

EPS 3YN/A

EPS 5YN/A

EPS Q2Q%9.09%

Revenue 1Y (TTM)10.56%

Revenue growth 3Y26.53%

Revenue growth 5Y31.34%

Sales Q2Q%-14.84%

3.2 Future

The Earnings Per Share is expected to grow by 17.76% on average over the next years. This is quite good.
VQS is expected to show a small growth in Revenue. In the coming years, the Revenue will grow by 0.84% yearly.

EPS Next Y-4.61%

EPS Next 2Y17.76%

EPS Next 3YN/A

EPS Next 5YN/A

Revenue Next Year0.41%

Revenue Next 2Y0.84%

Revenue Next 3YN/A

Revenue Next 5YN/A

3.3 Evolution

When comparing the Revenue growth rate of the last years to the growth rate of the upcoming years, we see that the growth is decreasing.

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4. Valuation

4.1 Price/Earnings Ratio

VQS reported negative earnings for the last year, which makes the Price/Earnings Ratio negative.
Besides the negative Price/Earnings Ratio, also the Forward Price/Earnings Ratio is negative for VQS. No positive earnings are expected for the next year.