FORA Fundamental Analysis - VERTICALSCOPE HD SUB VOT

Fundamental Rating

We assign a fundamental rating of 4 out of 10 to FORA. FORA was compared to 11 industry peers in the Interactive Media & Services industry. FORA has only an average score on both its financial health and profitability. FORA is valued expensive and it does not seem to be growing.

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1. Profitability

1.1 Basic Checks

In the past year FORA has reported negative net income.

FORA had a positive operating cash flow in the past year.

FORA had negative earnings in each of the past 5 years.

In the past 5 years FORA always reported a positive cash flow from operatings.

1.2 Ratios

Looking at the Return On Assets, with a value of -1.05%, FORA is in the better half of the industry, outperforming 72.73% of the companies in the same industry.

Looking at the Return On Equity, with a value of -1.77%, FORA is in the better half of the industry, outperforming 72.73% of the companies in the same industry.

With an excellent Return On Invested Capital value of 2.98%, FORA belongs to the best of the industry, outperforming 81.82% of the companies in the same industry.

		Industry Rank	Sector Rank
ROA	-1.05%
ROE	-1.77%
ROIC	2.98%

ROA(3y)-5.73%

ROA(5y)-4.91%

ROE(3y)-12.18%

ROE(5y)N/A

ROIC(3y)N/A

ROIC(5y)N/A

1.3 Margins

With an excellent Operating Margin value of 7.54%, FORA belongs to the best of the industry, outperforming 81.82% of the companies in the same industry.

FORA's Operating Margin has improved in the last couple of years.

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

		Industry Rank	Sector Rank
OM	7.54%
PM (TTM)	N/A
GM	N/A

OM growth 3YN/A

OM growth 5Y10.75%

PM growth 3YN/A

PM growth 5YN/A

GM growth 3YN/A

GM growth 5YN/A

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ROIC

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2. Health

2.1 Basic Checks

With a Return on Invested Capital (ROIC) below the Cost of Capital (WACC), FORA is destroying value.

Compared to 1 year ago, FORA has less shares outstanding

The number of shares outstanding for FORA has been increased compared to 5 years ago.

The debt/assets ratio for FORA has been reduced compared to a year ago.

2.2 Solvency

FORA has an Altman-Z score of 0.27. This is a bad value and indicates that FORA is not financially healthy and even has some risk of bankruptcy.

The Altman-Z score of FORA (0.27) is better than 72.73% of its industry peers.

The Debt to FCF ratio of FORA is 3.14, which is a good value as it means it would take FORA, 3.14 years of fcf income to pay off all of its debts.

Looking at the Debt to FCF ratio, with a value of 3.14, FORA belongs to the top of the industry, outperforming 81.82% of the companies in the same industry.

A Debt/Equity ratio of 0.51 indicates that FORA is somewhat dependend on debt financing.

FORA's Debt to Equity ratio of 0.51 is fine compared to the rest of the industry. FORA outperforms 72.73% of its industry peers.

		Industry Rank	Sector Rank
Debt/Equity	0.51
Debt/FCF	3.14
Altman-Z	0.27

ROIC/WACC0.35

WACC8.55%

2.3 Liquidity

FORA has a Current Ratio of 1.65. This is a normal value and indicates that FORA is financially healthy and should not expect problems in meeting its short term obligations.

Looking at the Current ratio, with a value of 1.65, FORA is in the better half of the industry, outperforming 72.73% of the companies in the same industry.

A Quick Ratio of 1.65 indicates that FORA should not have too much problems paying its short term obligations.

FORA has a Quick ratio of 1.65. This is in the better half of the industry: FORA outperforms 72.73% of its industry peers.

		Industry Rank	Sector Rank
Current Ratio	1.65
Quick Ratio	1.65

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3. Growth

3.1 Past

The Earnings Per Share has grown by an impressive 28.57% over the past year.

Looking at the last year, FORA shows a quite strong growth in Revenue. The Revenue has grown by 8.20% in the last year.

Measured over the past years, FORA shows a small growth in Revenue. The Revenue has been growing by 3.39% on average per year.

EPS 1Y (TTM)28.57%

EPS 3YN/A

EPS 5YN/A

EPS Q2Q%-100%

Revenue 1Y (TTM)8.2%

Revenue growth 3Y1.64%

Revenue growth 5Y3.39%

Sales Q2Q%-7.87%

3.2 Future

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

Based on estimates for the next years, FORA will show a small growth in Revenue. The Revenue will grow by 0.04% on average per year.

EPS Next YN/A

EPS Next 2YN/A

EPS Next 3YN/A

EPS Next 5YN/A

Revenue Next Year-9.29%

Revenue Next 2Y-0.56%

Revenue Next 3Y0.04%

Revenue Next 5YN/A

3.3 Evolution

No EPS estimates are available, so we could not analyze the future EPS growth and 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

FORA reported negative earnings for the last year, which makes the Price/Earnings Ratio negative.

The Price/Forward Earnings ratio is 32.68, which means the current valuation is very expensive for FORA.

Compared to the rest of the industry, the Price/Forward Earnings ratio of FORA indicates a somewhat cheap valuation: FORA is cheaper than 63.64% of the companies listed in the same industry.

Compared to an average S&P500 Price/Forward Earnings ratio of 35.33, FORA is valued at the same level.

		Industry Rank	Sector Rank
PE	N/A
Fwd PE	32.68

4.2 Price Multiples

Compared to the rest of the industry, the Enterprise Value to EBITDA ratio of FORA indicates a rather cheap valuation: FORA is cheaper than 90.91% of the companies listed in the same industry.

100.00% of the companies in the same industry are more expensive than FORA, based on the Price/Free Cash Flow ratio.

		Industry Rank	Sector Rank
P/FCF	4.32
EV/EBITDA	4.43

4.3 Compensation for Growth

PEG (NY)N/A

PEG (5Y)N/A

EPS Next 2YN/A

EPS Next 3YN/A

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5. Dividend

5.1 Amount

No dividends for FORA!.

		Industry Rank	Sector Rank
Dividend Yield	N/A

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VERTICALSCOPE HD SUB VOT

TSX:FORA (7/14/2025, 7:00:00 PM)

3.95

-0.03 (-0.75%)

Chartmill FA Rating

GICS SectorCommunication Services

GICS IndustryGroupMedia & Entertainment

GICS IndustryInteractive Media & Services

Earnings (Last)05-13 2025-05-13/amc

Earnings (Next)08-05 2025-08-05

Inst Owners3.49%

Inst Owner ChangeN/A

Ins Owners3.77%

Ins Owner ChangeN/A

Market Cap84.89M

Analysts75.71

Price Target6.87 (73.92%)

Short Float %N/A

Short RatioN/A

Dividend

		Industry Rank	Sector Rank
Dividend Yield	N/A

Yearly DividendN/A

Dividend Growth(5Y)N/A

DPN/A

Div Incr Years0

Div Non Decr Years0

Ex-DateN/A

Surprises & Revisions

EPS beat(2)0

Avg EPS beat(2)-85.82%

Min EPS beat(2)-145.96%

Max EPS beat(2)-25.69%

EPS beat(4)2

Avg EPS beat(4)81.27%

Min EPS beat(4)-145.96%

Max EPS beat(4)361.44%

EPS beat(8)6

Avg EPS beat(8)229.8%

EPS beat(12)8

Avg EPS beat(12)138.55%

EPS beat(16)8

Avg EPS beat(16)-14.46%

Revenue beat(2)0

Avg Revenue beat(2)-0.88%

Min Revenue beat(2)-0.98%

Max Revenue beat(2)-0.77%

Revenue beat(4)1

Avg Revenue beat(4)-1.23%

Min Revenue beat(4)-6.07%

Max Revenue beat(4)2.89%

Revenue beat(8)4

Avg Revenue beat(8)0.58%

Revenue beat(12)5

Avg Revenue beat(12)-1.56%

Revenue beat(16)6

Avg Revenue beat(16)-1.84%

PT rev (1m)-2.71%

PT rev (3m)-60.66%

EPS NQ rev (1m)-63.04%

EPS NQ rev (3m)-202.28%

EPS NY rev (1m)0%

EPS NY rev (3m)-95.68%

Revenue NQ rev (1m)-2.35%

Revenue NQ rev (3m)-21.68%

Revenue NY rev (1m)0%

Revenue NY rev (3m)-17.03%

Valuation

		Industry Rank	Sector Rank
PE	N/A
Fwd PE	32.68
P/S	0.91
P/FCF	4.32
P/OCF	2.82
P/B	0.76
P/tB	N/A
EV/EBITDA	4.43

EPS(TTM)-0.07

EYN/A

EPS(NY)0.12

Fwd EY3.06%

FCF(TTM)0.91

FCFY23.15%

OCF(TTM)1.4

OCFY35.44%

SpS4.32

BVpS5.2

TBVpS-0.77

PEG (NY)N/A

PEG (5Y)N/A

Profitability

		Industry Rank	Sector Rank
ROA	-1.05%
ROE	-1.77%
ROCE	4.14%
ROIC	2.98%
ROICexc	3.13%
ROICexgc	15.27%
OM	7.54%
PM (TTM)	N/A
GM	N/A
FCFM	21.17%

ROA(3y)-5.73%

ROA(5y)-4.91%

ROE(3y)-12.18%

ROE(5y)N/A

ROIC(3y)N/A

ROIC(5y)N/A

ROICexc(3y)N/A

ROICexc(5y)N/A

ROICexgc(3y)N/A

ROICexgc(5y)N/A

ROCE(3y)N/A

ROCE(5y)N/A

ROICexcg growth 3YN/A

ROICexcg growth 5Y7.68%

ROICexc growth 3YN/A

ROICexc growth 5Y5.77%

OM growth 3YN/A

OM growth 5Y10.75%

PM growth 3YN/A

PM growth 5YN/A

GM growth 3YN/A

GM growth 5YN/A

F-Score6

Asset Turnover0.49

Health

		Industry Rank	Sector Rank
Debt/Equity	0.51
Debt/FCF	3.14
Debt/EBITDA	1.81
Cap/Depr	42.97%
Cap/Sales	11.23%
Interest Coverage	1.39
Cash Conversion	96.2%
Profit Quality	N/A
Current Ratio	1.65
Quick Ratio	1.65
Altman-Z	0.27

F-Score6

WACC8.55%

ROIC/WACC0.35

Cap/Depr(3y)15.93%

Cap/Depr(5y)37.19%

Cap/Sales(3y)6.3%

Cap/Sales(5y)12.65%

Profit Quality(3y)N/A

Profit Quality(5y)N/A

High Growth Momentum

Growth

EPS 1Y (TTM)28.57%

EPS 3YN/A

EPS 5YN/A

EPS Q2Q%-100%

EPS Next YN/A

EPS Next 2YN/A

EPS Next 3YN/A

EPS Next 5YN/A

Revenue 1Y (TTM)8.2%

Revenue growth 3Y1.64%

Revenue growth 5Y3.39%

Sales Q2Q%-7.87%

Revenue Next Year-9.29%

Revenue Next 2Y-0.56%

Revenue Next 3Y0.04%

Revenue Next 5YN/A

EBIT growth 1Y152.59%

EBIT growth 3YN/A

EBIT growth 5Y14.5%

EBIT Next Year147.87%

EBIT Next 3Y42.71%

EBIT Next 5Y27.78%

FCF growth 1Y20.09%

FCF growth 3YN/A

FCF growth 5Y15.71%

OCF growth 1Y12.43%

OCF growth 3Y8.45%

OCF growth 5Y8.37%

VERTICALSCOPE HD SUB VOT (FORA.CA) Stock Fundamental Analysis

1. Profitability

1.1 Basic Checks

1.2 Ratios

1.3 Margins

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2. Health

2.1 Basic Checks

2.2 Solvency

2.3 Liquidity

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3. Growth

3.1 Past

3.2 Future

3.3 Evolution

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4. Valuation

4.1 Price/Earnings Ratio

4.2 Price Multiples

4.3 Compensation for Growth

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5. Dividend

5.1 Amount

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