SOLOCAL GROUP(EPA:LOCAL) stock Fundamental Analysis

Fundamental Rating

Overall LOCAL gets a fundamental rating of 1 out of 10. We evaluated LOCAL against 23 industry peers in the Interactive Media & Services industry. LOCAL has a bad profitability rating. Also its financial health evaluation is rather negative. LOCAL does not seem to be growing, but still is valued expensively.

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1. Profitability

1.1 Basic Checks

LOCAL had negative earnings in the past year.

In the past year LOCAL had a positive cash flow from operations.

The reported net income has been mixed in the past 5 years: LOCAL reported negative net income in multiple years.

In multiple years LOCAL reported negative operating cash flow during the last 5 years.

1.2 Ratios

LOCAL has a worse Return On Assets (-19.35%) than 90.00% of its industry peers.

		Industry Rank	Sector Rank
ROA	-19.35%
ROE	N/A
ROIC	N/A

ROA(3y)-3.36%

ROA(5y)1.88%

ROE(3y)N/A

ROE(5y)N/A

ROIC(3y)N/A

ROIC(5y)N/A

1.3 Margins

LOCAL's Operating Margin of 0.98% is on the low side compared to the rest of the industry. LOCAL is outperformed by 70.00% of its industry peers.

In the last couple of years the Operating Margin of LOCAL has declined.

Looking at the Gross Margin, with a value of 63.36%, LOCAL is in line with its industry, outperforming 55.00% of the companies in the same industry.

LOCAL's Gross Margin has been stable in the last couple of years.

		Industry Rank	Sector Rank
OM	0.98%
PM (TTM)	N/A
GM	63.36%

OM growth 3Y-38.13%

OM growth 5Y-30.65%

PM growth 3YN/A

PM growth 5YN/A

GM growth 3Y-2.27%

GM growth 5Y-1.14%

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2. Health

2.1 Basic Checks

LOCAL does not have a ROIC to compare to the WACC, probably because it is not profitable.

The number of shares outstanding for LOCAL remains at a similar level compared to 1 year ago.

Compared to 5 years ago, LOCAL has less shares outstanding

Compared to 1 year ago, LOCAL has a worse debt to assets ratio.

2.2 Solvency

LOCAL has an Altman-Z score of -6.70. This is a bad value and indicates that LOCAL is not financially healthy and even has some risk of bankruptcy.

LOCAL has a worse Altman-Z score (-6.70) than 90.00% of its industry peers.

LOCAL has a debt to FCF ratio of 86.74. This is a negative value and a sign of low solvency as LOCAL would need 86.74 years to pay back of all of its debts.

With a Debt to FCF ratio value of 86.74, LOCAL is not doing good in the industry: 80.00% of the companies in the same industry are doing better.

		Industry Rank	Sector Rank
Debt/Equity	N/A
Debt/FCF	86.74
Altman-Z	-6.7

ROIC/WACCN/A

WACC5.7%

2.3 Liquidity

A Current Ratio of 0.22 indicates that LOCAL may have some problems paying its short term obligations.

LOCAL's Current ratio of 0.22 is on the low side compared to the rest of the industry. LOCAL is outperformed by 95.00% of its industry peers.

A Quick Ratio of 0.22 indicates that LOCAL may have some problems paying its short term obligations.

Looking at the Quick ratio, with a value of 0.22, LOCAL is doing worse than 95.00% of the companies in the same industry.

		Industry Rank	Sector Rank
Current Ratio	0.22
Quick Ratio	0.22

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3. Growth

3.1 Past

LOCAL shows a strong negative growth in Earnings Per Share. In the last year the EPS decreased by -138.88%.

The Revenue for LOCAL has decreased by -12.30% in the past year. This is quite bad

LOCAL shows a very negative growth in Revenue. Measured over the last years, the Revenue has been decreasing by -11.71% yearly.

EPS 1Y (TTM)-138.88%

EPS 3YN/A

EPS 5YN/A

EPS Q2Q%-44.43%

Revenue 1Y (TTM)-12.3%

Revenue growth 3Y-6.32%

Revenue growth 5Y-11.71%

Sales Q2Q%-11.94%

3.2 Future

LOCAL is expected to show a strong growth in Earnings Per Share. In the coming years, the EPS will grow by 27.07% yearly.

Based on estimates for the next years, LOCAL will show a decrease in Revenue. The Revenue will decrease by -1.79% on average per year.

EPS Next Y86.71%

EPS Next 2Y41.18%

EPS Next 3Y27.07%

EPS Next 5YN/A

Revenue Next Year-10.29%

Revenue Next 2Y-3.22%

Revenue Next 3Y-1.79%

Revenue Next 5YN/A

3.3 Evolution

The Revenue growth rate is accelerating: in the next years the growth will be better than in the last years.

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4. Valuation

4.1 Price/Earnings Ratio

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

Also next year LOCAL is expected to report negative earnings again, which makes the also the Forward Price/Earnings Ratio negative.

		Industry Rank	Sector Rank
PE	N/A
Fwd PE	N/A

4.2 Price Multiples

Based on the Enterprise Value to EBITDA ratio, LOCAL is valued a bit cheaper than the industry average as 80.00% of the companies are valued more expensively.

80.00% of the companies in the same industry are more expensive than LOCAL, based on the Price/Free Cash Flow ratio.

		Industry Rank	Sector Rank
P/FCF	18.94
EV/EBITDA	6.13

4.3 Compensation for Growth

LOCAL's earnings are expected to grow with 27.07% in the coming years. This may justify a more expensive valuation.

PEG (NY)N/A

PEG (5Y)N/A

EPS Next 2Y41.18%

EPS Next 3Y27.07%

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5. Dividend

5.1 Amount

LOCAL does not give a dividend.

		Industry Rank	Sector Rank
Dividend Yield	N/A

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SOLOCAL GROUP

EPA:LOCAL (2/4/2025, 7:00:00 PM)

1.99

+0 (+0.2%)

Chartmill FA Rating

GICS SectorCommunication Services

GICS IndustryGroupMedia & Entertainment

GICS IndustryInteractive Media & Services

Earnings (Last)07-24 2024-07-24

Earnings (Next)N/A N/A

Inst Owners5.94%

Inst Owner ChangeN/A

Ins Owners0%

Ins Owner ChangeN/A

Market Cap66.31M

Analysts42.5

Price Target3.37 (69.35%)

Short Float %N/A

Short RatioN/A

Dividend

		Industry Rank	Sector Rank
Dividend Yield	N/A

Yearly Dividend0

Dividend Growth(5Y)-87.19%

DP0%

Div Incr Years0

Div Non Decr Years0

Ex-DateN/A

Surprises & Revisions

EPS beat(2)N/A

Avg EPS beat(2)N/A

Min EPS beat(2)N/A

Max EPS beat(2)N/A

EPS beat(4)N/A

Avg EPS beat(4)N/A

Min EPS beat(4)N/A

Max EPS beat(4)N/A

EPS beat(8)N/A

Avg EPS beat(8)N/A

EPS beat(12)N/A

Avg EPS beat(12)N/A

EPS beat(16)N/A

Avg EPS beat(16)N/A

Revenue beat(2)N/A

Avg Revenue beat(2)N/A

Min Revenue beat(2)N/A

Max Revenue beat(2)N/A

Revenue beat(4)N/A

Avg Revenue beat(4)N/A

Min Revenue beat(4)N/A

Max Revenue beat(4)N/A

Revenue beat(8)N/A

Avg Revenue beat(8)N/A

Revenue beat(12)N/A

Avg Revenue beat(12)N/A

Revenue beat(16)N/A

Avg Revenue beat(16)N/A

PT rev (1m)0%

PT rev (3m)20270.4%

EPS NQ rev (1m)N/A

EPS NQ rev (3m)N/A

EPS NY rev (1m)46.51%

EPS NY rev (3m)46.51%

Revenue NQ rev (1m)N/A

Revenue NQ rev (3m)N/A

Revenue NY rev (1m)-2.72%

Revenue NY rev (3m)-2.72%

Valuation

		Industry Rank	Sector Rank
PE	N/A
Fwd PE	N/A
P/S	0.2
P/FCF	18.94
P/OCF	2.95
P/B	N/A
P/tB	N/A
EV/EBITDA	6.13

EPS(TTM)-34.62

EYN/A

EPS(NY)-0.03

Fwd EYN/A

FCF(TTM)0.11

FCFY5.28%

OCF(TTM)0.67

OCFY33.91%

SpS10.13

BVpS-9.19

TBVpS-12.99

PEG (NY)N/A

PEG (5Y)N/A

Profitability

		Industry Rank	Sector Rank
ROA	-19.35%
ROE	N/A
ROCE	-1.41%
ROIC	N/A
ROICexc	N/A
ROICexgc	N/A
OM	0.98%
PM (TTM)	N/A
GM	63.36%
FCFM	1.04%

ROA(3y)-3.36%

ROA(5y)1.88%

ROE(3y)N/A

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)55.2%

ROCE(5y)-169.84%

ROICexcg growth 3YN/A

ROICexcg growth 5YN/A

ROICexc growth 3YN/A

ROICexc growth 5YN/A

OM growth 3Y-38.13%

OM growth 5Y-30.65%

PM growth 3YN/A

PM growth 5YN/A

GM growth 3Y-2.27%

GM growth 5Y-1.14%

F-Score4

Asset Turnover1.16

Health

		Industry Rank	Sector Rank
Debt/Equity	N/A
Debt/FCF	86.74
Debt/EBITDA	0.46
Cap/Depr	38.01%
Cap/Sales	5.63%
Interest Coverage	250
Cash Conversion	42.23%
Profit Quality	N/A
Current Ratio	0.22
Quick Ratio	0.22
Altman-Z	-6.7

F-Score4

WACC5.7%

ROIC/WACCN/A

Cap/Depr(3y)52.33%

Cap/Depr(5y)59.76%

Cap/Sales(3y)7.23%

Cap/Sales(5y)7.84%

Profit Quality(3y)N/A

Profit Quality(5y)N/A

High Growth Momentum

Growth

EPS 1Y (TTM)-138.88%

EPS 3YN/A

EPS 5YN/A

EPS Q2Q%-44.43%

EPS Next Y86.71%

EPS Next 2Y41.18%

EPS Next 3Y27.07%

EPS Next 5YN/A

Revenue 1Y (TTM)-12.3%

Revenue growth 3Y-6.32%

Revenue growth 5Y-11.71%

Sales Q2Q%-11.94%

Revenue Next Year-10.29%

Revenue Next 2Y-3.22%

Revenue Next 3Y-1.79%

Revenue Next 5YN/A

EBIT growth 1Y-91.03%

EBIT growth 3Y-42.03%

EBIT growth 5Y-38.77%

EBIT Next Year59.72%

EBIT Next 3Y23.31%

EBIT Next 5YN/A

FCF growth 1Y-90.14%

FCF growth 3YN/A

FCF growth 5Y6.98%

OCF growth 1Y-66.95%

OCF growth 3YN/A

OCF growth 5Y-10.64%

SOLOCAL GROUP (LOCAL.PA) 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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