What does the company do?
Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, Inc. is an integrated media and merchandising company providing consumers with content and products. The Company operates in four business segments: Publishing, Internet, Broadcasting and Merchandising. The media and merchandise encompasses eight areas: cooking and entertaining, holidays, crafts, home, whole living, weddings, organizing and gardening. During the year ended December 31, 2008, the Company announced a multi-year agreement with HarperStudio to publish 10 Emeril Lagasse branded books.
How much does the company sell and earn?
Investors need to know how much stuff or services a company sells, and how much of that total it keeps as income (or profit) to grow its business or return to shareholders. The more of each, the better. In general, look for companies that sell and earn more than peers.
- Martha Stewart one-year sales: 246.79 Mil.
Difference from the average for the Publishing - Periodicals group: -94.50% - Martha Stewart one-year income: -34.98 Mil.
| Sales & Income (past 12 months) | Company | Industry |
|---|
| Sales | 246.79 Mil | 4.49 Bil | | Income | -34.98 Mil | 216.74 Mil |
How fast is the company growing?
- Martha Stewart one-year sales growth: -25.90%.
| Sales & Income Growth (past 12 months) | Company | Industry |
|---|
| Sales Growth | -25.90% | 14.20% | | Income Growth | NA | -40.80% |
How profitable is the company?
Investors prefer companies that increase profit margins -- the percentage of sales that they keep -- every year. This is accomplished either by lowering expenses or raising prices. Look for companies that consistently find ways to squeeze more profits out of sales than their peers.
- Martha Stewart one-year net profit margin: -14.2%
Difference from the company's 5-year average net profit margin: -2.2 pct. pts.
| Net profit margins (%) |
|---|
| Company | -14.2% | | Company 5-Yr Avg. | -12.0% | | Industry | 3.4% |
How is the company's financial health?
The debt/equity ratio shows how much a firm has borrowed as a percentage of its stock equity. The lower, the better.
- Martha Stewart debt/equity ratio: 0.13.
Difference from the average for the Publishing - Periodicals group: -31.58%.
| | Company | Industry |
|---|
| Debt/equity ratio | 0.13 | 0.19 |
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