DMC Global
Through the investors’ lenses
0 of 2 cleared4 of 7 criteria
Each of these investors has said in public what they look at before buying. Click a name to see how this company measures up — a tick where it passes one of their tests, a cross where it does not.
Warren Buffett 2/4
| Measure | BOOM | Checked against | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Owner earnings | $4.00m | positive | ✓ |
| Return on equity | -5.6% | US median 2.8% | ✗ |
| Debt to equity | 0.21x | US median 0.57x | ✓ |
| Operating margin | -0.0% | US median 3.1% | ✗ |
Passes 2 of 4. These are the measures Warren Buffett published, applied to DMC Global’s own figures — their criteria, not their view of this company. What he looks at, and why →
Benjamin Graham 2/3
| Measure | BOOM | Checked against | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Current ratio | 2.50x | 2.00x published | ✓ |
| Long-term debt to working capital | 0.27x | 1.00x published | ✓ |
| Positive earnings, ten years running | 0 yrs | 10 published | ✗ |
Passes 2 of 3. These are the measures Benjamin Graham published, applied to DMC Global’s own figures — their criteria, not their view of this company. What he looks at, and why →
The business
| Measure | BOOM | Median | Formula |
|---|---|---|---|
| Return on equity | -5.6% | 2.8% | Net income ÷ shareholders’ equity |
| Return on capital employed | -0.0% | 5.1% | Operating income ÷ (equity + total debt) |
| Owner earnings | $4.00m | $1.09m | Net income + depreciation & amortisation − capital expenditure |
| Free cash flow | $37.03m | $7.57m | Operating cash flow − capital expenditure |
| Operating margin | -0.0% | 3.1% | Operating income ÷ revenue |
| Net margin | -2.2% | 2.0% | Net income ÷ revenue |
| Debt to equity | 0.21x | 0.57x | Total debt ÷ shareholders’ equity |
| Interest cover | -0.02x | 1.01x | Operating income ÷ interest expense |
| Current ratio | 2.50x | 1.69x | Current assets ÷ current liabilities |
| Long-term debt to working capital | 0.27x | 1.09x | Long-term debt ÷ (current assets − current liabilities) |
| Cash conversion | — | 1.58x | Operating cash flow ÷ net income |
| Accruals | -10.5% | -4.7% | (Net income − operating cash flow) ÷ total assets |
Ten years of it
The same measures, for every year the filings support. One year is a fact; a row is a business.
| Measure | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | Median |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on equity | -5.6% | -37.6% | 6.4% | 3.2% | -0.1% | -0.7% | 19.8% | 22.7% | -17.8% | -5.8% | -0.7% |
| Return on capital employed | -0.0% | -40.8% | 11.6% | 5.8% | -0.5% | -0.5% | 31.3% | 21.3% | -9.9% | — | -0.0% |
| Operating margin | -0.0% | -20.4% | 8.5% | 4.6% | -0.9% | -0.4% | 14.7% | 11.5% | -6.4% | -3.3% | -0.4% |
| Net margin | -2.2% | -14.7% | 3.7% | 1.9% | -0.1% | -0.6% | 8.6% | 9.3% | -9.8% | -4.1% | -0.6% |
| Debt to equity | 0.21x | 0.28x | 0.28x | 0.35x | 0.41x | 0.06x | 0.08x | 0.31x | 0.17x | — | 0.28x |
| Current ratio | 2.50x | 2.53x | 2.58x | 2.24x | 2.26x | 3.04x | 2.02x | 2.05x | 2.19x | 2.39x | 2.26x |
| Cash conversion | — | — | 2.51x | 3.67x | — | — | 1.90x | 0.91x | — | — | 2.51x |
This company pays no dividend, so there is no payout ratio to compute and no coverage rating. Every figure above comes from its own SEC filing. How these are computed.
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