Merlin, Inc. carries no debt; cash flow comfortably covers obligations.

Merlin, Inc.'s free cash flow has increased 97.20% from $-47.44M last year to $-1.33M, signaling increasing performance

Merlin, Inc.'s debt to equity ratio is 0.04, which means that the company's assets are healthy financed, signaling financial stability.

Merlin, Inc.'s debt has increased relative to shareholder equity from -0.28 last year to 0.04 today, signaling weakened financials

Merlin, Inc. has a net cash position, so leverage is healthy.

Merlin, Inc. earns at least as much interest as it pays. Interest obligations are fully covered.

Merlin, Inc.'s profit margin was -4.50K% last year and is -4.62K% this year, signaling decreasing performance

Merlin, Inc.'s short-term liabilities of $3.33M exceed its short-term assets of $913.61K, signaling financial risk

Merlin, Inc.'s return on assets of -71.29% is lower than the 5.00% threshold, indicating inefficient asset utilization

Merlin, Inc.'s return on equity of 165.39%, is higher than 15.00%, indicating good performance

Merlin, Inc.'s operating cash flow is lower than its net income, indicating that earnings may not be fully backed by cash generation

Merlin, Inc. has insufficient net-income history to evaluate earnings stability.

Merlin, Inc. has negative free cash flow, indicating the company is burning cash rather than generating it

Merlin, Inc. has negative free cash flow, indicating cash burn

Merlin, Inc.'s yearly earnings has increased 110.87% since last year from $-55.25M to $6.01M, signaling increasing performance

Merlin, Inc.'s yearly revenue has decreased 100.00% since last year from $1.23M to $0.00, signaling decreasing performance

ROIC -33.08% (Source: FMP key-metrics). Below the 5% partial-credit threshold. Score: 0 of 2. The 5% and 10% cutoffs anchor to typical US weighted-average cost of capital. Below 5% indicates the company is not generating returns above its likely cost of capital under this definition of invested capital. Invested capital here includes equity, non-current liabilities (pension obligations, deferred taxes, lease obligations), and short-term debt. Cash is not subtracted. Companies with substantial float, lease portfolios, or cash holdings will score lower under this definition than under narrower operating-capital definitions. See methodology.

Merlin, Inc. has insufficient revenue history to calculate 3-year revenue CAGR.

Merlin, Inc. has insufficient revenue history to evaluate consistency.

Merlin, Inc. has insufficient net-income and equity history to evaluate ROE consistency.

Merlin, Inc. has insufficient data to evaluate this check.

Merlin, Inc. has negative trailing-twelve-month earnings; this ratio is not meaningful and the check fails

Merlin, Inc. is overvalued relative to its fair value price of 1.27 based on Base EBITDA Valuation model

Merlin, Inc. has an EV/EBITDA ratio of 31.85x, which exceeds the 20.00x threshold, indicating the stock may be overvalued relative to its operating earnings

Merlin, Inc. has insufficient data to evaluate this check.

Merlin, Inc. has insufficient data to calculate the PEG ratio.

Merlin, Inc. has a price-to-book ratio of 2.90x, which is below the 5.00x threshold, indicating reasonable valuation relative to its book value

Merlin, Inc. has a price-to-sales ratio of 56.86x, which exceeds the 8.00x threshold, indicating the stock may be overvalued relative to its revenue