What does the company do?
Palm, Inc. (Palm) is a provider of mobile products for individual users and business customers worldwide. Palm’s products for consumers, mobile professionals and businesses include Palm Pre, Treo and Centro smartphones, as well as software, services and accessories. The Company sells its products in two product lines: smartphones and handheld computers. The Company’s smartphones provide a range of productivity tools, and personal and entertainment applications. Functionality and features found in all Palm smartphones include support for various mobile telecommunications standards used to transmit voice and data; wireless data applications, such as e-mail, messaging and Web browsing; wireless communication capabilities, such as Bluetooth and/or wireless fidelity (Wi-Fi); multi-media features and productivity software; instant-on, one-touch access, and non-volatile flash memory that protects stored data.
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.
- Palm one-year sales: 437.02 Mil.
Difference from the average for the Personal Computer Systems group: -98.86% - Palm one-year income: -876.06 Mil.
| Sales & Income (past 12 months) | Company | Industry |
|---|
| Sales | 437.02 Mil | 38.22 Bil | | Income | -876.06 Mil | 5.10 Bil |
How fast is the company growing?
- Palm one-year sales growth: -81.50%.
| Sales & Income Growth (past 12 months) | Company | Industry |
|---|
| Sales Growth | -81.50% | 7.50% | | Income Growth | NA | 9.20% |
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.
- Palm one-year net profit margin: -195.4%
Difference from the company's 5-year average net profit margin: -189.5 pct. pts.
| Net profit margins (%) |
|---|
| Company | -195.4% | | Company 5-Yr Avg. | -5.9% | | Industry | 12.4% |
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.
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