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How AECOM stacks up
ACM · against 468 other Industrials companies listed in US-listed
Profitability
45/ 100
Below the middle of the pack.
Ranked #277 of 469 · scores higher than 41% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score29 peers with a profitability score of 40–49, including ACM · Click a bar to see the companies
Why profitability scores 45?
Weighted metrics compared with all Industrials companies.A mix: stronger return on invested capital, but weaker operating margin than most Industrials peers.
- a thinner operating margin: weaker than 71% of peers. Operating margin: 4.1% vs peer median 7.7%
- Return on assets is close to the peer norm. Return on assets: 2.4% vs peer median 3.1%
- a higher return on invested capital: stronger than 72% of peers. Return on invested capital: 12.7% vs peer median 7.1%
Metric by metric
Position: dot = ACM, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.| Metric | ACM | Peer median | Better than | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 456 reported | 12.7% | 8.2% | 68% | 33% | |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 465 reported | 4.1% | 8.5% | 30% | 33% | |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 462 reported | 2.4% | 4.4% | 37% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 438 reported | 16.6% | 11.5% | 68% | Context only | |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 475 reported | 5.7% | 30.1% | 5% | Context only |
Ranking by profitability score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around ACM| Rank | Company | Market cap | Profitability | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 536M USD | 100 | 80 | |
| 1 | 25.6B USD | 100 | 50 | |
| 3 | 7.8B USD | 99 | 82 | |
| 3 | 4.1B USD | 99 | 59 | |
| 3 | 60.0B USD | 99 | 71 | |
| 272 | 12.0B USD | 47 | 48 | |
| 272 | 15.8B USD | 47 | 45 | |
| 275 | 51.7B USD | 46 | 58 | |
| 275 | 4.4B USD | 46 | 56 | |
| 277 | 8.5B USD | 45 | 31 | |
| 277 | 639M USD | 45 | 44 | |
| 277 | 1.9B USD | 45 | 40 | |
| 280 | 45.6B USD | 44 | 29 | |
| 281 | 533M USD | 43 | 39 |
Scores are sector-relative percentiles from the latest snapshot, always calculated against the whole sector: narrowing the comparison group changes who you compare with, not the scores. Missing metrics are left out and the remaining weights rescaled. How we score