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How American Superconductor Corporation stacks up
AMSC · against 833 other Industrials companies of similar size
Profitability
64/ 100
Above the middle of the pack.
Ranked #291 of 834 · scores higher than 64% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score95 peers with a profitability score of 60–69, including AMSC · Click a bar to see the companies
Why profitability scores 64?
Weighted metrics compared with all Industrials companies.Mainly thanks to its return on assets, which is stronger than most Industrials peers.
- a lower return on invested capital: weaker than 72% of peers. Return on invested capital: 2.8% vs peer median 7.1%
- a thinner operating margin: weaker than 67% of peers. Operating margin: 4.9% vs peer median 7.7%
- a higher return on assets: stronger than 99% of peers. Return on assets: 17.9% vs peer median 3.1%
Metric by metric
Position: dot = AMSC, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.| Metric | AMSC | Peer median | Better than | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 803 reported | 2.8% | 7.1% | 26% | 33% | |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 834 reported | 4.9% | 7.7% | 29% | 33% | |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 785 reported | 17.9% | 3.2% | 99% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 778 reported | 30.2% | 8.0% | 97% | Context only | |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 836 reported | 29.0% | 25.2% | 59% | Context only |
Ranking by profitability score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around AMSCScores 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