Ranked #505 of 909 · scores higher than 44% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score
91 peers with a profitability score of 40–49, including BAC · Click a bar to see the companies
Why profitability scores 44?
Weighted metrics compared with all Banks & Insurance companies.
Its metrics sit close to the Banks & Insurance norm.
▼a lower return on assets: weaker than 61% of peers. Return on assets: 1.0% vs peer median 1.2%
●Return on equity is close to the peer norm. Return on equity: 11.2% vs peer median 10.7%
Metric by metric
Position: dot = BAC, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.
Metric
BAC
Peer median
Better than
Position among peers
Weight
Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 784 reported
13.5%
10.4%
64%
Context only
Operating marginHigher is better · 136 reported
Not reported
14.5%
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Context only
Return on assetsHigher is better · 913 reported
1.0%
1.2%
39%
50%
Return on equityHigher is better · 904 reported
10.7%
11.2%
47%
50%
Gross marginHigher is better · 951 reported
0.0%
0.0%
0%
Context only
Metrics with no weight are context only: for banks, brokers and insurers, free cash flow, EBITDA, gross margin and current ratio mostly reflect trading and funding flows, not the health of the business.
A metric that is not reported is left out of the score; the other weights are rescaled.
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
