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How Balchem Corporation stacks up
BCPC · against 236 other Basic Materials companies of similar size
Profitability
84/ 100
Above the middle of the pack.
Ranked #74 of 237 · scores higher than 68% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score36 peers with a profitability score of 80–89, including BCPC · Click a bar to see the companies
Why profitability scores 84?
Weighted metrics compared with all Basic Materials companies.Mainly thanks to its return on assets, operating margin and return on invested capital, which are stronger than most Basic Materials peers.
- a higher return on invested capital: stronger than 76% of peers. Return on invested capital: 14.1% vs peer median 6.7%
- a wider operating margin: stronger than 84% of peers. Operating margin: 20.4% vs peer median 7.6%
- a higher return on assets: stronger than 88% of peers. Return on assets: 9.7% vs peer median 2.5%
Metric by metric
Position: dot = BCPC, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.| Metric | BCPC | Peer median | Better than | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 225 reported | 14.1% | 11.5% | 59% | 33% | |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 235 reported | 20.4% | 12.3% | 69% | 33% | |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 218 reported | 9.7% | 4.9% | 74% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 215 reported | 12.8% | 11.0% | 55% | Context only | |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 238 reported | 36.3% | 28.4% | 63% | Context only |
Ranking by profitability score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around BCPCScores 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