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How BlackRock Limited Duration Income Trust stacks up
BLW · against 119 other Financial Services companies of similar size
Profitability
52/ 100
Above the middle of the pack.
Ranked #45 of 120 · scores higher than 63% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score14 peers with a profitability score of 50–59, including BLW · Click a bar to see the companies
Why profitability scores 52?
Weighted metrics compared with all Financial Services companies.Its metrics sit close to the Financial Services norm.
- Return on invested capital is close to the peer norm. Return on invested capital: 5.2% vs peer median 6.3%
- Operating margin is not reported, so it is left out of the score.
- a higher return on assets: stronger than 64% of peers. Return on assets: 3.8% vs peer median 2.6%
Metric by metric
Position: dot = BLW, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.| Metric | BLW | Peer median | Better than | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 115 reported | 5.2% | 5.0% | 51% | 33% | |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 58 reported | Not reported | 20.1% | — | — | 33% |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 140 reported | 3.8% | 2.6% | 68% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 136 reported | 4.6% | 5.5% | 42% | Context only | |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 156 reported | 100.0% | 99.5% | 50% | Context only |
A metric that is not reported is left out of the score; the other weights are rescaled.
Ranking by profitability score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around BLW| Rank | Company | Market cap | Profitability | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 342M EUR (≈$376M) | 100 | 77 | |
| 2 | 566M AUD (≈$374M) | 99 | 84 | |
| 3 | 527M AUD (≈$348M) | 97 | 64 | |
| 4 | 76.5B JPY (≈$520M) | 96 | 67 | |
| 5 | 323M EUR (≈$355M) | 93 | 59 | |
| 41 | 3.8B SEK (≈$376M) | 54 | 49 | |
| 41 | 353M USD | 54 | 59 | |
| 41 | 772M USD | 54 | 51 | |
| 44 | 910M USD | 53 | 60 | |
| 45 | 455M USD | 52 | ||
| 46 | 3.6B CNY (≈$502M) | 51 | 42 | |
| 46 | 644M USD | 51 | 61 | |
| 48 | 9.50T IDR (≈$589M) | 50 | 54 | |
| 48 | 331M EUR (≈$364M) | 50 | 33 |
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