Ranked #41 of 53 · scores higher than 23% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score
8 peers with a profitability score of 30–39, including BMO · Click a bar to see the companies
Why profitability scores 34?
Weighted metrics compared with all Banks & Insurance companies.
Mainly because of its return on assets, which is weaker than most Banks & Insurance peers.
▼a lower return on assets: weaker than 74% of peers. Return on assets: 0.6% vs peer median 1.2%
●Return on equity is close to the peer norm. Return on equity: 10.6% vs peer median 10.7%
Metric by metric
Position: dot = BMO, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.
Metric
BMO
Peer median
Better than
Position among peers
Weight
Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 41 reported
Not reported
13.8%
—
—
Context only
Operating marginHigher is better · 6 reported
Not reported
66.0%
—
—
Context only
Return on assetsHigher is better · 53 reported
0.6%
1.1%
31%
50%
Return on equityHigher is better · 53 reported
10.6%
14.2%
15%
50%
Gross marginHigher is better · 55 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
