Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score
1 peers with a profitability score of 90–100, including BRK-A · Click a bar to see the companies
Why profitability scores 92?
Weighted metrics compared with all Banks & Insurance companies.
Mainly thanks to its return on assets, which is stronger than most Banks & Insurance peers.
●Return on equity is close to the peer norm. Return on equity: 12.1% vs peer median 10.7%
▲a higher return on assets: stronger than 95% of peers. Return on assets: 6.8% vs peer median 1.2%
Metric by metric
Position: dot = BRK-A, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.
Metric
BRK-A
Peer median
Better than
Position among peers
Weight
Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 2 reported
544.7%
294.1%
100%
Context only
Operating marginHigher is better · 0 reported
Not reported
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Context only
Return on assetsHigher is better · 2 reported
6.8%
4.0%
100%
50%
Return on equityHigher is better · 2 reported
12.1%
15.0%
0%
50%
Gross marginHigher is better · 2 reported
30.3%
15.2%
100%
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
