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How Chemed Corporation stacks up
CHE · against 199 other Healthcare companies of similar size
Profitability
80/ 100
Above the middle of the pack.
Ranked #54 of 200 · scores higher than 71% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score33 peers with a profitability score of 80–89, including CHE · Click a bar to see the companies
Why profitability scores 80?
Weighted metrics compared with all Healthcare companies.Mainly thanks to its return on invested capital and operating margin, which are stronger than most Healthcare peers.
- Return on assets is close to the peer norm. Return on assets: 0.6% vs peer median 1.7%
- a wider operating margin: stronger than 68% of peers. Operating margin: 13.5% vs peer median 7.1%
- a higher return on invested capital: stronger than 93% of peers. Return on invested capital: 29.7% vs peer median 4.7%
Metric by metric
Position: dot = CHE, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.| Metric | CHE | Peer median | Better than | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 193 reported | 29.7% | 9.3% | 92% | 33% | |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 189 reported | 13.5% | 12.7% | 55% | 33% | |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 192 reported | 0.6% | 4.2% | 32% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 187 reported | 27.1% | 8.5% | 90% | Context only | |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 210 reported | 33.1% | 50.8% | 30% | Context only |
Ranking by profitability score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around CHEScores 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