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How Chegg, Inc. stacks up
CHGG · against 151 other Consumer Defensive companies listed in US-listed
Profitability
10/ 100
Near the bottom of its peers.
Ranked #128 of 152 · scores higher than 16% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score15 peers with a profitability score of 10–19, including CHGG · Click a bar to see the companies
Why profitability scores 10?
Weighted metrics compared with all Consumer Defensive companies.Mainly because of its operating margin and return on invested capital, which are weaker than most Consumer Defensive peers.
- a thinner operating margin: weaker than 98% of peers. Operating margin: -30.5% vs peer median 7.6%
- a lower return on invested capital: weaker than 94% of peers. Return on invested capital: -13.2% vs peer median 7.7%
- Return on assets is close to the peer norm. Return on assets: 4.7% vs peer median 4.0%
Metric by metric
Position: dot = CHGG, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.| Metric | CHGG | Peer median | Better than | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 147 reported | -13.2% | 8.4% | 8% | 33% | |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 153 reported | -30.5% | 5.9% | 3% | 33% | |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 152 reported | 4.7% | 4.3% | 52% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 144 reported | -38.3% | 10.2% | 4% | Context only | |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 154 reported | 64.8% | 35.5% | 91% | Context only |
Ranking by profitability score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around CHGG| Rank | Company | Market cap | Profitability | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 128.5B USD | 99 | 46 | |
| 1 | 324.2B USD | 99 | 54 | |
| 1 | 843M USD | 99 | 88 | |
| 4 | 3.5B USD | 98 | 73 | |
| 5 | 3.4B USD | 97 | 54 | |
| 123 | 332M USD | 13 | 43 | |
| 125 | 275M USD | 12 | 42 | |
| 126 | 18.2B USD | 11 | 11 | |
| 126 | 688M USD | 11 | 25 | |
| 128 | 72M USD | 10 | 26 | |
| 129 | 2.9B USD | 8 | 20 | |
| 129 | 567M USD | 8 | 16 | |
| 129 | 229M USD | 8 | 24 | |
| 132 | 309M USD | 7 | 16 |
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