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How Core & Main, Inc. stacks up
CNM · against 2,439 other Industrials companies
Profitability
74/ 100
Above the middle of the pack.
Ranked #623 of 2,440 · scores higher than 74% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score244 peers with a profitability score of 70–79, including CNM · Click a bar to see the companies
Why profitability scores 74?
Weighted metrics compared with all Industrials companies.Mainly thanks to its return on assets and return on invested capital, which are stronger than most Industrials peers.
- Operating margin is close to the peer norm. Operating margin: 9.6% vs peer median 7.7%
- a higher return on invested capital: stronger than 76% of peers. Return on invested capital: 14.1% vs peer median 7.1%
- a higher return on assets: stronger than 84% of peers. Return on assets: 7.2% vs peer median 3.1%
Metric by metric
Position: dot = CNM, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.| Metric | CNM | Peer median | Better than | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 2,323 reported | 14.1% | 7.1% | 76% | 33% | |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 2,434 reported | 9.6% | 7.7% | 59% | 33% | |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 2,336 reported | 7.2% | 3.1% | 84% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 2,300 reported | 23.6% | 8.0% | 90% | Context only | |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 2,460 reported | 27.0% | 25.8% | 53% | Context only |
Ranking by profitability score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around CNM| Rank | Company | Market cap | Profitability | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 14.9B CNY (≈$2.1B) | 100 | 73 | |
| 1 | 5.5B CNY (≈$769M) | 100 | 83 | |
| 1 | 13.8B HKD (≈$1.8B) | 100 | 89 | |
| 1 | 32.0B CNY (≈$4.5B) | 100 | 73 | |
| 1 | 51M MYR (≈$11M) | 100 | 71 | |
| 623 | 580M USD | 74 | 76 | |
| 623 | 29M EUR (≈$32M) | 74 | 84 | |
| 623 | 7.3B USD | 74 | 72 | |
| 623 | 1.6B GBP (≈$2.0B) | 74 | 60 | |
| 623 | 8.3B USD | 74 | 54 | |
| 623 | 61.8B INR (≈$741M) | 74 | 52 | |
| 623 | 320M EUR (≈$352M) | 74 | 65 | |
| 623 | 31.2B DKK (≈$4.7B) | 74 | 39 | |
| 623 | 47.9B EUR (≈$52.7B) | 74 | 56 |
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