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How Consolidated Water Co. Ltd. stacks up
CWCO · against 88 other Utilities companies of similar size
Profitability
87/ 100
Near the top of its peers.
Ranked #8 of 89 · scores higher than 92% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score4 peers with a profitability score of 80–89, including CWCO · Click a bar to see the companies
Why profitability scores 87?
Weighted metrics compared with all Utilities companies.Mainly thanks to its return on assets and return on invested capital, which are stronger than most Utilities peers.
- a thinner operating margin: weaker than 67% of peers. Operating margin: 12.3% vs peer median 18.6%
- a higher return on assets: stronger than 90% of peers. Return on assets: 6.1% vs peer median 2.7%
- a higher return on invested capital: stronger than 90% of peers. Return on invested capital: 13.3% vs peer median 5.2%
Metric by metric
Position: dot = CWCO, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.| Metric | CWCO | Peer median | Better than | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 86 reported | 13.3% | 3.1% | 94% | 33% | |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 86 reported | 12.3% | 10.3% | 54% | 33% | |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 90 reported | 6.1% | 1.9% | 93% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 88 reported | 7.5% | 5.3% | 68% | Context only | |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 91 reported | 35.4% | 27.3% | 67% | Context only |
Ranking by profitability score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around CWCO| Rank | Company | Market cap | Profitability | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3.1B BRL (≈$561M) | 100 | 77 | |
| 2 | 53.6B JPY (≈$365M) | 97 | 84 | |
| 3 | 460M SGD (≈$350M) | 95 | 73 | |
| 4 | 4.6B BRL (≈$828M) | 93 | 88 | |
| 5 | 440M USD | 90 | 76 | |
| 6 | 4.4B CNY (≈$613M) | 88 | 88 | |
| 6 | 2.8B BRL (≈$497M) | 88 | 69 | |
| 8 | 439M USD | 87 | 63 | |
| 9 | 1.6B BRL (≈$297M) | 84 | 85 | |
| 10 | 6.5B HKD (≈$836M) | 78 | 70 | |
| 11 | 1.0B SGD (≈$763M) | 76 | 60 | |
| 12 | 3.7B BRL (≈$668M) | 75 | 75 |
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