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How Youdao, Inc. stacks up
DAO · against 199 other Consumer Defensive companies of similar size
Profitability
82/ 100
Near the top of its peers.
Ranked #45 of 200 · scores higher than 77% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score19 peers with a profitability score of 80–89, including DAO · Click a bar to see the companies
Why profitability scores 82?
Weighted metrics compared with all Consumer Defensive companies.Mainly thanks to its return on invested capital, which is stronger than most Consumer Defensive peers.
- a thinner operating margin: weaker than 71% of peers. Operating margin: 3.7% vs peer median 7.6%
- Return on assets is close to the peer norm. Return on assets: 4.9% vs peer median 4.0%
- a higher return on invested capital: stronger than 96% of peers. Return on invested capital: 45.6% vs peer median 7.7%
Metric by metric
Position: dot = DAO, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.| Metric | DAO | Peer median | Better than | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 186 reported | 45.6% | 9.5% | 95% | 33% | |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 197 reported | 3.7% | 8.6% | 21% | 33% | |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 188 reported | 4.9% | 4.7% | 52% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 186 reported | Not reported | 10.0% | — | — | Context only |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 200 reported | 45.1% | 34.9% | 71% | Context only |
A metric that is not reported is left out of the score; the other weights are rescaled.
Ranking by profitability score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around DAO| Rank | Company | Market cap | Profitability | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 235.8B INR (≈$2.8B) | 100 | 67 | |
| 1 | 229.1B INR (≈$2.7B) | 100 | 70 | |
| 3 | 398.9B JPY (≈$2.7B) | 99 | 77 | |
| 4 | 18.6B MYR (≈$4.1B) | 98 | 76 | |
| 4 | 3.5B USD | 98 | 73 | |
| 41 | 57.07T IDR (≈$3.5B) | 84 | 75 | |
| 43 | 270.6B INR (≈$3.2B) | 83 | 72 | |
| 43 | 3.0B USD | 83 | 63 | |
| 45 | 249.7B JPY (≈$1.7B) | 82 | 69 | |
| 45 | 2.4B USD | 82 | 41 | |
| 45 | 1.5B USD | 82 | 51 | |
| 48 | 5.7B SAR (≈$1.5B) | 81 | 67 | |
| 49 | 8.3B BRL (≈$1.5B) | 80 | 62 | |
| 49 | 56.4B THB (≈$1.6B) | 80 | 71 |
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