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How Daily Journal Corporation stacks up
DJCO · against 607 other Technology companies of similar size
Profitability
38/ 100
Below the middle of the pack.
Ranked #328 of 608 · scores higher than 45% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score77 peers with a profitability score of 30–39, including DJCO · Click a bar to see the companies
Why profitability scores 38?
Weighted metrics compared with all Technology companies.Mainly because of its return on assets and return on invested capital, which are weaker than most Technology peers.
- a lower return on assets: weaker than 83% of peers. Return on assets: -2.4% vs peer median 2.9%
- a lower return on invested capital: weaker than 61% of peers. Return on invested capital: 3.4% vs peer median 6.8%
- a wider operating margin: stronger than 74% of peers. Operating margin: 13.7% vs peer median 6.3%
Metric by metric
Position: dot = DJCO, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.| Metric | DJCO | Peer median | Better than | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 576 reported | 3.4% | 4.3% | 46% | 33% | |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 605 reported | 13.7% | 4.8% | 82% | 33% | |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 593 reported | -2.4% | 1.7% | 18% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 583 reported | -3.3% | 5.5% | 25% | Context only | |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 609 reported | 36.8% | 27.2% | 65% | Context only |
Ranking by profitability score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around DJCO| Rank | Company | Market cap | Profitability | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 202.6B JPY (≈$1.4B) | 99 | 83 | |
| 2 | 72.9B JPY (≈$496M) | 98 | 82 | |
| 2 | 131.1B JPY (≈$892M) | 98 | 84 | |
| 2 | 1.5B AUD (≈$1.0B) | 98 | 73 | |
| 2 | 500M USD | 98 | 93 | |
| 328 | 7.1B CNY (≈$994M) | 38 | 41 | |
| 328 | 4.3B CNY (≈$608M) | 38 | 43 | |
| 328 | 5.9B CNY (≈$822M) | 38 | 47 | |
| 328 | 7.8B CNY (≈$1.1B) | 38 | 41 | |
| 328 | 867M USD | 38 | 56 | |
| 328 | 952M USD | 38 | 46 | |
| 336 | 7.0B CNY (≈$985M) | 37 | 39 | |
| 336 | 25.7B TWD (≈$797M) | 37 | 34 | |
| 336 | 3.7B CNY (≈$522M) | 37 | 57 |
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