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How Electronic Arts Inc stacks up
EA · against 149 other Communication Services companies listed in US-listed
Profitability
83/ 100
Near the top of its peers.
Ranked #27 of 150 · scores higher than 81% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score19 peers with a profitability score of 80–89, including EA · Click a bar to see the companies
Why profitability scores 83?
Weighted metrics compared with all Communication Services companies.Mainly thanks to its return on invested capital, return on assets and operating margin, which are stronger than most Communication Services peers.
- a wider operating margin: stronger than 70% of peers. Operating margin: 15.4% vs peer median 8.2%
- a higher return on assets: stronger than 81% of peers. Return on assets: 7.2% vs peer median 2.7%
- a higher return on invested capital: stronger than 87% of peers. Return on invested capital: 25.6% vs peer median 6.0%
Metric by metric
Position: dot = EA, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.| Metric | EA | Peer median | Better than | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 146 reported | 25.6% | 7.8% | 86% | 33% | |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 149 reported | 15.4% | 8.9% | 69% | 33% | |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 151 reported | 7.2% | 3.2% | 76% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 137 reported | 16.5% | 7.4% | 72% | Context only | |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 151 reported | 79.9% | 56.5% | 85% | Context only |
Ranking by profitability score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around EA| Rank | Company | Market cap | Profitability | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 91.3B USD | 99 | 70 | |
| 2 | 3.3B USD | 98 | 68 | |
| 3 | 2.9B USD | 97 | 80 | |
| 3 | 19.6B USD | 97 | 80 | |
| 5 | 1.1B USD | 96 | 87 | |
| 24 | 2.8B USD | 86 | 67 | |
| 24 | 2.7B USD |
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