Bringing the fundamentals into focus…
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How Empresa Distribuidora y Comercializadora Norte Sociedad Anónima stacks up
EDN · against 357 other Utilities companies
Profitability
25/ 100
Near the bottom of its peers.
Ranked #267 of 358 · scores higher than 25% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score36 peers with a profitability score of 20–29, including EDN · Click a bar to see the companies
Why profitability scores 25?
Weighted metrics compared with all Utilities companies.Mainly because of its operating margin, which is weaker than most Utilities peers.
- a thinner operating margin: weaker than 88% of peers. Operating margin: 5.0% vs peer median 18.6%
- Return on invested capital is not reported, so it is left out of the score.
- Return on assets is close to the peer norm. Return on assets: 3.1% vs peer median 2.7%
Metric by metric
Position: dot = EDN, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.| Metric | EDN | Peer median | Better than | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 349 reported | Not reported | 5.2% | — | — | 33% |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 353 reported | 5.0% | 18.6% | 12% | 33% | |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 345 reported | 3.1% | 2.7% | 58% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 342 reported | 9.6% | 8.1% | 62% | Context only | |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 361 reported | 25.2% | 35.5% | 34% | 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 EDNScores 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