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How ESAB Corporation stacks up
ESAB · against 475 other Industrials companies of similar size
Profitability
50/ 100
Below the middle of the pack.
Ranked #295 of 476 · scores higher than 38% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score54 peers with a profitability score of 50–59, including ESAB · Click a bar to see the companies
Why profitability scores 50?
Weighted metrics compared with all Industrials companies.Its metrics sit close to the Industrials norm.
- Return on invested capital is close to the peer norm. Return on invested capital: 6.1% vs peer median 7.1%
- Return on assets is close to the peer norm. Return on assets: 2.6% vs peer median 3.1%
- a wider operating margin: stronger than 70% of peers. Operating margin: 12.1% vs peer median 7.7%
Metric by metric
Position: dot = ESAB, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.| Metric | ESAB | Peer median | Better than | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 457 reported | 6.1% | 9.3% | 31% | 33% | |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 481 reported | 12.1% | 9.5% | 64% | 33% | |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 454 reported | 2.6% | 4.1% | 33% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 453 reported | 8.7% | 10.7% | 37% | Context only | |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 485 reported | 37.0% | 28.6% | 73% | Context only |
Ranking by profitability score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around ESAB| Rank | Company | Market cap | Profitability | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 32.0B CNY (≈$4.5B) | 100 | 73 | |
| 2 | 26.9B CNY (≈$3.8B) | 99 | 72 | |
| 2 | 7.8B USD | 99 | 82 | |
| 2 | 4.1B USD | 99 | 59 | |
| 2 | 215.4B INR (≈$2.6B) | 99 | 81 | |
| 289 | 6.0B USD | 51 | 37 | |
| 289 | 2.9B USD | 51 | 56 | |
| 289 | 7.9B USD | 51 | 37 | |
| 295 | 734.2B JPY (≈$5.0B) | 50 | 61 | |
| 295 | 4.7B USD | 50 | 40 | |
| 297 | 44.2B HKD (≈$5.7B) | 49 | 66 | |
| 297 | 20.7B CNY (≈$2.9B) | 49 | 54 | |
| 297 | 497.9B JPY (≈$3.4B) | 49 | 57 | |
| 297 | 1.02T JPY (≈$6.9B) | 49 | 41 |
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