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How ESAB Corporation stacks up
ESAB · against 2,439 other Industrials companies
Profitability
50/ 100
Below the middle of the pack.
Ranked #1,209 of 2,440 · scores higher than 50% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score244 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 · 2,323 reported | 6.1% | 7.1% | 44% | 33% | |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 2,434 reported | 12.1% | 7.7% | 70% | 33% | |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 2,336 reported | 2.6% | 3.1% | 45% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 2,300 reported | 8.7% | 8.0% | 53% | Context only | |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 2,460 reported | 37.0% | 25.8% | 75% | Context only |
Ranking by profitability score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around ESAB| Rank | Company | Market cap | Profitability | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 14.9B CNY (≈$2.1B) | 100 | 73 | |
| 1 | 5.5B CNY (≈$769M) | 100 | 83 | |
| 1 | 13.8B HKD (≈$1.8B) | 100 | 89 | |
| 1 | 32.0B CNY (≈$4.5B) | 100 | 73 | |
| 1 | 51M MYR (≈$11M) | 100 | 71 | |
| 1,209 | 127.2B JPY (≈$865M) | 50 | 65 | |
| 1,209 | 241.7B JPY (≈$1.6B) | 50 | 57 | |
| 1,209 | 174M CAD (≈$127M) | 50 | 33 | |
| 1,209 | 1.9B EUR (≈$2.1B) | 50 | 44 | |
| 1,209 | 4.7B USD | 50 | 40 | |
| 1,209 | 1.1B USD | 50 | 69 | |
| 1,209 | 982M EUR (≈$1.1B) | 50 | 35 | |
| 1,209 | 384M USD | 50 | 48 | |
| 1,209 | 25.2B INR (≈$303M) | 50 | 74 |
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