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How Fidus Investment Corporation stacks up
FDUS · against 113 other Financial Services companies of similar size
Profitability
59/ 100
Above the middle of the pack.
Ranked #36 of 114 · scores higher than 68% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score13 peers with a profitability score of 50–59, including FDUS · Click a bar to see the companies
Why profitability scores 59?
Weighted metrics compared with all Financial Services companies.Its metrics sit close to the Financial Services norm.
- Operating margin is not reported, so it is left out of the score.
- Return on invested capital is close to the peer norm. Return on invested capital: 6.3% vs peer median 6.3%
- a higher return on assets: stronger than 71% of peers. Return on assets: 5.1% vs peer median 2.6%
Metric by metric
Position: dot = FDUS, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.| Metric | FDUS | Peer median | Better than | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 112 reported | 6.3% | 5.1% | 56% | 33% | |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 57 reported | Not reported | 25.3% | — | — | 33% |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 130 reported | 5.1% | 2.6% | 76% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 126 reported | 10.8% | 7.5% | 62% | Context only | |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 147 reported | 100.0% | 96.4% | 53% | 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 FDUSScores 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