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How Fomento Económico Mexicano, S.A.B. de C.V. stacks up
FMX · against 47 other Consumer Defensive companies of similar size
Profitability
81/ 100
Above the middle of the pack.
Ranked #16 of 48 · scores higher than 68% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score8 peers with a profitability score of 80–89, including FMX · Click a bar to see the companies
Why profitability scores 81?
Weighted metrics compared with all Consumer Defensive companies.Mainly thanks to its return on invested capital, which is stronger than most Consumer Defensive peers.
- Return on assets is close to the peer norm. Return on assets: 4.2% vs peer median 4.0%
- Operating margin is close to the peer norm. Operating margin: 8.6% vs peer median 7.6%
- a higher return on invested capital: stronger than 93% of peers. Return on invested capital: 37.3% vs peer median 7.7%
Metric by metric
Position: dot = FMX, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.| Metric | FMX | Peer median | Better than | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 45 reported | 37.3% | 14.9% | 91% | 33% | |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 48 reported | 8.6% | 11.9% | 30% | 33% | |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 46 reported | 4.2% | 6.5% | 18% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 46 reported | 14.7% | 17.1% | 31% | Context only | |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 49 reported | 40.5% | 38.4% | 56% | Context only |
Ranking by profitability score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around FMX| Rank | Company | Market cap | Profitability | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 162.4B CNY (≈$22.7B) | 99 | 81 | |
| 1 | 212.7B CNY (≈$29.8B) | 99 | 72 | |
| 3 | 503.8B HKD (≈$64.5B) | 98 | 73 | |
| 4 | 3.43T INR (≈$41.2B) | 97 | 62 | |
| 5 | 72.6B EUR (≈$79.8B) | 96 | 79 | |
| 12 | 23.6B USD | 88 | 48 | |
| 13 | 33.7B USD | 87 | 51 | |
| 14 | 34.9B GBP (≈$45.4B) | 85 | 60 | |
| 15 | 293.3B CNY (≈$41.1B) | 83 | 54 | |
| 16 | 43.3B USD | 81 | 63 | |
| 17 | 17.4B GBP (≈$22.6B) | 80 | 56 | |
| 17 | 25.9B USD | 80 | 53 | |
| 19 | 24.5B USD | 78 | 52 | |
| 19 | 861.7B MXN (≈$46.5B) | 78 | 60 |
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