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How Geron Corporation stacks up
GERN · against 474 other Healthcare companies of similar size
Profitability
24/ 100
Near the bottom of its peers.
Ranked #363 of 475 · scores higher than 22% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score56 peers with a profitability score of 20–29, including GERN · Click a bar to see the companies
Why profitability scores 24?
Weighted metrics compared with all Healthcare companies.Mainly because of its operating margin, return on assets and return on invested capital, which are weaker than most Healthcare peers.
- a thinner operating margin: weaker than 80% of peers. Operating margin: -28.0% vs peer median 7.1%
- a lower return on assets: weaker than 77% of peers. Return on assets: -13.0% vs peer median 1.7%
- a lower return on invested capital: weaker than 76% of peers. Return on invested capital: -14.8% vs peer median 4.7%
Metric by metric
Position: dot = GERN, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.| Metric | GERN | Peer median | Better than | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 449 reported | -14.8% | 2.4% | 23% | 33% | |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 447 reported | -28.0% | 5.0% | 19% | 33% | |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 469 reported | -13.0% | 1.0% | 22% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 449 reported | -28.3% | 1.5% | 21% | Context only | |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 494 reported | 58.5% | 42.6% | 69% | Context only |
Ranking by profitability score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around GERN| Rank | Company | Market cap | Profitability | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 97.3B INR (≈$1.2B) | 100 | 80 | |
| 2 | 595M USD | 99 | 97 | |
| 2 | 433M USD | 99 | 81 | |
| 2 | 578M USD | 99 | 73 | |
| 2 | 914M USD | 99 | 81 | |
| 363 | 2.8B CNY (≈$396M) | 24 | 29 | |
| 363 | 2.4B CNY (≈$331M) | 24 | 51 | |
| 363 | 775M USD | 24 | 31 | |
| 363 | 508M EUR (≈$559M) | 24 | 21 | |
| 363 | 598M USD | 24 | 49 | |
| 363 | 423M USD | 24 | 29 | |
| 363 | 513M USD | 24 | 31 | |
| 371 | 2.7B CNY (≈$381M) | 23 | 28 | |
| 371 | 6.0B CNY (≈$841M) | 23 | 29 |
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