Ranked #233 of 254 · scores higher than 7% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score
23 peers with a profitability score of 0–9, including GNW · Click a bar to see the companies
Why profitability scores 8?
Weighted metrics compared with all Banks & Insurance companies.
Mainly because of its return on assets and return on equity, which are weaker than most Banks & Insurance peers.
▼a lower return on assets: weaker than 91% of peers. Return on assets: 0.2% vs peer median 1.2%
▼a lower return on shareholders' equity: weaker than 89% of peers. Return on equity: 2.4% vs peer median 10.7%
Metric by metric
Position: dot = GNW, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.
Metric
GNW
Peer median
Better than
Position among peers
Weight
Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 220 reported
4.7%
10.9%
23%
Context only
Operating marginHigher is better · 38 reported
Not reported
19.6%
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Context only
Return on assetsHigher is better · 254 reported
0.2%
1.2%
7%
50%
Return on equityHigher is better · 253 reported
3.4%
10.2%
9%
50%
Gross marginHigher is better · 262 reported
6.6%
0.0%
59%
Context only
Metrics with no weight are context only: for banks, brokers and insurers, free cash flow, EBITDA, gross margin and current ratio mostly reflect trading and funding flows, not the health of the business.
A metric that is not reported is left out of the score; the other weights are rescaled.
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
