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How Garmin Ltd. stacks up
GRMN · against 85 other Technology companies of similar size
Profitability
93/ 100
Near the top of its peers.
Ranked #16 of 86 · scores higher than 80% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score21 peers with a profitability score of 90–100, including GRMN · Click a bar to see the companies
Why profitability scores 93?
Weighted metrics compared with all Technology companies.Mainly thanks to its return on assets, operating margin and return on invested capital, which are stronger than most Technology peers.
- a higher return on invested capital: stronger than 84% of peers. Return on invested capital: 25.0% vs peer median 6.8%
- a wider operating margin: stronger than 93% of peers. Operating margin: 27.6% vs peer median 6.3%
- a higher return on assets: stronger than 95% of peers. Return on assets: 16.4% vs peer median 2.9%
Metric by metric
Position: dot = GRMN, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.| Metric | GRMN | Peer median | Better than | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 82 reported | 25.0% | 13.9% | 74% | 33% | |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 86 reported | 27.6% | 15.5% | 78% | 33% | |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 84 reported | 16.4% | 6.8% | 86% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 83 reported | 21.9% | 19.9% | 56% | Context only | |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 86 reported | 60.1% | 48.1% | 61% | Context only |
Ranking by profitability score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around GRMN| Rank | Company | Market cap | Profitability | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 561.7B CNY (≈$78.6B) | 99 | 77 | |
| 1 | 241.8B CNY (≈$33.9B) | 99 | 85 | |
| 1 | 95.8B USD | 99 | 67 | |
| 1 | 33.0B USD | 99 | 74 | |
| 5 | 888.4B TWD (≈$27.5B) | 98 | 73 | |
| 13 | 910.6B TWD (≈$28.2B) | 94 | 56 | |
| 13 | 65.3B USD | 94 | 68 | |
| 16 | 35.1B EUR (≈$38.7B) | 93 | 60 | |
| 16 | 28.4B USD | 93 | 79 | |
| 16 | 52.3B USD | 93 | 74 | |
| 19 | 41.2B USD | 92 | 59 | |
| 20 | 89.2B USD | 91 | 59 | |
| 21 | 92.1B USD | 90 | 68 | |
| 22 | 40.5B USD | 89 | 75 |
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