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How Groupon, Inc. stacks up
GRPN · against 146 other Communication Services companies of similar size
Profitability
51/ 100
Above the middle of the pack.
Ranked #57 of 147 · scores higher than 61% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score19 peers with a profitability score of 50–59, including GRPN · Click a bar to see the companies
Why profitability scores 51?
Weighted metrics compared with all Communication Services companies.A mix: stronger return on invested capital, but weaker return on assets and operating margin than most Communication Services peers.
- a lower return on assets: weaker than 98% of peers. Return on assets: -20.9% vs peer median 2.7%
- a thinner operating margin: weaker than 76% of peers. Operating margin: 0.9% vs peer median 8.2%
- a higher return on invested capital: stronger than 93% of peers. Return on invested capital: 41.5% vs peer median 6.0%
Metric by metric
Position: dot = GRPN, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.| Metric | GRPN | Peer median | Better than | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 137 reported | 41.5% | 4.1% | 93% | 33% | |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 146 reported | 0.9% | 6.0% | 34% | 33% | |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 143 reported | -20.9% | 1.5% | 2% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 134 reported | Not reported | 3.0% | — | — | Context only |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 148 reported | 90.7% | 39.2% | 95% | 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 GRPN| Rank | Company | Market cap | Profitability | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 67.5B INR (≈$811M) | 100 | 35 | |
| 2 | 82.4B JPY (≈$560M) | 97 | 76 | |
| 2 | 6.3B SEK (≈$635M) | 97 | 66 | |
| 2 | 1.1B EUR (≈$1.2B) | 97 | 61 | |
| 5 | 2.5B HKD (≈$316M) | 96 | 70 | |
| 52 | 649M USD | 54 | 46 | |
| 54 | 694.0B KRW (≈$500M) | 53 | 66 | |
| 54 | 828M CAD (≈$605M) | 53 | 35 | |
| 56 | 8.1B HKD (≈$1.0B) | 52 | 51 | |
| 57 | 630M USD | 51 | 27 | |
| 57 | 497M USD | 51 | 48 | |
| 59 | 4.2B HKD (≈$540M) | 50 | 68 | |
| 59 | 3.1B CNY (≈$438M) | 50 | 62 | |
| 59 | 325M USD | 50 | 46 |
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