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How Groupon, Inc. stacks up
GRPN · against 509 other Communication Services companies
Profitability
51/ 100
Above the middle of the pack.
Ranked #248 of 510 · scores higher than 51% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score51 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 · 460 reported | 41.5% | 6.0% | 93% | 33% | |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 506 reported | 0.9% | 8.2% | 24% | 33% | |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 496 reported | -20.9% | 2.7% | 2% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 475 reported | Not reported | 5.4% | — | — | Context only |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 513 reported | 90.7% | 46.2% | 94% | 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 | 1.62T JPY (≈$11.0B) | 100 | 79 | |
| 1 | 67.5B INR (≈$811M) | 100 | 35 | |
| 3 | 18.2B JPY (≈$124M) | 99 | 74 | |
| 3 | 7.9B TWD (≈$244M) | 99 | 73 | |
| 3 | 82.5B USD | 99 | 70 | |
| 243 | 11.5B USD | 52 | 55 | |
| 243 | 2.0B EUR (≈$2.2B) | 52 | 51 | |
| 248 | 15.2B HKD (≈$1.9B) | 51 | 64 | |
| 248 | 673.4B JPY (≈$4.6B) | 51 | 63 | |
| 248 | 630M USD | 51 | 27 | |
| 248 | 497M USD | 51 | 48 | |
| 248 | 39.1B EUR (≈$43.0B) | 51 | 44 | |
| 253 | 4.2B HKD (≈$540M) | 50 | 68 | |
| 253 | 3.1B CNY (≈$438M) | 50 | 62 |
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