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How Ferroglobe PLC stacks up
GSM · against 548 other Basic Materials companies of similar size
Profitability
11/ 100
Near the bottom of its peers.
Ranked #484 of 549 · scores higher than 10% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score74 peers with a profitability score of 10–19, including GSM · Click a bar to see the companies
Why profitability scores 11?
Weighted metrics compared with all Basic Materials companies.Mainly because of its operating margin and return on assets, which are weaker than most Basic Materials peers.
- a thinner operating margin: weaker than 92% of peers. Operating margin: -8.7% vs peer median 7.6%
- a lower return on assets: weaker than 80% of peers. Return on assets: -0.8% vs peer median 2.5%
- Return on invested capital is not reported, so it is left out of the score.
Metric by metric
Position: dot = GSM, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.| Metric | GSM | Peer median | Better than | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 518 reported | Not reported | 5.1% | — | — | 33% |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 536 reported | -8.7% | 5.8% | 8% | 33% | |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 537 reported | -0.8% | 1.8% | 23% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 531 reported | -6.0% | 4.0% | 21% | Context only | |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 568 reported | 37.1% | 18.7% | 84% | 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 GSM| Rank | Company | Market cap | Profitability | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1.9B MYR (≈$416M) | 98 | 81 | |
| 1 | 436M GBP (≈$566M) | 98 | 76 | |
| 1 | 934M AUD (≈$617M) | 98 | 85 | |
| 1 | 2.0B AUD (≈$1.3B) | 98 | 74 | |
| 1 | 1.0B AUD (≈$673M) | 98 | 80 | |
| 484 | 3.7B CNY (≈$521M) | 11 | 28 | |
| 484 | 4.6B CNY (≈$650M) | 11 | 16 | |
| 484 | 3.6B CNY (≈$509M) | 11 | 25 | |
| 484 | 657M AUD (≈$433M) | 11 | 23 | |
| 484 | 721M USD | 11 | 19 | |
| 484 | 43.1B TRY (≈$1.3B) | 11 | 20 | |
| 484 | 7.2B ZAR (≈$394M) | 11 | ||
| 484 | 912M USD | 11 | 25 | |
| 493 | 5.8B CNY (≈$816M) | 10 | 8 |
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