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How Global Water Resources, Inc. stacks up
GWRS · against 44 other Utilities companies of similar size
Profitability
25/ 100
Above the middle of the pack.
Ranked #23 of 45 · scores higher than 50% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score6 peers with a profitability score of 20–29, including GWRS · Click a bar to see the companies
Why profitability scores 25?
Weighted metrics compared with all Utilities companies.Mainly because of its return on assets and operating margin, which are weaker than most Utilities peers.
- a lower return on assets: weaker than 83% of peers. Return on assets: 1.1% vs peer median 2.7%
- a thinner operating margin: weaker than 66% of peers. Operating margin: 12.8% vs peer median 18.6%
- Return on invested capital is close to the peer norm. Return on invested capital: 5.4% vs peer median 5.2%
Metric by metric
Position: dot = GWRS, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.| Metric | GWRS | Peer median | Better than | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 42 reported | 5.4% | 2.7% | 68% | 33% | |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 44 reported | 12.8% | 10.2% | 56% | 33% | |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 46 reported | 1.1% | 1.6% | 36% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 44 reported | 3.9% | 4.0% | 47% | Context only | |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 47 reported | 71.9% | 27.3% | 98% | Context only |
Ranking by profitability score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around GWRSScores 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