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How Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited stacks up
HMY · against 174 other Basic Materials companies of similar size
Profitability
97/ 100
Near the top of its peers.
Ranked #9 of 175 · scores higher than 93% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score42 peers with a profitability score of 90–100, including HMY · Click a bar to see the companies
Why profitability scores 97?
Weighted metrics compared with all Basic Materials companies.Mainly thanks to its return on assets, return on invested capital and operating margin, which are stronger than most Basic Materials peers.
- a wider operating margin: stronger than 90% of peers. Operating margin: 27.5% vs peer median 7.6%
- a higher return on invested capital: stronger than 96% of peers. Return on invested capital: 43.4% vs peer median 6.7%
- a higher return on assets: stronger than 97% of peers. Return on assets: 18.6% vs peer median 2.5%
Metric by metric
Position: dot = HMY, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.| Metric | HMY | Peer median | Better than | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 168 reported | 43.4% | 12.1% | 92% | 33% | |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 174 reported | 27.5% | 13.7% | 78% | 33% | |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 157 reported | 18.6% | 5.2% | 94% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 156 reported | 48.0% | 13.0% | 97% | Context only | |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 175 reported | 49.6% | 31.8% | 74% | Context only |
Ranking by profitability score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around HMYScores 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