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How IPG Photonics Corporation stacks up
IPGP · against 501 other Technology companies listed in US-listed
Profitability
33/ 100
Below the middle of the pack.
Ranked #327 of 502 · scores higher than 34% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score36 peers with a profitability score of 30–39, including IPGP · Click a bar to see the companies
Why profitability scores 33?
Weighted metrics compared with all Technology companies.Mainly because of its operating margin and return on assets, which are weaker than most Technology peers.
- a thinner operating margin: weaker than 68% of peers. Operating margin: 2.3% vs peer median 6.3%
- a lower return on assets: weaker than 65% of peers. Return on assets: 1.0% vs peer median 2.9%
- Return on invested capital is close to the peer norm. Return on invested capital: 3.9% vs peer median 6.8%
Metric by metric
Position: dot = IPGP, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.| Metric | IPGP | Peer median | Better than | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 474 reported | 3.9% | 7.4% | 40% | 33% | |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 501 reported | 2.3% | 6.9% | 34% | 33% | |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 496 reported | 1.0% | 3.4% | 36% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 465 reported | 1.3% | 9.2% | 31% | Context only | |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 505 reported | 37.9% | 51.0% | 31% | Context only |
Ranking by profitability score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around IPGP| Rank | Company | Market cap | Profitability | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4.84T USD | 99 | 57 | |
| 1 | 95.8B USD | 99 | 67 | |
| 1 | 598.2B USD | 99 | 60 | |
| 1 | 4.0B USD | 99 | 84 | |
| 1 | 15.6B USD | 99 | 63 | |
| 321 | 24.1B USD | 34 | 48 | |
| 321 | 7.4B USD | 34 | 36 | |
| 321 | 721M USD | 34 | 41 | |
| 327 | 12.8B USD | 33 | 53 | |
| 327 | 3.2B USD | 33 | 45 | |
| 327 | 2.3B USD | 33 | 38 | |
| 327 | 4.2B USD | 33 | 48 | |
| 331 | 631M USD | 32 | 42 | |
| 332 | 79.2B USD | 31 | 47 |
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