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How JetBlue Airways Corporation stacks up
JBLU · against 878 other Industrials companies of similar size
Profitability
7/ 100
Near the bottom of its peers.
Ranked #822 of 879 · scores higher than 6% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score76 peers with a profitability score of 0–9, including JBLU · Click a bar to see the companies
Why profitability scores 7?
Weighted metrics compared with all Industrials companies.Mainly because of its return on assets, operating margin and return on invested capital, which are weaker than most Industrials peers.
- a lower return on assets: weaker than 95% of peers. Return on assets: -5.4% vs peer median 3.1%
- a thinner operating margin: weaker than 90% of peers. Operating margin: -5.9% vs peer median 7.7%
- a lower return on invested capital: weaker than 90% of peers. Return on invested capital: -5.3% vs peer median 7.1%
Metric by metric
Position: dot = JBLU, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.| Metric | JBLU | Peer median | Better than | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 844 reported | -5.3% | 6.8% | 8% | 33% | |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 877 reported | -5.9% | 7.7% | 8% | 33% | |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 831 reported | -5.4% | 3.1% | 4% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 822 reported | -44.4% | 7.8% | 2% | Context only | |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 880 reported | 20.2% | 25.3% | 37% | Context only |
Ranking by profitability score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around JBLUScores 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