Ranked #149 of 199 · scores higher than 25% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score
20 peers with a profitability score of 30–39, including JEF · Click a bar to see the companies
Why profitability scores 37?
Weighted metrics compared with all Banks & Insurance companies.
Mainly because of its return on equity, which is weaker than most Banks & Insurance peers.
▼a lower return on shareholders' equity: weaker than 68% of peers. Return on equity: 8.5% vs peer median 10.7%
●Return on assets is close to the peer norm. Return on assets: 1.1% vs peer median 1.2%
Metric by metric
Position: dot = JEF, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.
Metric
JEF
Peer median
Better than
Position among peers
Weight
Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 171 reported
10.5%
11.3%
45%
Context only
Operating marginHigher is better · 27 reported
42.8%
12.7%
92%
Context only
Return on assetsHigher is better · 199 reported
1.1%
1.3%
35%
50%
Return on equityHigher is better · 197 reported
Not reported
12.2%
—
—
50%
Gross marginHigher is better · 204 reported
82.6%
0.0%
90%
Context only
Metrics with no weight are context only: for banks, brokers and insurers, free cash flow, EBITDA, gross margin and current ratio mostly reflect trading and funding flows, not the health of the business.
A metric that is not reported is left out of the score; the other weights are rescaled.
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
