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How Klarna Group plc stacks up
KLAR · against 65 other Financial Services companies of similar size
Profitability
9/ 100
Near the bottom of its peers.
Ranked #61 of 66 · scores higher than 6% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score6 peers with a profitability score of 0–9, including KLAR · Click a bar to see the companies
Why profitability scores 9?
Weighted metrics compared with all Financial Services companies.Mainly because of its return on assets and operating margin, which are weaker than most Financial Services peers.
- a lower return on assets: weaker than 92% of peers. Return on assets: -1.5% vs peer median 2.6%
- a thinner operating margin: weaker than 85% of peers. Operating margin: -6.6% vs peer median 23.5%
- Return on invested capital is not reported, so it is left out of the score.
Metric by metric
Position: dot = KLAR, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.| Metric | KLAR | Peer median | Better than | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 68 reported | Not reported | 6.3% | — | — | 33% |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 44 reported | -6.6% | 23.8% | 16% | 33% | |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 68 reported | -1.5% | 2.7% | 9% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 67 reported | -4.3% | 14.1% | 8% | Context only | |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 77 reported | 36.8% | 68.9% | 18% | Context only |
A metric that is not reported is left out of the score; the other weights are rescaled.
Ranking by profitability score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around KLAR| Rank | Company | Market cap | Profitability | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2.7B USD | 98 | 63 | |
| 2 | 4.2B USD | 97 | 55 | |
| 2 | 2.7B USD | 97 | 58 | |
| 2 | 5.3B GBP (≈$6.9B) | 97 | 79 | |
| 5 | 4.1B USD | 95 | 64 | |
| 57 | 4.9B USD | 16 | 18 | |
| 58 | 4.9B USD | 15 | 38 | |
| 59 | 5.7B EUR (≈$6.3B) | 12 | 50 | |
| 60 | 183.3B TWD (≈$5.7B) | 10 | 29 | |
| 61 | 5.0B USD | 9 | 47 | |
| 61 | 4.6B EUR (≈$5.1B) | 9 | ||
| 63 | 4.5B USD | 7 | 21 | |
| 64 | 3.9B USD | 4 | 40 | |
| 64 | 3.2B EUR (≈$3.5B) | 4 | 10 |
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