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How Loma Negra Compañía Industrial Argentina Sociedad Anónima stacks up
LOMA · against 522 other Basic Materials companies of similar size
Profitability
62/ 100
Above the middle of the pack.
Ranked #168 of 523 · scores higher than 67% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score57 peers with a profitability score of 60–69, including LOMA · Click a bar to see the companies
Why profitability scores 62?
Weighted metrics compared with all Basic Materials companies.Mainly thanks to its return on invested capital, which is stronger than most Basic Materials peers.
- a lower return on assets: weaker than 64% of peers. Return on assets: 1.2% vs peer median 2.5%
- Operating margin is close to the peer norm. Operating margin: 9.6% vs peer median 7.6%
- a higher return on invested capital: stronger than 80% of peers. Return on invested capital: 16.6% vs peer median 6.7%
Metric by metric
Position: dot = LOMA, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.| Metric | LOMA | Peer median | Better than | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 497 reported | 16.6% | 6.2% | 84% | 33% | |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 512 reported | 9.6% | 6.6% | 64% | 33% | |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 497 reported | 1.2% | 2.2% | 37% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 494 reported | 3.8% | 4.8% | 45% | Context only | |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 538 reported | 21.4% | 19.4% | 54% | Context only |
Ranking by profitability score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around LOMAScores 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