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How Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. stacks up
LXRX · against 480 other Healthcare companies of similar size
Profitability
16/ 100
Near the bottom of its peers.
Ranked #410 of 481 · scores higher than 14% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score46 peers with a profitability score of 10–19, including LXRX · Click a bar to see the companies
Why profitability scores 16?
Weighted metrics compared with all Healthcare companies.Mainly because of its operating margin, return on assets and return on invested capital, which are weaker than most Healthcare peers.
- a thinner operating margin: weaker than 88% of peers. Operating margin: -131.4% vs peer median 7.1%
- a lower return on assets: weaker than 84% of peers. Return on assets: -24.4% vs peer median 1.7%
- a lower return on invested capital: weaker than 80% of peers. Return on invested capital: -23.3% vs peer median 4.7%
Metric by metric
Position: dot = LXRX, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.| Metric | LXRX | Peer median | Better than | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 455 reported | -23.3% | 2.7% | 18% | 33% | |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 451 reported | -131.4% | 4.8% | 11% | 33% | |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 476 reported | -24.4% | 1.0% | 16% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 456 reported | -40.2% | 1.6% | 16% | Context only | |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 497 reported | 86.0% | 42.8% | 92% | Context only |
Ranking by profitability score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around LXRX| Rank | Company | Market cap | Profitability | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 97.3B INR (≈$1.2B) | 100 | 80 | |
| 2 | 595M USD | 99 | 97 | |
| 2 | 433M USD | 99 | 81 | |
| 2 | 578M USD | 99 | 73 | |
| 2 | 914M USD | 99 | 81 | |
| 404 | 519M USD | 17 | 22 | |
| 410 | 3.5B HKD (≈$451M) | 16 | 51 | |
| 410 | 1.1B USD | 16 | 50 | |
| 410 | 1.3B USD | 16 | 30 | |
| 410 | 650M USD | 16 | 48 | |
| 410 | 643M USD | 16 | 31 | |
| 415 | 642M USD | 15 | 46 | |
| 415 | 424M USD | 15 | 45 | |
| 417 | 11.6B TWD (≈$360M) | 14 | 45 |
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