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How La-Z-Boy Incorporated stacks up
LZB · against 508 other Consumer Cyclical companies of similar size
Profitability
53/ 100
Below the middle of the pack.
Ranked #252 of 509 · scores higher than 49% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score69 peers with a profitability score of 50–59, including LZB · Click a bar to see the companies
Why profitability scores 53?
Weighted metrics compared with all Consumer Cyclical companies.Its metrics sit close to the Consumer Cyclical norm.
- Operating margin is close to the peer norm. Operating margin: 5.0% vs peer median 6.4%
- Return on assets is close to the peer norm. Return on assets: 4.1% vs peer median 3.3%
- a higher return on invested capital: stronger than 67% of peers. Return on invested capital: 11.1% vs peer median 7.3%
Metric by metric
Position: dot = LZB, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.| Metric | LZB | Peer median | Better than | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 485 reported | 11.1% | 7.7% | 66% | 33% | |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 508 reported | 5.0% | 7.0% | 35% | 33% | |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 485 reported | 4.1% | 3.4% | 58% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 475 reported | 8.0% | 8.4% | 48% | Context only | |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 511 reported | 45.2% | 31.4% | 72% | Context only |
Ranking by profitability score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around LZB| Rank | Company | Market cap | Profitability | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5.2B MYR (≈$1.1B) | 99 | 84 | |
| 1 | 2.4B USD | 99 | 65 | |
| 3 | 11.2B SEK (≈$1.1B) | 98 | 49 | |
| 4 | 22.1B TWD (≈$685M) | 97 | 65 | |
| 4 | 122.9B JPY (≈$836M) | 97 | 83 | |
| 252 | 250.0B JPY (≈$1.7B) | 53 | 64 | |
| 252 | 248.4B JPY (≈$1.7B) | 53 | 73 | |
| 252 | 181.3B JPY (≈$1.2B) | 53 | 63 | |
| 252 | 1.1B USD | 53 | 52 | |
| 252 | 1.2B USD | 53 | 46 | |
| 252 | 1.9B USD | 53 | 55 | |
| 252 | 1.0B USD | 53 | 60 | |
| 252 | 1.4B GBP (≈$1.8B) | 53 | 45 | |
| 252 | 2.1B AUD (≈$1.4B) | 53 | 49 |
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